Does Value Stream Mapping Need a Makeover?

The main reason organizations don’t realize maximum output from their capacity is that planning and execution behavior is not aligned with the global purpose of the organization. There are two behaviors that account for this misalignment.  They are: Over-production; Making more than the customer (or the next step) requires. Usually manifested as batching behaviors and Releasing […]

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Rocks Into Gold – A Parable

A parable is a short story that conveys a profound truth.  A friend of mine, Clarke Ching, wrote this compact business book that contains a GREAT idea.  Spend 20 minutes reading it.  You’ll be glad you did. Rocks Into Gold – Helping Programmers THRIVE through the Credit Crunch – by Clarke Ching View more presentations or

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Study Shows Good Management Practice Equals More Profit

One would think we have the idea by now…

A recent study done by the London School of Economics and Stanford University shows that a standard of management practice is linked to the favorable financial performance of the business. The way an organization is managed has a strong effect on its performance. It also states that “Management excellence is a matter of internal policy and not just the business environment”

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Silk Purses from Sow’s Ears & Flying Lead Balloons

It’s that time of the year; review your past successes and update your plans for the coming year or so… I was doing some research on selling professional services, and ran accross the “best business brochure ever written”. It was a brochure written by Arthur D. Little for his fledgling consulting firm. In it, he describes

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Is Implementing Critical Chain Project Management Hard?

You may already know this, but a CCPM implementation is not much to fear.  Think of it this way: “CCPM is a disciplined approach to managing the work we already do.”  The reality is, that the work of your firm does not change. CCPM is simply addition and subtraction. You’re adding some new behaviors: Planning with

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