... I think you will be disappointed. In fact the examples they gave showed that the difference between the two groups were that in the non-multitask...
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ramu_kellogg98
Feb 3, 2012 9:15 pm
Let me illustrate a vignette of the prevailing bureaucracy in my team. In my project, I need the blessing of an Architecture Review Board (ARB) in order to...
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David Peterson
dpeterson72
Feb 4, 2012 3:58 pm
Unless you have tremendous charisma and experience of TOC, I would recommend you don't rush into teaching mode and instead do your homework. Start on your own,...
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Mike Bowles
mikeorjim2003
Feb 6, 2012 7:20 pm
In TOC there is a tool called the half baked solution - it use the Negative Branch process to shoe the impact of an action by others - are you aware of this...
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dbprofile0410
Feb 7, 2012 1:25 pm
The response is too complex for the trivial situation. The ARB is not going to hold a special session if it meets weekly anyway. The kiss of death for any...
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Raoul Duke
theraoulduke
Feb 23, 2012 6:50 pm
hello, as a software developer, i appreciate the idea of not multitasking so i can focus on getting a single problem done at a time. on the other hand, i also...
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Jack Vinson
jackvinson
Feb 23, 2012 8:40 pm
Raoul- While you are poking at a key element of the Critical Chain thinking, your idea isn't as crazy as it sounds. At least to me. Rather than surviving on...
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Raoul Duke
theraoulduke
Feb 23, 2012 8:46 pm
... i don't entirely disagree, even though i haven't yet had the good fortune of working some place or creating some place that is both financially successful...
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Mike Bowles
mikeorjim2003
Feb 24, 2012 7:57 am
Raoul Did you see this article? Five New Management Metrics You Need To Know This is a guest post from James Slavet of venture firm Greylock Partners. Slavet's...
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Jack Vinson
jackvinson
Feb 24, 2012 2:37 pm
For some reason the URL didn't come through correctly. http://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2011/12/13/five-new-management-metrics-you-need-to-know/ or ...
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Clarke Ching
clarkeching
Mar 11, 2012 2:46 pm
Can you take a look at the Wikipedia entry on Contribution Margin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contribution_margin#Examples, then tell me if this sentence...
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Santiago Velasquez
ifsavel
Mar 11, 2012 3:54 pm
Think you're right! Must be going nuts too. :) ... -- *Santiago Velasquez* ifsavel@... | Value Borne Blog <http://valueborne.blogspot.com> | ...
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Joël-Henry GROSSARD
jhgrossard
Mar 11, 2012 5:04 pm
Clarke, You are perfectly right. Let look at the table which is correct : Ended December 31, 201XSales$ 462,452Less Variable ...
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Rick Denison
denison_rick
Mar 11, 2012 5:34 pm
I have my handy dandy "Management Dynamics, Merging Constraints Accounting to Drive Improvement" by John and Pamela Caspari next to me. In the Glossary...
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Santiago Velasquez
ifsavel
Mar 12, 2012 8:30 pm
Hello all, This is not a strictly TOC related question, so I apologize beforehand: wanted to tap into "the wisdom of crowds" of these lists. Does anybody ...
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Allan Elder
myprojectpar...
Mar 12, 2012 11:23 pm
Santiago, a tool I use is The Brain. It allows you to do exactly what is reported in the PDF except quantitative analysis. I use something like this network...
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Jack Vinson
jackvinson
Mar 13, 2012 2:33 am
Santiago, you found one of the best resources in terms of expertise and application of the technique - Valdis is a great guy. The challenge with ONA (which is...
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hugodag
Mar 13, 2012 7:08 am
You could try Player Map X-Ray https://www.playermapxray.com...
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Mike Bowles
mikeorjim2003
Mar 13, 2012 11:24 am
Clarke I had a look in my Marginal costing book from 1946 under a section called the Theory of Marginal costing there is a diagram as follows: Product A Total...
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Santiago Velasquez
ifsavel
Mar 13, 2012 3:34 pm
Thanks Allan for your response. Have you proceeded with modifying the organizational structure as a result of this "social network analysis"? I'm curious of...
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Santiago Velasquez
ifsavel
Mar 13, 2012 3:35 pm
Thanks Jack! Same question I asked Allan: After the social network analysis, what have you done with the results? You are right, I will contact Patti,...
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Jack Vinson
jackvinson
Mar 13, 2012 4:12 pm
Santiago- One does a social network analysis to gain some understanding of the network and how knowledge / information / expertise (survey design - whatever...
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Allan Elder
myprojectpar...
Mar 13, 2012 10:36 pm
Santiago, I haven't used it to design organizational structures. I use it to understand the "hidden organization" which cannot be designed or even controlled...
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Santiago Velasquez
ifsavel
Mar 14, 2012 12:56 am
Thanks Guys. Great stuff. Although I am conscious of "hidden organizations", I did not know there was a huge body of knowledge around it. I will have to...
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Allan Elder
myprojectpar...
Mar 14, 2012 1:27 am
Santiago, I learned stakeholder mapping from an old-timer about 20 years ago. I was teaching the basics of it when someone pointed out the book, Leading from...
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rajeev_athavale
Mar 15, 2012 6:36 am
Hi Jim, Does this mean that the concept of Throughput is not new? Regards, Rajeev...
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Mike Bowles
mikeorjim2003
Mar 15, 2012 10:24 am
Hi Rajeev You are correct. I suggest that you look at good references to "Direct Costing" to find the roots of Eli's suggested measures. It is "absorption...
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systhnk
Mar 16, 2012 2:03 pm
Dear Members The CriticalChain Group in LinkedIn is nearing a 1000 members which has been built up painstakingly and is actively discussing the tenets of...
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Jack Vinson
jackvinson
Mar 16, 2012 2:27 pm
Off topic! I wish someone would go through all the TOC-related groups on LinkedIn and merge most of them together. There are two CCPM groups and a boatload of...
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Clarke Ching
clarkeching
Mar 16, 2012 6:06 pm
I've just discovered Amazon have implemented a new feature which means that 5 days every quarter I can make my Kindle eBooks available for free. So ... if...
