by Jon M. Quigley and Kim L. Robertson Words have specific meanings across all industries sectors which allow us to decode what is said by another and come to some understanding. This is a very important activity, as without effective communication not much will happen in a collaborative setting. Waiver: After it is manufactured it […]
Gates in Project Management In conventional project management, also referred to as staged gate methodology, we will find gates. Each gate provides a way point or check point upon which subsequent work will build. Each gate has a targeted expected set of objectives to reach and to answer before moving on to subsequent work. Each […]
Value Transformation training on Project Risk Management from a product development perspective, and starting with the scope and objective.
By Shawn P. Quigley Leadership Equation From our previous discussion you may remember the leadership equation: B= f {(Exp3) (A2) (DL) (T)} { f (P2)(GB+GTX)(WC)}. Which was derived from Lewin’s equation of B=f (P,E), (Lewin, 1936). Since we have discussed all of these concepts before it is time to work toward understanding their interrelations. Personal […]
Imaginary Numbers = Lies Got you! I bet you were thinking this was going to be a complicated math post. It is not, but it is about metrics. Companies often employ measurement (at least they should) to determine the state of a variety of endeavors that are moving through the organization. For example, a project […]
By: Kim L. Robertson and Jon M. Quigley Pragmatic and Agile Sometime back, I wrote a brief rant on the use of the word pragmatic. I had seen the word hijacked by executives to justify what could be characterized as a reckless product launch. Reduce or minimize testing, just get the product to market, and […]