> [!tldr] A Pixar project manager used Popsicle Sticks to force people to allocate resources. When making the movie "The Incredibles" one of the producers (or animators, or director, I don't remember who) was obsessing over a particular shimmer on a particular fish in the background of one scene. He was spending weeks of animators' time to get the fish to shimmer like it was on fire... all while some of the main characters were still needing design work. So, to reel in this and make the *resource constraints* visible - to force [[Tradespace|trade offs]] - another producer used popsicle sticks stuck to the wall to represent the person-hours left before the movie had to be done. This forced the first person to realize the detail he was obsessing over was not worth spending the time on. In the world of [[Agile]] and [[Kanban]] in business we'd call these "Story Points". I like popsicle sticks better. **** # More ## Source - [[Inside the Box]]