Refresh Planning Cycle
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There are four areas associated with Refresh Planning, these are: Update, Analysis, Pull-in, Reporting.
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Executive time versus Engineering time
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Estimating how long something takes is always a problem, especially when you factor in the external "influences" the person doing the work has to navigate within the organization. The other factor is the overriding culture of the organization. Is it a learning culture that stimulates open and honest discussion or is it a punishing organization where it is better not to fail, rather than taking risks that might lead to failure (i.e., playing not to lose vs playing to win)?
Read MoreMy schedule keeps slipping every week
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This is a question we have heard countless times. The schedule is constantly slipping. The PM is blamed for not managing the team. The team is blamed for not sticking to the schedule. The management is blamed because people are working on too many projects and there's not enough time in the day to do them all. The most important project is the one that's the latest.
Read MoreWhen will it be done?
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Psychology and human behavior are interesting to study. Permitting people to "take longer" and to factor risks into their plan tends to free them up to creatively think of ways to make it take less time - to find technical solutions that also accelerate the schedule.
Read MoreDo It Now!
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Do it now
Pay to save a day
Act versus talk about it
Schedule is king
Creative thinking - finding solutions to make it go faster
Don’t accept no for an answer
Get in people’s faces (in this case their suppliers)
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