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Building a Task Library: Part Three–Documenting the Tasks

Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Process Mapping on May 19th, 2011

This post is part of a four part series for what it takes to build a Task library. Documenting the tasks, once identified is the next logical stage. There are several key steps to consider before actually starting the documentation process. These include: Designing and cataloging your Task library labeling system Determining what tools and [...]

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Where is the “hidden treasure” in your tasks?

Posted in Process Analysis, Process Discovery, Process Mapping on May 16th, 2011

We are coming up to the next release in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, so perhaps a time to look for some BPM hidden treasure.  Much time is spent in documenting tasks and then linking them to make up our processes. It represents the core of almost everything we do in the world. Tasks [...]

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The use of Humor in projects

Posted in Project Management on Apr 4th, 2011

Sometimes work just gets too hard and heavy. Last year I as training for my Motorcycle Safety Foundation RiderCoach certification, which consisted of around 20 days of training before being let loose on students. The boot camp portion was 7 days living with our examiners/trainers and 9 individuals unknown to each other. The project goal [...]

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