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Decision faults: failure to proactively plan your decisions
In my October 10, 2008 post, I introduced my belief that all faults are decision faults. Over the years, I’ve seen quite a variety of bad decision practices that lead to failure. Here are some decision faults that I lump … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis plan, bad decisions, decision analysis, decision faults, decision framing, decision management, decision network, decision pattern, decision planning, decision priority, decision quality, proactive decision-making, problem analysis, root cause analysis, Situation Appraisal, thinking breakdown structure
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Capability roadmaps
I know this is counter-intuitive, but NOW is the time think strategically – NOW is the time to build a set of capability roadmaps for your organization! This month’s global financial meltdown makes you want to shrink your planning horizon … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy, Decision Patterns
Tagged capability roadmap, decison patterns, project portfolio, project priorities, roadmap, roadmap alignment, strategic alignment, strategic roadmapping, strategy, system of systems, thinking breakdown structure
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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
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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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Managing decision interactions
A Decision Breakdown Structure (DBS) for any complex strategy, system or project is a way to decompose the situation into well-framed, loosely-coupled, bite-sized and manageable “thought packages“. Each decision “node” within this structure is a well-framed “fundamental question or issue that demands … Continue reading
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Tagged constraints, criteria, critical path, cross-constraints, decision dependencies, decision interactions, decision network, decision tree, derived requirements, lean processes, lean thinking, NPV, pareto's law, problem domain, project management, roadmaps, solution space, strategy, systems engineering, thinking breakdown structure, traceability, trade space
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Top Ten decisions list
Every engineer, designer, strategist or manager should “own” a set of decisions. If you’re managing knowledge workers who are involved in the thinking that creates the future (decisions), you can empower them by making the decisions that they own explicitly … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Concepts, Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy
Tagged decision approvals, decision framing, decision implementation, decision management, decision ownership, decision status, decisions, empowerment, performance management, priorities, quick wins, rolling wave plan, thinking breakdown structure, to-do list, to-think list
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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
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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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Situation Appraisal for strategic situations
I regularly come into contact with highly skilled professionals who have had training in human thinking patterns (aka rational process, systems thinking) somewhere in their past. A Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving & Decision-Making (PSDM) workshop was my first introduction into this … Continue reading
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Tagged create the future, decision analysis, decision network, Kepner-Tregoe, potential problem analysis, problem analysis, PSDM, rational process, risk management, Situation Appraisal, SWOT, systems thinking, thinking breakdown structure, thinking patterns
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Strategic vs operational excellence
I continue to run into folks who are pouring mucho money and effort into applying six sigma techniques to everything. Six sigma provides a rich toolbox for continuous, incremental improvement of existing processes and systems; it’s great for helping organizations … Continue reading
Decision: Research Strategy
Some of you may work in the very early stages of investigating science or translating science into new and useful technologies that create the value engine for new products. Although most of my clients through the years have taken relatively … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Driven Innovation, Decision Driven Product Development, Decision Driven Strategy, Decision Patterns
Tagged applied research, basic research, decision, decision network, decision pattern, knowledge pull, market pull, product development, research portfolio, research strategy, science, technology, thinking breakdown structure, whole product vision
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Decision Driven® collaboration framework
A Decision Breakdown Structure (DBS) is a decomposed set of well-framed, loosely-coupled decisions that defines a thinking plan for any complex project or human endeavor. I have written numerous blog entries on the power of a visible, explicit decision model to … Continue reading
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Tagged acceleration premium, collaboration framework, cooperation premium, decision, decision network, decision pattern, innovation premium, project kickoff, rolling wave, thinking breakdown structure
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