Mind the Gap When Learning

The article is relevant to software and product development, as well as personal productivity systems.

«There are many models for knowledge acquisition: your lamda s, ooda s, etc. I like the Shewhart cycle, so that’s the one I’ll talk about here…»

«I skimmed Dave Farleys Economies of Speed presentation and learned a neat extension to that model. Between the steps in the cycle, there are gaps …»

«The main point of this article is that if you want to learn more effectively, work in smaller increments.»

The article has a neat little model for how, and describes what may go wrong in between the steps of the cycle.