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Abstraction and Precision in Standardization

by Jamie Flinchbaugh on 04-27-22

Standardization is good, right? Well, it’s not quite that simple. We should standardize something because it helps us solve a problem, as I wrote about in Chapter 3 of People Solve Problems. Two variables in finding the RIGHT solution of standardization are the level of abstraction and the level of precision. In this video, I demonstrate how to think across these two dimensions for more effective solutions.

 

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