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  • Can Ford Be Lean
    11/24/2008
    

    Not only can Ford be lean, they already are lean in Brazil. They just need to get the UAW to help them bring that home. Have a look at Ford's Brazilian operation (courtesy of Glen Alleman).

  • Does the Project Management Body of Knowledge Need Opportunity Management
    11/02/2008
    

    Josh Nankviel thinks so writing, "In the PMBoK® guide, opportunities on a project are dealt with as positive risks within the risk management knowledge area. I believe this is the wrong approach," and maybe the PMI® CEO thinks so too.

  • QnEK Is the Antidote to the 8th Waste
    10/14/2008
    

    How do we engage our team mates? Use QnEK. Make project work safer, easier and more interesting.

  • Become a Student of Project Management
    09/28/2008
    

    Looking for something more to squeeze into your life? Head over to pmStudent. Josh Nankivel has invited authors and bloggers to share their views and advice on learning PM. I made my first post on Friday: HBR Shares How to Move Your Stalled Projects Forward.

  • Construction Software Selection Checklist
    08/23/2008
    Houston Neal offers a high-level feature comparison checklist for beginning a software evaluation.
  • Wisdom from Professor Rao
    08/22/2008
    "Smart organizations make difficult things simple," from Bob Sutton's Work Matters.
  • Think Visual
    07/20/2008
    Check out Dave Gray | info, a new website giving attention to ways of meaning, thinking and working by the founder of XPLANE and chief blogger at Communication Nation.
  • Who Knows Engineers?
    07/14/2008
    

    Curious blog We Know Engineers on A/E firms. Worth checking out.

  • Comparing Lean and Agile
    06/29/2008
    Scott Reynolds writing at Tales from the SharpSide, "Lean forces you into a culture of quality. Agile is about interactions and people, and Lean is very much concerned with tools and processes." Read more about Lean vs. Agile...
  • Glen Alleman's Models of PM Success
    06/24/2008
    

    Glen makes two big claims:

    1. If you don't have a credible plan and schedule, with a handle on the cost all the "soft" skills won't get you back on track
    2. If you don't have a definitive description of what "done" looks like, so the "soft skills" class won't make those appear
    Have a look at his comprehensive stand on organizing and managing projects.

 Now Reading

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  The Elegant Solution: Toyota’s Formula for Mastering Innovation by Matthew E. May

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  Micromessaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words by Stephen Young

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  On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt

 Planned Books

• The Logic of Failure: Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations by Dietrich Dorner
• Essentials of Cost Management by Catherine Stenzel

 Recent Books

• The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin
• Toyota Talent by Jeffrey Liker
• Product Development for the Lean Enterprise: Why Toyota\’s System Is Four Times More Productive and How You Can Implement It by Michael N. Kennedy
• Surprise! Now You’re a Software Project Manager by Bas de Baar
• Small Change by Lawrence Terkel

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