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Project Management 411

May 31st, 2008

Is Collaboration and Communication Enough?

Funny how collaboration and communication, in and of themselves, are viewed by some as “strategies”. In my business (technology enabling business processes) you have to have something to collaborate about; i.e., a business process that is benefiting the company. In fact, “collaboration” and “communication” alone are never enough and seen as “me too” by the […]

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February 19th, 2008

Barriers to Strategy Development: Admitting You Need Help and Issue Prioritization

Continuing my summation of comments related to the post “IN SEARCH OF: Business Processes Supporting Strategy Execution and Innovation“, I reveal my discussion with Cullen Coates. Once again, I encourage you to read all the comments at the post- they reveal a desire by all parties to learn and understand each other.
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Mr. Coates: Basically I […]

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February 18th, 2008

Barriers to Strategy Development: Willingness of Management to Embed Processes

My post titled “IN SEARCH OF: Business Processes Supporting Strategy Execution and Innovation” continues to attract excellent practical comments by many including former CEO Cullen Coates. I encourage you to read the comments- they reveal a desire by all parties to learn and understand each other. Below are some of Mr. Coates’ remarks with emphasis […]

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January 27th, 2008

Collaboration Update: Engineers and Production

Collaboration reaps many benefits but there are still many frustrations with the process and with the technology. Manufacturing Business Technology magazine reports on a survey of just over 400 (about 1/2 design engineers and 1/2 production/project managers) about collaboration as it relates to design and manufacturing improvements.
Only 20% were “satisfied” with current collaboration efforts citing […]

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January 7th, 2008

Surf Conditions Are EPIC, But Can You Ride the Waves?

Miki Saxon’s post in her Leadership Turn blog about a new book called EPIC Change by Timothy Clark got my attention. There’s no use trying to summarize it except to say that “EPIC” stands for Evaluation, Preparation, Implementation and Consolidation; read her excellent post for more. Then get ready to deal with change if you want […]

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