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Change Your Premise

I am frequently reminded of some old Star Trek: The Next Generation episode whenever I hear or see someone who is failing, over and over again.

The episode dealth with Commander Data, the cybernetic organism that worked so dilgently to understand human life. He was pitted against some grand master in a game that looked […]

Project Management Haiku

Sponsor gives the task With Impossible deadline Insanity rules

Create Gantts to show Path to achieving success Thanks, M.S. Project

Kick-off not so good Resources are all tied up Late the day we start

Panic already Project reviews are painful But no help in sight

Schedule slipping right Costs are increasing daily Metrics board bright […]

It’s not just the managers

There are plenty of commentators, bloggers, book authors and columnists, pundits and others out there (including this one!) who point a finger squarely in management’s direction and declare that the root cause of all evil in the workplace lies with them. Lately, however, I’m starting to think that isn’t necessarily the case.

While “management,” writ […]

Time: The ultimate currency

How do you measure effectiveness and efficiency? Odds are, you have mountains of reports sent your way, or that you generate yourself, showing all sorts of permutations of cost. Budgets, performance vs. budget, unit cost, production costs, support ratios, hourly costs, deliverable cost, run time, burn rates, overheads…..the volume of data thrown your way is […]

A Sticky Situation: The Problem-Problem

The other day, I was asked by a friend of mine to help him with a problem at work. His team was struggling with a technical problem, and they weren’t able to get to the root cause. I was pretty much tickled since these opportunities are rare, despite my best efforts to try and seek […]