>There was a long and nasty thread on the YEAR2000 mailing list regarding this
>problem. Do we jump into the Y2K work now, even though we are not sure of the
>details, and so risk grave error, or attempt to plan the entire task, and
>risk analysis paralysis? This may be in the archives at YEAR2000.com, if one
>enjoys this sort of discussion (I did, but that's just me).
>
>Opinions are mine, so I'm not even going to state them. My to do list
>beckons.
>
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>From:  Bruce Senn
>Sent:  Saturday, August 02, 1997 12:32 PM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: [HP3000-L] Food for thought
>
> In <v03110706b0084fc43a3d@[199.245.241.34]> [log in to unmask] writes:
>> I just ran across this interesting idea:
>> "It's time to STOP strategic planning and START strategic doing!"
>> Food for thought...
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>Good thought to juxtapose with "You can never do too much planning."  But,
>indee, planning is the easy part.
>
>I once worked for a company, which did a LOT of planning -- 1 Year Plan,
>5 Year Plan, very detailed, lots of backup and very real numbers.  However,
>with a closer look, any goals in the one year plan were either nearly
>complete
>or would be accomplished in the first three months.  Also years 3 - 5 in the
>5 Year Plan were always the same.  So, we seemed to plan for what was already
>done, what was already underway, and with a time horizon of less than two
>years.
>
>Oh, well.
>
>Bruce.
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