Agile is a useful project management method that can be used within a New Product Development (NPD) process to accelerate certain stages of product development. The Agile framework for incremental product development uses one or more cross-functional teams, responsible for…
What if you don’t have 3 days to complete a full strategic plan? How can you still get a good quality strategic plan when you only have a day or a day and half for planning? The planning process I’m…
“If we don’t measure what we’re doing, we’ll never know the outcome of our actions.” - Michael Stanleigh It’s pretty much a standard practice to apply measurement in quality management. For example, we apply measurement of quality work processes…
Assessing and managing risks is the best weapon you have against project catastrophes. By evaluating your plan for potential problems and developing strategies to address them, you’ll improve your chances of a successful project. What Is Risk Management? Risk management…
Managing risks on projects is well worth the effort and keeps you in control of your project. Risk Management is a process for identifying, analyzing and responding to risk factors throughout the life of a project in order to provide…
Solving today’s productivity puzzle is the key to countering the big challenges facing many organizations including an aging workforce, strained government budgets, inequality and threats to the environment. “Productivity is the ultimate engine of growth in the global economy” said…
Current economics is a powerful driver for change within our organizations. Change because there’s a new direction, new governments, new economic realities and so on. We know we have to change but what’s missing is how to manage the change…
A project quality review helps to identify the root causes of problems on a flailing project and provides detailed guidance for how to get it back on track. It has a direct, positive impact on an organization’s bottom-line. When undertaken…
To effectively measure your organization’s performance you need to eliminate a “silo” approach to measurement and measure the right things. Measuring performance is a vital part of monitoring an organization’s progress. It comprises measuring the actual performance outcomes or results…
If you are looking for an engaging and fun way to spark innovation among employees you will like this idea that I call; “Lion’s Den.” This interesting employee event is loosely built on the concept of the television shows, “Shark’s…
