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Monday, 04 June 2007 08:49
Evil Alter Egos: Episode 3 - Mr. Promise
So far we dealt with Mr. Genius by clueing him in to what everyone else already knows: he doesn’t have all the answers. Then we overcame Ms. Bellows by digging to the root causes and getting her to calm down. But Mr. Promise seems like he would be a great guy to have around. How could he possibly be evil?
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Saturday, 12 May 2007 10:43
Deming's 3rd Point in Project Management
Inspection is a Tool for Improvement, Not a Whip
Deming's third point urges practitioners to design quality into processes, using inspection as an information-gathering tool to do so. In project management, the processes and systems make up a methodology. Does your organization have a consistent methodology, or does everyone run projects their own way?
Inspecting project performance through the lens of continuous improvement facilitates applying lessons learned to a consistent and ever-improving methodology. This can not be done effectively unless there is a consistent system of managing projects in the first place.
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