Column: Urgency Decomposition Theory In his book “DIPS Intellectual Productivity System,” management consultant Tadatsugu Kobayashi suggests the following checklist for dealing with “emergency situations,” in which the amount of work that needs to be done today exceeds what can be done today. The following is a checklist of “emergency situations. ・Can we lower the quality? ・Can we reduce the quantity? ・Can we extend the delivery date? ・Can we change the method? ・Could something else be substituted? ・Can’t you solve this problem with money? ・If you can’t help it, you should stop. You may have heard the above bulleted phrase “A turret of thought If it doesn’t depend on money, you should stop.
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