Silence and distraction, forms of the Two Great Wastes, establish a pattern that leads to project failure.
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Why does one team have just the right disposition for the task while another team doesn’t? The first team chooses their mood. Read this Project e-Tip to learn more…
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You can avoid a good deal of project rework by minimizing ‘mura’ in your work. Setting a pace counteracts the compound effects of dependence and variability. Learn more…
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Projects are inadvertently over-burdened (muri) when planning is done without consideration to the capabilities, interests, and availability of project performers. This week’s Project e-Tip explores what you can do about it.
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Improvement is about change. Transformation is about BIG change. A good deal of change takes time. Adopt a mood of patience.
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Listen for signs of doubt in commitment conversations.
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Keep your team ready to respond and adjust to the changing circumstances of the project by including them in regular planning conversations.
The Project Reformer’s e-Tip of the Week
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Organizational change is one of the harder changes to make. It takes leadership, attention, and changes in routines. I prepared today’s e-Tip for project managers and project executives who are introducing lean project delivery approaches.
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I have the pleasure of attending many project meetings. Some are well-run; others seem to just go through the motions. I was in a meeting this morning with an architectural team. The team was going through the promises they made to remove constraints for the construction members of their team. The [...]
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Your own power and authority will only get you so far. You’ll gain power when you share it. So goes the argument of the editor of Harvard Business Review. Read on…
The Project Reformer’s e-Tip of the Week
036: Exercise Power Collaboratively
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I’ve been attending many project meetings lately. They all had one thing in common. People spoke about what they would be doing without talking about what that would accomplish. Planning starts with the promises you make. Once you get clear about what you will accomplish, then what you do becomes clear.
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Project management proficiency takes time. Use Hal Macomber’s Ten Rules for Project Managers to guide you and your team.
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One of the more provocative lean construction principles is make decisions (commit) at the last responsible moment. Our habit which is reinforced by project software is to go for the early start. That habit inevitably gets us into trouble. One reader proposes a practice that helps you follow the lean construction principle.
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There are plenty of ways breakdowns occur on projects. We don’t need to add to them. One common problem is taking a short-cut to obligate others to take action rather than to secure reliable promises and freely given commitment.
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Project tasks are usually dependent on prerequisite tasks. Variability in the performance of the prerequisites can have significant impact on the downstream activity. Getting done when you say you will is one key. But that’s not even half of the issue. We need to complete work to the conditions needed by [...]
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Fifth in the series of Five Big Ideas reshaping project delivery.
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We can all succeed at our projects. The secret is staying nimble to the ever-changing project circumstances and the interests of project participants. The key skill is coordinating action.
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It’s been a few weeks since I published a Project e-Tip. I’ve got lots to offer! I’ve been working with teams who are just beginning to go on the Last Planner System™. While a few are struggling, others are making great progress. This week’s tip just might be the key [...]
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Projects are special-purpose networks of commitment, the fourth in the series of Five Big Ideas Reshaping Project Delivery.
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This is the third of five project e-Tips on ideas that are reshaping the delivery of projects. As you read through this consider whether you are systematically doing it or do you just know about it.
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Too much of our time on projects is spent working alone. Programmers code by themselves. Estimators estimate by themselves. Architects detail alone. To make it worse, many companies have erected closed spaces — offices with closed doors, cubicles with 6′ walls — and other impediments for making collaboration the usual practice. [...]
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It’s been awhile since I’ve published a Project e-Tip. The coming five e-Tips will be follow the themes that I see are shaping the work we do. This first one tightly couple learning with action serves as the basis of working in a lean fashion. Take time to explore what it can [...]
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This week’s Project e-Tip came from a suggestion Clarke Ching made for a rule of conduct. At first look, neither of us thought there was an e-Tip in it. As the week went on I noticed that how we conduct ourselves in relationship to others has a significant impact on the others’ behavior. [...]
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This e-Tip encourages us to not get too attached to our plans. Have a read…
The Project Reformer’s e-Tip of the Week
021: When in Doubt, Trust the Terrain
This might come from the Swiss Army Survival Guide. “When lost in [...]
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Nothing beats an engaged project team. Learn how to produce that for your project…
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? Guy Kawasaki wrote, "Less is the new more." Easy to learn: symmetry, seduction, subtraction, and sustainability. Very valuable to do. Step 1: Read Matt's book!! just 140 keystrokes.
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