I've not listened to this yet ... http://800ceoread.com/podcasts/archives/008823.html In this podcast, Jack Covert talks to Jeff Cox about how he got involved...
Hi, All Good video. I wonder if the interviewer realized her question was not exactly answered? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XqU-4dVkBE Regards, Larry...
Larry, I was agreeing with you and Tony. I agreed with your point about content, and with Tony's point about poor project plans. Not everyone has weak content,...
Hi, Folks Over the years, most of us have experienced skeptical questions or assertions from our audiances. What say you about sharing some, and discuss how to...
Hi, Richard Yes, I was delighted to agree with you on this. Actually, I know we agree on most things, and usually just discuss here the ones we do not agree...
Great subject. I have addressed these types of questions by throwing them back and asking, "What would have to be true in your work environment for (issue) to...
I do an exercise, with the manager. I put the manager in the role of a resource with three tasks before her. I play the role of resource- manager. The new...
You're crafty. From: CriticalChain@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CriticalChain@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Rizzo Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 11:09 PM To:...
Larry - Interesting post. Their comment is probably true in their world. I think it's important to point out that there's a huge difference -- paradigm shift,...
Hi, Folks Some great ideas on that one! I was hoping for more issues/questions/assertions. OK, let me try a couple more. This is actually the most common one, ...
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Hi, Folks Returning to Little's Law. Some of you may remember my dissatisfaction with it following a presentation I heard last fall. I was not able to...
Ummm, I wouldn't expect resources to buy into cutting their tasks in half, nor would I approach finalizing the validity of the schedule by recommending such...
Ok...I will bite...why not? John Loucks CMA MBA Managing Partner Visual Results 905 301-0643 Visual Consulting Since 2002 Member of the "Theory of Constraints...
... ... because the very managers who would cut in half the estimates of duration provided by the resources quite probably have responded with a reprimand or...
Glad it's helpful. I actually got the idea from reading the book "Loving What Is" and modifying her approach a little. She asks three questions: (1) Is that...
Sorry I forgot the discussion was about common objections rather than surmountable issues. In the context of the question it makes sense thanks. John Loucks...
Why not? Well, for me it's about building a culture of trust in the organization. That includes developing good communication between various levels of...
Another good point, Tony. As a resource myself, I witnessed management demand all sorts of impossible, idiotic things. What would keep me from laughing at them...
Hi, Michael "Just cutting task times in half" and "arbitrary" are your characterizations. I don't know anyone who does exactly either of those for the final...
... Hear! Hear! The practice of cutting estimates also puts the primary system of a business on a process of ongoing degradation: The mangers cut. The ...
Hi, Tony I agree fully with your penultimate paragrpah. As a practical matter, I don't understand how people know what to task to work on without project...
... The network-diagram, which shows the activities, the assigned resources, and the relationships among the activities, certainly must exist. This is how we...
Tony, Some kinds of software development would seem to be a combination of #2 and #3. That is, in software, we often take ideas of our own, and combine them...
Thanks John. The development of new products inevitably involves the discovery of new information and often also mere transformations (recoding). Tony Rizzo ...
Hi, Tony Of course the initial task duration estimates usually entail large variation. Nonetheless, the schedules need initial duration estimates to...
