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By David Kasprzak, on July 27th, 2011 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 […]
By David Kasprzak, on June 1st, 2011 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 […]
By David Kasprzak, on May 12th, 2011 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 […]
By David Kasprzak, on May 10th, 2011 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 […]
By David Kasprzak, on March 10th, 2011 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 […]
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