Re: Just one more anecdote


"Marshall Spight" <marshall.spight@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ultimately, we cannot begin to assign weights to the various
> potential causes for this project's failure. Such projects
> are simply too complex, and we're not in a good position to
> instrument the process after-the-fact. So we are all just
> speculating based on our particular experiences. What
> is interesting is that our experiences often lead us to
> different conclusions, which suggests to me that many of
> the conclusions we reach have a context-sensitivity that
> we are not aware of.


Two points, Marshall. This is far from weak. I think you've got to the
core of the matter.

PS: I can't take credit for "is the axe sharp enough". I was plagiarizing
another contributor. I forget who.




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