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A Guide to Cognitive Bias and How it Affects Your Desicion Making

What is Cognitive Bias, and why does it matter?  Cognitive bias is the tendency to think in a certain way because of our background, experiences, and beliefs. It can be a good thing when we are aware of it, but it can also lead to mistakes and wrong decisions. The idea of cognitive biases was introduced by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman in 1972 and is based on their experience of people's intuition failing when it comes to reasoning about their decisions. They showed several ways that the decisions we make differ from rational choices. In both our professional and personal lives, when we make decisions, we should try to avoid cognitive bias as much as possible or at least be aware of it. We can do this by being mindful of our own biases and how they might affect our decision-making. Cognitive bias is a way of describing the human tendency to fill in a missing thought with an answer that seems plausible. For instance, when one is asked, "Do you like to eat bananas?" and

What Makes an Agile Mindset Different?

The agile mindset is a way of thinking that embraces change and the process of continuous improvement. Agile is a philosophy or a set of values rather than just being a specific methodology. The Agile Manifesto and the Twelve Principles behind them were the results of industry-wide concern over software delivery delays in the 1990s. Rather than specifying a methodology, the Agile manifesto focused on change in how companies think and encouraged them to find ways to be more agile.  An agile mindset enables teams to work together more effectively by being open, iterative and focusing on quick feedback loops. In agile software development, the focus is on customer value. A fundamental principle of agile is working software over comprehensive documentation. Working software is delivered frequently so that customers can see and try it every few weeks or months. Working software may be released to the customer even if not all features are complete or thoroughly tested, as long as it's un