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In the spring of 2003 I started some serious thinking about project (management) controls. Greg Howell had done some writing about it indicating that the usual practices he observed created a pressurized situation for the project participants. Since [...]

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We have more to learn from Toyota than there is time to do so

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Tags: collaboration, kaizen, lean, theory, IGLC, Toyota, ToyotaWay

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Tags: PMpractice, leadership, teams, theory

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Guest blogger Claude Emond

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Learn to us the 12 actions mastered by 70 highly successful people.

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Projects happen in an always-uncertain and unknowable future. Facing up to that is the key to improving project planning.

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What’s more important, measuring or understanding? Drucker or Oglesby?

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What will jazz do for you for your projects?

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Are you ready for project success? Yes, you say. Are you ready to face the pain that goes with it?

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Is project management even possible? David Schmaltz thinks not.

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If you can’t rely on project management theory, then what can you rely on?

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IGLC-14: Theory of Projects

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IGLC-14: Theory of Projects

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Implementing systems like CRM are often difficult and many fail. We need look no further than the science of the brain to understand why.

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End of Process as We Know It

by Hal on November 17, 2005

in commentary, theory

Ross Mayfield suggests that we’ve reached the limit of what process can do for us in business. Smart people don’t do their best work when constrained by process. Ross makes a compelling argument…

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Two authors think that the difficulties we have with projects might have to do with our basic 2000+ year view of things and processes. Read what Lauri Koskela, one of the founders of lean construction, and Mike Kagioglou have to say…

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Lean Project Delivery Theory

by Hal on October 23, 2005

in lean, theory

Interested in the theory of lean project delivery. Have a look at the new lens…

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When IT projects come in on time and on budget but organizations don’t use the new system we have failure. The recommended remedy is to tie executive compensation to the success of the project. That doesn’t seem to be enough. Read on…

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80/20 Principle

by Hal on September 19, 2005

in books, theory

So much of what we do on projects does not produce value for our client and our firms. Author Richard Koch suggests we can change that by applying a 100 year-old observation of an Italian economist. Read on…

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Introducing the IGLC-12 Papers

by Hal on August 7, 2004

in IGLC, theory

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