Category Archives: innovation
Manage Your Portfolio of Problems Part 1
Does your team and organization suffer from numerous problems and issues? Do more issues crop up each time you try to solve something? Managing your problems as a portfolio may help you. One of the keys to improving your team … Continue reading
How to improve your productivity by using structure in your process
Once an organization reaches a certain size (say more then 30 people) it makes sense to set up a little bit of structure behind the way things are done. You often hear the objection “but we don’t need procedures or … Continue reading
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What makes a successful PMO?
Over the years we’ve seen some really good Project Management Offices, and we’ve seen a whole lot more which just don’t cut it. If you’re the manager of a PMO or a concerned team member, what are some of the … Continue reading
Difference between Efficiency and Effectiveness
I get asked from time to time about the difference between Efficiency and Effectiveness. Of course, there’s the old saying of Efficiency between doing things right and Effectiveness is doing the right things. But it’s easier to understand via an … Continue reading
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Reviewing Efficiency & Effectiveness Of Your Company KPI/Metrics Program
Most companies collect various metrics. But are they the best ones to collect? How do you know if you are getting good value for the effect expended in collecting and reporting KPIs/metrics? You can use this list to get a … Continue reading
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Practical Steps To Recover From a Project Failure (Project Disaster Recovery)
One of the most difficult things to do is to recovery from project disasters – you know the sort – where EVERYTHING that can go wrong does go wrong. There are four key activities to undertake when recovering from any … Continue reading
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Imagine a Simpler Process
A client recently pointed out to us that we have a recurring theme in our blog posts recently – that of simplifying processes. This is not surprising as it’s one of our prime company service offerings. Even in a time … Continue reading
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Recommended Reading
After my tirade yesterday, I was asked for MY recommended reading. While there are already lots of lists around, here are a few of my favourites: 4 Steps to the Epiphany (Blank) The Mythical Man Month (Brooks) Death March (Yourdon) … Continue reading
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Starting Again?
We recently conducted some seminars on process and methods use (or disuse). We did a quick poll of the audiences and were quite startled (though not entirely surprised) with the consistency of results. For all of the effort that has … Continue reading
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