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Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 11:38 AM
Garold (Gary) L. Johnson
dynalt@dynalt.com
Dynamic Alternatives
PO Box 59237
Norwalk, CA 90652
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Subject:
Bridge to a New Way of Working Begins with Study
Gary,
Points noted. I find that few people are using the business practices they
know. There is a significant gap in what they "know" to the discipline of
how they "perform". Is the problem knowledge, or discipline? How many
people have been trained in good program practices, in process and task
improvements, told about numerous BKMs, but never really use them. I have
referred to this as the problem of "feel good" management.
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The question remains. Do people need better tools, or just start using the
hammers they already have?
The decades of service oriented matrix organization has left us with a
situation where the program manager is often little more than a reporting
arm of a complex work environment. If one person is in charge, then they
can keep the record, and have an "impact" on peoples lives. Otherwise they
simply become someone outside of the department we can ignore. After all,
they don't write the performance reviews. I support your opinion in this.
.. These problem are not solved by SDS, but by organizational structuring, and
accountability standards. Often a service organization is not measured on
project performance, but on internal metrics. The service group leader will
maximize these internal metrics at the expense of external programs.
(That's how he gets measured and paid).
SDS can help an individual stay organized "IF" he develops the discipline to
use it. It will not fix any endemic organizational issues.
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Sincerely,