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| # Checklists? | ||
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| A checklist is the most effective way of | ||
| keeping track of the list of things to be done | ||
| and ensuring that nothing is missed. | ||
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| https://www.google.com/search?q=checklist | ||
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| > "_a list of items required, things to be done, | ||
| or points to be considered, used as a reminder._" | ||
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| ## The Checklist Manifesto | ||
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| In 2009<sup>1</sup> [Atul Gawande](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atul_Gawande) | ||
| wrote a _superb_ book titled | ||
| [The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Checklist_Manifesto), | ||
| which is a _must-read_ | ||
| for anyone interested in _effectiveness_ | ||
| both on a _personal_ level and in _any_ field of work. | ||
| The concepts in the book are simple, | ||
| both to understand and explain; | ||
| checklists help us to not forget important steps in tasks. | ||
| They dramatically reduce errors (_which all humans are prone to_) | ||
| and can be used to safely speed up execution | ||
| without loss of quality/effectiveness. | ||
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| > “_under conditions of complexity, not only are checklists a help, | ||
| they are required for success._” <br /> | ||
| ~ Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right | ||
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| Atul does a excellent job of explaining | ||
| how several industries/sectors/professions | ||
| develop and use checklists to perform complex high-stakes tasks | ||
| precisely, repeatably and virtually error-free. | ||
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| There are several good reviews/summaries of the book online. | ||
| One of my favourite summaries is by Nathan Lorenzo (Productivity Game): | ||
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| [](https://youtu.be/18ns58FyPmY) | ||
| https://youtu.be/18ns58FyPmY | ||
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| > Further Reading/Watching on this: <br /> | ||
| > "How do we heal medicine?"" | Atul Gawande's TED Talk: | ||
| https://youtu.be/L3QkaS249Bc <br /> | ||
| > Extended book review/summary: https://youtu.be/KUv1o-d1m40 <br /> | ||
| > NPR "Checklist For Surgery Success": | ||
| https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122226184 <br /> | ||
| > Praise form several high profile leaders | ||
| [Shane Parrish](https://fs.blog/2014/02/the-checklist-manifesto), | ||
| [Malcolm Gladwell](http://atulgawande.com/book/the-checklist-manifesto), | ||
| [Vinod Khosla](https://twitter.com/vkhosla/status/222469073806700544), | ||
| [Bill Gates](https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Checklist-Manifesto), etc. | ||
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| The book details how checklists were developed independently in | ||
| several industries: | ||
| aviation, | ||
| engineering, | ||
| construction, | ||
| finance, | ||
| medicine, | ||
| etc. | ||
| Without checklists we would not have an aviation industry | ||
| with such a high safety track record. | ||
| see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_safety#Evolution | ||
| The same goes for civil engineering where fewer than 1 in 50k | ||
| buildings suffer a failure resulting in death. | ||
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| Ten years later the book remains a "`#1` Best Seller" | ||
| in "Hospital Administration", | ||
| "Health Care Administration" | ||
| and "Family Practice Medicine". | ||
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| https://www.amazon.com/Checklist-Manifesto-How-Things-Right/dp/0312430000 | ||
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| Those categories might not _immediately_ appeal to _you_, | ||
| but consider the fact that the book is "`#954` in Books". | ||
| i.e. it's the `#954` most sold book in the _world_. | ||
| (_for anyone living in a cave for the last 20 years, | ||
| Amazon sales | ||
| [charts](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/22/amazon-charts-books-new-york-times-bestseller-lists) | ||
| are the ones that matter in 2019!_) | ||
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| > <sup>1</sup>_**Note**: the book was published in 2009 (as a hardback) but the **paperback** of 2011 is the one that has sold | ||
| the numbers_. | ||
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| # _Why?_ | ||
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| ## Why does this _matter_? | ||
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There was a problem hiding this comment. @SimonLab thanks for taking the time to read the PR and make these comments. |
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| If it's _obvious_ to you why Atul's book | ||
| and checklists in general _matter_, | ||
| then feel free to skim/skip this section. | ||
| If you found yourself scratching your head | ||
| as to _why_ checklists are important, | ||
| consider the following recent news article: | ||
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| https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-47953541 | ||
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| The BBC News article is not very long, this is the _full_ text: | ||
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| > Deaths after surgery in Scotland have dropped by more than a third, | ||
| research suggests. | ||
| > A study indicated a 37% decrease since 2008, | ||
| which it attributed to the implementation of a safety checklist. | ||
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| > The 19-item list - which was created by the World Health Organization - is supposed to encourage teamwork and communication during operations. <br /> | ||
| > The death rate fell to 0.46 per 100 procedures between 2000 and 2014, analysis of 6.8m operations showed. <br /> | ||
| > Dr Atul Gawande, who introduced the checklist and co-authored the study, published in the British Journal of Surgery, said: "Scotland's health system is to be congratulated for a multi-year effort that has produced some of the largest population-wide reductions in surgical deaths ever documented." <br /> | ||
| > Prof Jason Leitch, NHS Scotland's national clinical director, added: "This is a significant study which highlights the reduction in surgical mortality over the last decade. <br /> | ||
| > "While there are a number of factors that have contributed to this, it is clear from the research that the introduction of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in 2008 has played a key role." | ||
| > The BBC Article is a very similar to: | ||
| https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/w-hda041719.php | ||
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| Sadly while most medical journal articles | ||
| are behind _extortionate_ | ||
| [paywalls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paywall), | ||
| the research findings/summary are freely available. | ||
| A patient death rate of 0.46% is still not _zero_, | ||
| but let's look at how many lives this has saved | ||
| just in Scotland: | ||
| + 0.46% x 1.37 = 0.63% | ||
| + 0.63 - 0.46 = 0.17 | ||
| + 6.8m x 0.17% = ***11,560 people's lives saved!!*** | ||
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| This is one study in Scotland | ||
| which already had good standards | ||
| of patient care. | ||
| Since the initial checklist was tested | ||
| in the pilot study in 2008 | ||
| it has been rolled out to _thousands_ of hospitals. | ||
| _Millions_ of lives have been saved by a humble checklist! | ||
| https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/7/08-010708/en | ||
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| Checklists are as effective at saving lives | ||
| as an _wonder drug_ that took _billions_ to develop. | ||
| The simplicity is almost | ||
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| The 19-item World Health Organization safety checklist | ||
| described in the article is this: | ||
| https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/44186/9789241598590_eng_Checklist.pdf | ||
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| > Notice how at the bottom of the single-page checklist it says: | ||
| "_This checklist is not intended to be comprehensive. | ||
| **Additions and modifications** to fit local practice | ||
| are **encouraged**._" | ||
| The WHO does not give people the _tools_ to modify the checklist. | ||
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| https://www.who.int/patientsafety/topics/safe-surgery/checklist/en/ | ||
| What if it was a _single click_ to "***Customise This Checklist***" | ||
| and the UX/UI for doing so was _flawless_ on any device ...? | ||
| That is what we are going to achieve. | ||
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| The BBC article was shared on and reached the _top_ of HackerNews | ||
| with over a 1k points | ||
| (_that's a lot for such a short and relatively "boring" post_!) | ||
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19682451 | ||
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| The top comment has an insightful description of checklists: | ||
| "_a way to **debug your life**_". | ||
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| Reading through the comments on HN, | ||
| it's clear that _many_ engineers understand the | ||
| benefits/power of a checklist in their work/lives, | ||
| however there are still a few who remain to be convinced. | ||
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| The top _negative_ review on Amazon shows how some people | ||
| just don't "_get_" it. Anthony J. Vera | ||
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| The most _helpful_ review is: | ||
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| Atul's book "The Checklist Manifesto", | ||
| is his attempt to make the benefits of checklists | ||
| more widespread in more areas of life and society. | ||
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| A good checklist is: | ||
| + Practical - | ||
| + Concise - focus on the important parts of the task | ||
| + Speedy - it should not add "overhead" to the task/activity. | ||
| + 5–9 items (_though they can be longer when necessary, | ||
| see WHO checklist below_) | ||
| + 1 page max - | ||
| + A clear "Pause Point" where you stop during the completion | ||
| + _Supplement_ existing knowledge and expertise not _replace_ it. | ||
| + Uses Upper- & Lowercase | ||
| + _Field-Tested_ in the real world, not theoretical. | ||
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| ## Why do _we_ care about checklists? | ||
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| We care about checklists because | ||
| they are the _single_ most effective way of achieving _any_ objective | ||
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| Anything from giving a housekeeper instructions | ||
| for how to use the | ||
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| ## "Old Dogs, New Tricks" | ||
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| One of the areas I'm _most_ excited about is learning/teaching! | ||
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| # _What?_ | ||
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| Our mission is simple: | ||
| build the simplest possible UI/UX | ||
| for creating, sharing and performing repeatable checklists. | ||
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| And in doing this we will _systematically_: | ||
| 1. Build a tool that we will use ourselves to: | ||
| 1. maximise our _personal_ effectiveness | ||
| 2. | ||
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| 2. Help _everyone_ around the world who wants to achieve the same, | ||
| do with minimal effort/overhead while securely storing their data | ||
| in a _reliable_ application. | ||
| 3. Make a sustainable living selling the "Software-as-a-Service" | ||
| to people and organisations who want a | ||
| "proven system for excellence". | ||
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| # _How?_ | ||
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| ## Basic | ||
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| We will _start_ | ||
| by building a _basic_ "Todo List", | ||
| we have already written the "beginner-level" example | ||
| see: [github.com/dwyl/todo-list-javascript-tutorial](https://github.com/dwyl/todo-list-javascript-tutorial) | ||
| Our intention with the "Todo List JavaScript (TDD) Tutorial" | ||
| is _three_-fold: | ||
| 1. Show the _general_ developer population, | ||
| _both_ complete beginners | ||
| and _experienced_ non-testers, | ||
| that it's not only _easy_, | ||
| but _incredibly_ effective to write tests _first_ | ||
| (_before implementing the functionality_). | ||
| 2. Show the _users_ of our App | ||
| how a Todo List works from "first principals" | ||
| so they can get a _glimpse_ | ||
| of how much effort it takes | ||
| to build a fully-functional | ||
| real-time collaborative task tracker. | ||
| 3. Find people who are similarly _passionate_ | ||
| about solving the challenge(s)/problem(s) | ||
| we are on a mission to solve. | ||
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| Our _basic_ Todo List | ||
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| ## Paper (Post-it) Prototype | ||
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| This is the Post-it Prototype of my "Morning Routine" checklist | ||
| that I follow each morning: | ||
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| It has served as an "OK" reminder of the list of things | ||
| I do in the morning, but has zero data collection | ||
| so I cannot reflect on it. | ||
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| GOTO: https://github.com/dwyl/checklist | ||
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| > If you have questions please comment on the issues: | ||
| https://github.com/dwyl/checklist/issues | ||
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