#419 – HOW TO IMPLEMENT A STRUCTURE FOR DECISION-MAKING AGILITY – HOWARD WIENER CERM

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In the previous article, Part I: Intent and Structure, we discussed a number of important topics:

  • What is your enterprise and what is transformation?
  • What is agility and how is it measured?
  • What is Enterprise Agility?
  • How should SWOT, OODA, OKRs, Lean Product Development and Product Discovery figure in your approach to leading your company?
  • How should you implement strategy, business model and execution decision-making layers?
  • How do you design your organization and processes to promote Collaboration and Coherence?

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#418 – THREE WAYS TO PROVIDE FIELD RELIABILITY FEEDBACK TO THE DESIGN TEAM – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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By the time a product fails in the field, the design team is focused on the next design.

They are looking to the future and not looking for field reliability feedback. We know that each failure contains valuable information.

We, as reliability professionals, often work to create as much useful information concerning failure modes and mechanisms as possible. We want to improve the design. Continue reading →

#418 – RISE OF THE LUDDITES – ANDREW MAYNARD PH.D.

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The term “Luddite” emerged in early 1800s England. At the time there was a thriving textile industry that depended on manual knitting frames and a skilled workforce to create cloth and garments out of cotton and wool. But as the Industrial Revolution gathered momentum, steam-powered mills threatened the livelihood of thousands of artisanal textile workers. Continue reading →

#418 – MINI COURSE – CONFLICT AND LITIGATION BETWEEN CLIENTS AND DEVELOPERS – CAPERS JONES

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Software development and maintenance outsource contracts may lead to conflicts between the client and the service organization.  For a significant number of disputes, the conflict may reach the point of litigation for breach of contract.  The author and his colleagues are often commissioned to perform independent assessments of contract software projects.  We are also engaged as expert witnesses in litigation associated with breach of software contracts. Continue reading →

#418 – HOW CLEAN IS CLEAN? – BILL POMFRET PH.D.

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At no time was cleanliness more critical than in a pandemic, the need for sterilization was paramount,  Will we have another pandemic.  Who knows?  But, we have to be prepared for this risk:

The founder and Managing Consultant of Safety Projects International Inc, has a mission – to help clean up Canada and several other countries. However, rather than doing it himself, Dr Bill Pomfret aka Dr. Clean is getting the workers themselves to do it – which is simple in its logic but offers a huge challenge in execution. Continue reading →