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Gävle Goat Gambit Goes Astray

Gavle Goat 2011
It’s a bit of a Christmas tradition here at Emergent Chaos to keep you informed about the Gävle Goat. Ok, technically, our traditions seem hit and miss, but whaddaya want from a site with Chaos in the name? You want precision, read a project management blog. Project management blogs probably set calendar reminders to kick off a plan with defined stakeholders, success metrics and milestones to ensure high quality blog posts. Us, we sometimes randomly remember.

But, but! This year, we actually have a plan with 8×10 color gannt charts with circles and arrows explaining how to set up a market to predict when the goat would burn.

We even have prizes.

Unfortunately, chaos (and flames) emerged, and the goat was burned before we set up the market.

You can read the full story of “Sweden’s Christmas goat succumbs to flames.”