Morning meeting and Sean, Steve, John M, Eric, and I were on there. Steve and Eric were going over Metrc issues and talking about database inserts and checking for duplicate records with the Metrc integrations. We then switched gears and started talking about other projects. Sean and Steve were talking about order of operations and needs out in mini unit land (a mini unit is a cross between a part/item and a stock/unit - sell in bulk but track by serial number). Anyways, they are working on a section that deals with orders, backorders, and being able to sell in bulk but still track all of the sub details. We ended up talking about options to flag quotes, orders, and even possible steps and/or phases. Some of the questions where dealing with how to track and manage some of those pieces.

As we got deeper and deeper, we started talking about progression and how we use different tools at different phases of a project. The first tool we use is our minds and head, if we run out of space or the project gets too complicated, we switch and go with paper and pencil, word processing documents, spreadsheets, databases, and software type packages. There is a progression. We usually need the next step as things get more involved and complicated.

This conversion, about progression and what tools to use, lead to a topic of mind mapping, flow charts, use cases, and recording other possible scenarios. If you only have 1 basic path, you may not need this kind of a tool. As it gets more complex, you need better and better tools to help you dive deeper and remember things and also make sure that certain key pieces get included. Good conversation.