We work on a lot of projects. We see a lot of opportunities for improvement (aka problems). We provide a lot of solutions.
There are patterns to the kinds of things that go wrong on these projects. There are root causes that need to be addressed. There are things that we know really work, and we're trying our best to make them happen.
That process would be far simpler if people already understood what we are trying to do. Therefore, we are kicking off this effort to attempt to work out the specifics of the process and communicate it in an effective manner to the necessary individuals such that everyone's chances for success are improved.
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This is a great graphic riddle with an important point. Thanks!
It reminds me of a series of meetings years ago to set budget and schedule for a systems upgrade. The input from top management to every meeting was essentially, "How can we do it faster?" To every clever and heroic technique we suggested for reducing the schedule their response was, "How can we do it faster?"
Finally, exasperated, I said, "The way to finish sooner is to start." They kept trying to get the discussion back to tools and methodologies and I kept saying, "You want to finish? Then f*ing START!"
That was our last meeting. Not because of my comment, but because that subsidiary got shutdown.
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