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Reverse Engineer to go farther/faster
We all like the thought of continuous forward progress, accelerating onwards and upwards toward a strategic goal or outcome. But many times our march to the future is best served by a tactical pause in which we consolidate our gains, … Continue reading
Management by Decisions
Many of my posts focus on Decision Management, a first-order business/technical process that includes the following elements: Plan Decisions: Frame the problem to be solved as an explicit decision model. Make Decisions: Synthesize alternatives, evaluate alternatives, assess risks/opportunities, capture rationale, … Continue reading
Rapid problem framing through decision patterns
The Decision Driven® Solutions Framework (DDSF) was unveiled in June 2014 at the INCOSE International Symposium in Las Vegas, NV. The enhanced capabilities of DDSF include a pattern copy/paste feature in the Decision Breakdown Structure (DBS) tool. This function enables … Continue reading
Decision baselines: a dynamic plan of record
It’s always helpful for your business to have a plan of record; a baseline plan that your entire organization can see and align their efforts against. However, if you are pushing the envelope of new technologies, new products, new markets … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged agility, baseline, change management, decision baseline, dynamic planning, massively parallel thinking, plan of record, practive decision-making, strategy, time to capability, time to market
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Turn a Kaizen Blitz into a Decision Blitz
I launched my consulting business before the term, kaizen, became widely used as a synonym for continuous, incremental improvement. Most of my consulting engagements have been focused on innovation, strategy, roadmapping, new products, systems engineering or platform engineering – the … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Strategy, Use Cases or Applications
Tagged black belt, consulting engagement, decision, decision baseline, decision blitz, decision pattern, greenfield, innovation framework, kaizen, kaizen blitz, methods engine, process improvement, reverse engineering, six sigma, vital few, webinar
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Decision Driven project management
Most project managers place their focus on a project plan comprised of a network of tasks and/or work packages. These work packages are part of a hierarchical decomposition of the project effort known as a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). A … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts
Tagged change management, critical chain, critical path, decision baseline, decision network, decision pattern, design, earned value, EVM, impact analysis, management tools, program management, project management, project plan, requirements analysis, tasks, thinking breakdown structure, traceability, work breakdown structure, work package
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Control requirements volatility with decision baselines
Requirements volatility is one of the classical problems encountered in systems engineering and new product development. Changes in requirements that occur or are discovered after the design has started can lead to costly delays, rework, project cancellation or even failures … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged constraints, decision baseline, decision network, decision pattern, decisions, derived requirements, product development, requirements, requirements baseline, requirements volatility, root cause analysis, systems engineering, traceability
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Every decision is an oppportunity to innovate
I’m driven to innovate; I’m always asking “How could this be done or made better?”. Most of my innovations have come in the area of methods – improving how individuals or groups think to create the future. I naturally see patterns; … Continue reading
Decision patterns as a consulting services differentiator
Although I’m somewhat biased, I believe decision patterns are the ultimate differentiator for anyone who offers consulting services. Decision patterns are a form of high-level knowledge capture and reuse; they distill out the essence of the thinking that has worked … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Strategy, Decision Patterns, Use Cases or Applications
Tagged alternative, architecture decisions, collaboration, consulting, consulting services, decision baseline, decision framing, decision network, decision tree, domain expertise, innovation framework, knowledge management, portfolio decisions, problem domain, reverse engineering, solution space, thinking breakdown structure
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Reverse engineering a decision and roadmap baseline
Nearly all of my consulting engagements start with the same task – reverse engineering a strategic baseline for the client’s business or project from whatever source documents they can provide. The initial output of this effort is an explicitly defined … Continue reading
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