tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post5374931757457837402..comments2023-12-09T03:51:33.158-05:00Comments on Various Consequences: Efficiently Directing the WorkJoshua Stultshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506970399027046387noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post-29908846199169348282013-02-13T16:16:26.447-05:002013-02-13T16:16:26.447-05:00yep. No question about it.
For all successful pro...yep. No question about it.<br /><br />For all successful projects / organizations that I have worked with this is one of the most notable characteristics. Others being (1) direct communication among the members of the working groups and between groups ( bull sessions we used to call them, Beer Friday, weekend parties, long lunches outside the office cubicle maze ), (2) extensive detailed documentation, and (3) that information easily accessible to all group members. Self-powered / self-starters smaller groups are an excellent way to get the balls rolling on new stuff. Weekly / monthly reports fed only upstream to "management" and there stuffed into a file cabinet are useless.<br /><br />I worked for one organization that had established a group the sole purpose of which was to supply "Project Managers" to other groups. The hypothesis was that a generic Project Manager could successfully Project Manage anything. What a joke. <br /><br />Projects working on physical phenomena and processes that are coupled in the physical domain require coupling in the models, methods, software domains, and within each of these domains domain gurus for each aspect.<br /><br />Domain expertise rules.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com