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Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Process Mapping, Project Management on Jul 28th, 2011
After completing a recent setting goals class with men in a local prison, some important points came to light that we sometimes miss in our Process Improvement projects. These were: The importance of short term goals versus longer term ones Goals that support an overall objective should be tied together The interdependencies of goals [...]
Posted in Change Management, Project Management, Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2011
Someone recently made me ponder the difference was between being undefeatable and undefeated. Few of us go through, I could say none of us, go through life undefeated. We lose a battle, mess something up, come second in a two team game. It happens. Observers smarter than me, and all historians and psychologists I know [...]
Posted in Change Management, Project Management on Jun 21st, 2011
Obama technology Czar leaves government for Harvard fellowship Posted in Project Management, Uncategorized on Jun 20th, 2011 Article first published as Obama IT Czar leaves D.C. for Harvard on Technorati. Will his successor follow his ambitious 25 point plan? After two and half years on the job, Vivek Kundra has resigned as Chief Information [...]
Posted in Project Management on Mar 16th, 2011
One big factor affecting any projects success or failure is the quality and motivation of those on the team. Choosing your team wisely will reduce risks in the project at a stroke. Why The team and how they work together makes the difference between successful completion and utter failure. At the outset of any project [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Process Discovery, Process Improvement, Process Mapping, Project Management on Mar 10th, 2011
What an overused word transparency is today. In recent years it’s banded about like some great revelation to management and self help gurus alike. What monumental balderdash! Suddenly we awake one morning and decide that we will be honest, open, clear with everyone we deal with on a project. We won’t hide that key piece [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 6th, 2011
Management support for your BPM project Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 5th, 2011 Another major factor for success of a project is management support. This can take many forms, but if you don’t have the following from your executives then problem are going to occur. Budget support. Do we have [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 5th, 2011
Another major factor for success of a project is management support. This can take many forms, but if you don’t have the following from your executives then problem are going to occur. Budget support. Do we have the money in place to do the job? Is the organization committed? A real budget shows commitment. An [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Feb 28th, 2011
As the word denotes guidelines are the rules of policies, procedures to be followed to complete their part of the project. Guidelines are different than resources. Resources are the materials, tools and systems to complete the activity. Guidelines enforce the business rules, the quality standard, governance and compliance in place for the activity or project [...]
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