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A Federated Process Model
A common problem experienced by companies with diverse operations is that of standardizing processes. Finding a balance is a complex activity that involves: a) having enough processes definition to drive end to end processes and hence results for the company … Continue reading
Improve your business with Methodologies, procedures and frameworks
Do you have a methodology in your business? A framework? Procedures? Does it matter? When methodologies are first deployed there is a flurry of activity where everyone is trained and then set loose upon an unsuspecting world with binders under … Continue reading
Compliance versus Support – The Chicken and the Egg
To bring some structure and consistency to projects (and business processes in general), audits or QA checks/gates are often performed to assess current practices and to enforce consistency. But in one of the great ironies, it is often necessary to … Continue reading
Improve Your Business With A Quality Management System Review
Once in a while it’s good to review your quality/business management system (structure, processes, requirements, etc) – we’ll focus on processes for the moment. The relevance of processes is critical. They must be useful to your staff, customers, partners and … Continue reading
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Project Kickoffs Improve Performance
I was recently asked about why project kickoffs are important – surely people could just read the Project Management Plan and Project Charter. Nice in theory – rather more difficult in practice. It’s always better to get everyone in a … 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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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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A Day in Refactoring Agile Project Process Part 3
315 Arvo Tea We like to take advantage of as many informal activities and gatherings as possible (plus we love coffee and donuts What strikes us with the people in this company is that everyone at all levels have … Continue reading
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