Sun.Jun 05, 2016

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Long lived teams need to emulate The Borg

Kiron Bondale

When staffing projects, many organizations follow restaurant prix fixe models – give me one team member from column A, two from column B and so on. Allocation decisions for such projects are usually made through a combination of degree of fit for requirements with a healthy dash of politics thrown in. Anyone who disagrees with my inclusion of the latter has never managed a project where the quality of their relationship with people managers was a key influencer over the calibre of the team

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Thinking: it's about systems first

Musings on Project Management

I've pointed to "Thinking in Systems: a primer" by D. Meadows in prior posts, and here I go again, largely because I think she's offered a lot that is useful to managers of all stripes, not just systems people. But, there's traps! Here's an abridged list of 'traps' she cautions against, a list of ills we should all be cautious about: Success to the successful If the winners of a.