Methodology
Our priorites toward business idea: knowledge first, technology second, opinions third
Knowledge, technology, and opinions are typically what one has at the beginning of any project;
- Knowledge is what you know for a fact.
- Technology is the set of tools you have at your disposal.
- Opinions are those little almost facts you want to consider true but shouldn’t quite yet.
It’s important to establish a hierarchy for your thought processes so that less-important things don’t steamroll more-important ones because they’re easier or more popular or because someone has a hunch.
From the book “Think like a Data Scientist”, we are convinced that a hierarchy like the one below will be effective
- Knowledge first— Get to know the problem, data, the approaches, and the goals before doing anything else, and keep those at the forefront of your mind.
- Technology second— Software is a tool that serves. It both enables and constrains. It shouldn’t dictate the approach to the problem except in extenuating circumstances.
- Opinions third— Opinions, intuition, and wishful thinking are to be used only as guides toward theories that can be proven correct and not as the focus of any project.
Project implementation methodologies:
- Lean development
- Agile
- Most viable product
Leverages:
- Freelance
- Open source