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Continue reading →: Real or Not Real? Deadlines in Project Management
(Image Credit: Doug Buckley of http://hyperactive.to) Your team is busily working to meet a deadline for an upcoming project, and you’re wondering whether you’re going to be able to pull it together. Everyone is getting nervous, drinking a lot of coffee and Mountain Dew, and staying at the office until…
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Continue reading →: Google Tracks Spread of Flu
Is the flu spreading across your state? You can find out using Google Flu Trends, which projects the spread of influenza based on how people are using Google to search for health information. Check out the movie illustrating how search data appears to correlate with flu data from the Center…
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Continue reading →: Supply Chains and Supply Networks
Supply chains aren’t actually linear chains, but socio-technical systems that can be expressed as networks. In an October 2004 article in DM World, a data management magazine, Dennis Ladd expressed it well: Today’s competitive, fast-moving business environment has irrevocably changed the supply chain and the management of its functions as…
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Continue reading →: Getting to Consensus
It’s hard to get a group of people to agree on something. But, I’ve found out, if a) all members of the group understand what consensus really is, and b) if there is a good process in place for establishing consensus before a discussion begin — it is possible to…
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Continue reading →: Systems Thinking and Ships in Shanghai
Quality experts and practitioners alike know that a solution should be designed for a particular context of use. The complete environment of the problem should be considered, and political, economic, social and technical ramifications should be examined before investing in a costly project. This wasn’t the case for the $260…
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Continue reading →: Lean Thinking: The Many Flavors of Waste
The seven types of waste are a foundational concept in lean manufacturing, all forms of muda as described by Taichi Ohno of Toyota. Reducing waste systematically can help you achieve flow in your processes. Waste can result from: Overproduction – making too much of something that goes unused, spoils, or…
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