What caught my attention recently: Efficiency vs. Effectiveness
Figure: Early enough to learn to code efficiently. flickr
I heard a talk from a fellow Scrum trainer that led me dig more into these 2 terms: "efficiency" and "effectiveness".
The way I remember them is
“Being effective is about doing the right things, while being efficient is about doing the things right.”
Ask yourself:
- Which one is more important? “efficiency" or "effectiveness”
- Which one should you focus on?
- Which one could be improved in your project?
- How do you measure those two?
Figure: Are you doing something efficiently? Should you focus more on effectiveness?
Picture taken from Henrik Kniebergs slide deck: "The Thinking Tool Called Agile” –> Check it out
Some links to dig into that topic
The difference between "efficiency" and "effectiveness".
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/effective-vs-efficient-difference/
Outsourcing and efficiency/effectiveness
http://gfader.tumblr.com/post/32512202396/do-not-outsource-your-software-development
The 3 Pillars of Personal Effectiveness
http://gfader.tumblr.com/post/29116159986/minibook-the-3-pillars-of-personal-effectiveness
Is productivity a combination of efficiency and effectiveness?
1 comment:
>Which one is more important? “efficiency" or "effectiveness”
Effectiveness. Efficiency is nothing without going in the right direction
>Which one should you focus on?
Depends from the work or projects I do
>Which one could be improved in your project?
Both ;-)
>How do you measure those two?
Dunno
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