Quality – template & application

The production of information within the project is a matter that is almost outreaching of the Project Manager capabilities. Any stakeholder is a source of production and a destination of data; therefore, the necessity of validating the data becomes of paramount importance. In fact, the credibility of the Project Manager depends upon the quality (reliability) of the information released with the official imprimatur. [...]

Applying Kaizen principles to communication

Symbols are powerful communication tools

What can “Lean Management” offer for improving communication?

It would be a pretension to present myself as a “lean” expert. My knowledge and experience on this subject is at its very beginning, after a long period of bafflement. My doubts were focused on the difficulties of translating principles conceived for the [...]

Communication (the project’s core)

The project’s success is a chain made by effective communication followed by accomplished [...]

The power of filtering communications

I have the pleasure to cite this Trevor Roberts post. He gets a good point using the combinatorial math for illustrating the function of project manager as filtering conveyor of information among the team member.

The power is exerted through a careful dosage of information within the team.

Trevor starts describing theoretical distribution of communication inside [...]

Time vs. Energy (the importance of quality)

Time and direction

Using time, as the most important quantity to measure efforts, means singling out just one of the elements that forms customers’ satisfaction.Who does want to pay just for punctuality and consumed time?

As managers we usually calculate the effort in terms of time. As customer we use money to buy something that gives [...]