Sat.Jun 17, 2017

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The Smell of Dysfunction and Corrective Action

Herding Cats

When we hear about some dysfunction in our work, a product, a system - Root Cause Analysis can provide the corrective action needed to remove the dysfunction and most importantly prevent the dysfunction from returning. There are Eight Questions needed to gain insight into the source of the problem, before conjecturing any fix. In the Appollo Root Cause Analysis method, we have both Events (Actions) and Conditions, so these Eight need to be restated.

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Meditation

The Tao of Project Management

I once asked my old Tai Chi teacher, Yano, what the ten thousand things were. He just smiled and poked me in the stomach (he was like that). It was obvious, I should have thought about it or meditated. Meditation requires peace and quiet but in the hurly-burly of project life it sometimes seems that there are very few moments like that. But we do need these moments of tranquility to slow down, take stock and re-charge our batteries.

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