Hi, All Had an interesting week of training different groups of people that led me to think back over what I can remember of the responses of differnet groups...
Hi, All Heh, heh. It didn't take near as long as I thought it would for the company in question to back away from sequestering resources for non-project work....
Hi, Jack Yes, I start with a standard list of questions to begin to understand their project environment. No, they are not in a better positon to judge "just...
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:37 PM, lawrence_leach ... If I'm talking to someone I don't know, the conversation has to start somewhere. They are in a better...
Hi, Jay Sorry, I am still addressing non-project work. I am most concerned with the on-call engineering jobs for the plants that draw on the same enginnering...
Larry, That which is Quadrant II (In Covey's Important/Urgent Quad box) are always the tough ones. That is why you leave time in the project schedule to do...
Hi, Jack Just like asking someone for their favorite resturant isn't likely to give you a result you will like if they happen to have very different tastes...
Hi, Nicos Good analogy! The immediate problem is solved. I told the current requestor that I would not refer to him any of my prevous clients, because his...
Hi, Jay Yes, something like that is what they need. I hate to allow them to drop tasks without completing them. That has a tendency to be a slippery slope. ...
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:31 PM, lawrence_leach ... They want to figure out if their differences will make a difference. If it were possible for them to...
... The idea that Doctors and only Doctors would be able to give their advice on medical care is a poor one and even doctors are fine with the idea of a ...
I've been on both sides of this - pushing change and ignoring change. In the case of ignoring change, My example is an initiative which many people within the...
". is there a good technical reference or two on CCPM, one that does not gloss over.." http://www.pdinstitute.com/RobustProjectDesign.html Tony Rizzo ...
Hi: I am new to the group. Is there a good technical reference or two on CCPM, one that does not gloss over the how-to's of this approach? My (ignorant?)...
Larry, Very good topic for discussion. When I hear that question, I always make the analogy with some category of patients (fortunately only a few think like...
Larry I realize that the idea of an availability parameter could be used as a basis for multitasking, but that was not my intention. In my scenario, ...
Just in case you hadn't noticed ....Eli Goldratt's new business novel "Isn't It Obvious" is very nearly out. It's an excellent book, this time looking at the...
Larry, The best way I know how is to add yet a third class of task: the lower priority project task. The process is roughly to assign people to projects taking...
Larry, We both know that (except in movies, scary novels, and the _Lone Ranger_) there are no silver bullets. As long as top executives are satisfied with...
Hi, Jack You clearly understand the situation. Yes, one can reduce the available resource for projects by either sequestering them; i.e. leave them out of the...
All- For what it's worth, non-project-work of this variety shows up in more than engineering environments. I particularly like the way Larry described it: ...
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