This post attempts to summarize the guidelines I use in forming my opinions.  This list will be added to as I discover tenets.  There is no order to my list.  Maybe an order will eventually present itself, but for now I’m just trying to capture them.

• Study the data to form an opinion
• Don’t cherry pick the data
• Don’t be afraid to change your opinion when new data is presented
• Don’t make a change and expect to reach ideal conditions
  • Expect to iterate to reach the solution
• Don’t be afraid of the ideas of others
• Recognize and challenge your own biases