e-Tip PDF Archive

001: Chart the Reliability of Task Completions
002: Collect and Post Pareto Data
003: Conduct Plus-Delta Reviews to Encourage Team Openness
004: Keep the Project Mission Alive
005: Speak about Customer Value with Your Team
006: Read the Proposal Everyday
007: Create a Habit of Self-Directed Improvement
008: Set an Improvement Agenda for Your Project
009: Eliminate Multi-Tasking to Speed Project Completion
010: Leaders Produce Trust in the Project Setting
011: Attend to the Critical Conversations
012: Listen Generously
013: Help Your Team Unfold the Project
014: Shift Good Intentions Into Commitments
015: Make Any New Practice a Habit
016: Keep the Customer/End-User Inolved
017: Produce Coherence Among Project Participants
018: Never Confuse Efforts with Results
019: Creating the Environment for 'Jumping In'
020: Take Care of Yourself
021: When in Doubt, Trust the Terrain
022: Expectations Breed Results
023: Three Are Smarter than Two
024: Tightly Couple Learning with Action
025: Collaborate, Really Collaborate
026: Optimize the Whole
027: Projects Are Single-Purpose Networks of Commitment
028: Measure Planning Reliability
029: Coordinate Action for Project Success
030: Intentionally Build Relationships on Projects
031: Have the Next Person in Line Say when Something is Finished…"Done-Done"
032: Don't Mistake Obligation for Commitment
033: Contract Only for What You Understand
034: Ten Rules for Project Managers
035: Take the Time to Plan Outcomes before Activity
036: Exercise Power Collaboratively
037: Ask a Great Question
038: Start Using a "To-Don't List"
039: Prepare Your Team for Uncertainty

On the Side

Humility Makes Toyota Different
02/20/2008

From the Lean Insider: Speaking to Toyota employees at the Detroit Auto Show President Watanabe asked that they take responsibility for recent quality problems.

"I do not regard the problem as something that suppliers are responsible for. We must work together so that we are fully aware of where suppliers are."

Bernstein closes saying, "At Toyota, they know that doing the best job of serving the customer is what makes the company profitable."

Lean Project Management
02/19/2008

Brad Appleton reviewed Lean Project Management, by L Leach concluding, "I found Lean Project Management to be a fairly quick read providing a good overview of some TOC and CCPM fundamentals and how they align with Lean thinking."

Claude Emond, Guest Blogger
01/11/2008

I'm glad to have Claude posting at RPM. It was Claude who gave name to these wonder filled times -- the project age. Please welcome him with your comments.

Toyota Bests Ford in 2007
01/07/2008

WSJ reported, "Ford and GM reported lower December sales, capping off annual declines of 12% and 6%, respectively. Toyota's 2007 sales (in US) rose 3.1% even amid tough competition and signs that the U.S. consumer is beginning to labor in a slowing economy."

Brush-Up on Lean Thinking
01/07/2008

Re-familiarize yourself with the principles and practices of lean with Lean for Dummies. Do it to put yourself in new action!

Increase Reliability Saying No
10/14/2007

Make every "Yes" count, Learn to Say, "No".

White Mountains in Autumn
10/04/2007
Eat your heart out! Beauteous!

Tips for (Project) Managers
08/26/2007

Inside CRM offers The Manager's Cheat Sheet. Here are three of the best: