Ownership May Prevent Parkinson's Law

Notes

• If you have $X$ time to complete some tasks and don't have enough motivation, why should you finish them in less time?

  • Parkinson's Law acts in this scenario.

• A sense of ownership may be a driver of motivation and may block the effects of Parkinson's Law.

  • An Atlassian research shows that teams who have a clear vision of the bigger picture are more effective.

• If you know that your customer needs some feature with urgency (ownership), you may spend $t < X$ time to finish that feature.

• How to create ownership?

  • Shift from a project mindset to a product mindset.
  • Delegate decisions to the lowest level possible.
  • Share information openly.
  • Invest in customer empathy.

Twitter

References

• Atlassian. 3 signs your team doesn't have an ownership mindset and what to do about it
• Atlassian. Is Parkinson's Law sabotaging your productivity?