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IT Services Circle
IT Services Circle
Mar 10, 2025 · R&D Management

Four Things Leaders Really Care About: Performance, Exceeding Expectations, Methodology, and Responsibility

The article explains that leaders focus on four key aspects—delivering results, surpassing expectations through promise management and first‑principles thinking, applying systematic methodologies, and demonstrating responsibility—while warning against superficial displays of effort and emphasizing genuine value creation in the workplace.

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Four Things Leaders Really Care About: Performance, Exceeding Expectations, Methodology, and Responsibility
Model Perspective
Model Perspective
Oct 16, 2024 · Fundamentals

Uncovering Hidden Assumptions: Using First Principles to Strengthen Article Readership Models

By applying first‑principles thinking to a simple article‑view model, this piece reveals how underlying assumptions about reader interest, platform recommendation, and social sharing drive observed readership decay, and demonstrates how deeper, theory‑grounded models can yield more reliable predictions.

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Uncovering Hidden Assumptions: Using First Principles to Strengthen Article Readership Models
DevOps
DevOps
Oct 23, 2022 · Fundamentals

Software Engineering First Principles: Virtual Nature, Single Manufacture, and the Role of Granularity and Decoupling

The article explains software engineering’s first‑principle laws—software is a virtual product that can only be created once—critiques waterfall, advocates agile and DevOps, and emphasizes granularity and decoupling (including Infrastructure as Code) as essential practices for modern development.

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Software Engineering First Principles: Virtual Nature, Single Manufacture, and the Role of Granularity and Decoupling
DevOps
DevOps
Jul 7, 2022 · Operations

Why CMDB Fails and How to Build a Sustainable Configuration Management Database

This article explains the fundamentals of CMDB, why static and dynamic implementations often lose longevity, and proposes a first‑principles‑based approach—including relationship design, CI attribute classification, and a 3C (Core‑Connection‑Closed‑Loop) method—to create a durable configuration management database for IT operations.

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Why CMDB Fails and How to Build a Sustainable Configuration Management Database
DevOps
DevOps
Jan 7, 2021 · R&D Management

First Principles of Software Development Performance Management

This article examines common misconceptions in software development performance management, critiques the blind worship of KPI and OKR, and proposes a first‑principles framework consisting of three goals—delivering more value, fostering end‑to‑end collaboration, and stimulating intrinsic motivation—to guide effective R&D performance evaluation.

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First Principles of Software Development Performance Management
DevOps
DevOps
Nov 28, 2017 · Product Management

First Principles and Scalable Lean‑Agile Implementation in Product Development

This article explains how applying first‑principles thinking to product development helps avoid "goods worship" and guides the design of scalable lean‑agile processes that focus on smooth, high‑quality delivery of valuable outcomes, illustrated with real‑world examples and practical frameworks.

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First Principles and Scalable Lean‑Agile Implementation in Product Development