Having problems with possibly the dumbest strategy of all time. It's difficult to work around because it comes from a management interrupt, and all my lands are tapped out. I've got nothing left to do except to sit around and watch bad things happen.

It's not the whole crew; it's …

This is what I remind myself to do on a daily basis. It forces me to be problem-focused, not technology focused. It also enforces the design principle of "deferred decision-making".

• Isolate design decisions (via proper allocation of responsibility) so that the final, final decision can be made as late in …

I've seen two common varieties of management trump cards. These are played by managers who don't like the architecture, and want to make changes. These are a little bit like the spell cards in Magic:The Gathering. These cards can either change the state of the game (different requirements, context …