#53 – 5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS I LEARNED WHILE WAITING TABLES – HEATHER THORNTON

Posted on July 4, 2014 by

I ran across the following recently and the title made me click and read. Then I shared it with some peers. In thinking about it, I realized it needed to be re-posted here on our forum to get it even more exposure. The five points the author makes are critical in thinking about how much risk we introduce when we fail to do the most basic tasks on our projects. I could go on, but I’d much rather you read what Heather Thornton, Digital Project Manager at Covario wrote. And please visit Covario’s thought leadership page for more articles like this one. Thanks to the Covario team for permission to re-post. Continue reading →

#53 – DOES MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES STIFLE EXCELLENCE? – JOHN DYER

Posted on June 29, 2014 by greg

Setting arbitrary goals can hamper the ability to improve dramatically – or drive the wrong improvement behaviors entirely.

From Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s 14 Points: Eliminate work standards (quotas) on the factory floor. Substitute leadership. Eliminate management by objective. Eliminate management by numbers, numerical goals. Substitute leadership. Continue reading →

#53 – HOW SECURE ARE YOUR AUDITS? – UMBERTO TUNESI

Posted on June 29, 2014 by greg

Since kids, we were used to keep things clean and in order. But – on certain occasions like Xmas or a far away relative visiting our family – we had to make them more clean and orderly.

This imprint is deeply rooted within us, when we are at school, in the army, on our work place, when we are at our own home. Can it be named the inspection day syndrome? Continue reading →

#53 – TIME TO RETHINK CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT – RON ASHKENAS

Posted on June 29, 2014 by greg

Six Sigma, Kaizen, Lean, and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization’s health. While it may be heresy to say this, recent evidence from Japan and elsewhere suggests that it’s time to question these methods. Continue reading →

#53 – RFID AND SECURITY IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – STUART ROSENBERG

Posted on June 29, 2014 by greg

The purpose of this article is twofold: 1. Present the question of how will RFID change the supply chain landscape and then 1. Highlight areas of this technology which may be critical to further development and implementation. In addition, I plan to show the differences between barcode technologies and RFID in their use for supply chain. Continue reading →

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#53 – 5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS I LEARNED WHILE WAITING TABLES – HEATHER THORNTON

#53 – DOES MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES STIFLE EXCELLENCE? – JOHN DYER

#53 – HOW SECURE ARE YOUR AUDITS? – UMBERTO TUNESI

#53 – TIME TO RETHINK CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT – RON ASHKENAS

#53 – RFID AND SECURITY IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – STUART ROSENBERG