The 40-40-20 rule for Project Governance
by jed simms on November 25, 2011
Executives know all they need to know — at least they think they need to convey the impression that they know all they need to know. And, to get to an executive position you need to have some sort (…)
When do you call it out?
by jed simms on November 18, 2011
The project is finalizing the business case. It has no clear definition of the desired business outcomes. It has no process definition of its requirements – just a list of functions and features. The solution was selected on the basis (…)
Insight v Innovation
by jed simms on November 4, 2011
Every now and then we get a “Aha!’ moment when we get an insight. When we see something differently for the first time. I remember when in the first few months of my journey to improve the performance of projects (…)
Kind and Cruel
by jed simms on October 27, 2011
The human body is both kind and cruel in that, for example, in the event of an emergency it will allow us to make a mad dash for safety (kind) and punish us later when our muscles seize up (cruel). (…)
SIMPLISTIC v SIMPLIFIED
by jed simms on October 19, 2011
The (late) Steve Jobs said that if you believed something was ‘simple’ you obviously did not understand it. The challenge, he said, was to thoroughly understand the complexity so that you can then simplify it. His products are testaments to (…)