What’s the connection between the Montessori Method, The Toyota Way and Agile IT?
The first answer to this question is…. ‘quality build in’. The Toyota philosophy knows the concept of Poka-yoke, ‘mistake proofing a device by preventing, correcting, or drawing attention to human errors as they occur’. Poka-yoke is a means of building quality into the device since it prevents making mistakes. It doesn’t only have an effect [...]
Where do you aim, deal or ideal? (subtitle: continuous customer-supplier alignment)
As we all know, projects are complex. That applies even more to ICT projects. The problem with complexity is that it creates unpredictability. We do not like unpredictability because both customer and supplier want to have a successful business case and need to know in advance whether the project is going to deliver within the boundaries as defined by the [...]
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Booklist
Planned books:
- Making Sense of Change Management: A Complete Guide to the Models, Tools and Techniques of Organizat by Esther Cameron, Mike Green
- Freedom from Command by John Seddon
- Do the Right Thing: How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal Customers and Large Profits by James F. Parker
- Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) by Garr Reynolds
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
Current books:
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Managing portfolios of change with MSP for programmes and PRINCE2 for projects: Integrating MSP and by Chris Venning
Recent books:
- Het Groot Werkvormenboek / druk 1: dé inspiratiebron voor resultaatgerichte prestaties, vergaderinge by S. Dirkse-Hulscher, A. Talen
- Managing successful programmes: Office of Government Commerce by Rod Sowden … [et al.]
- Performance Leadership: The Next Practices to Motivate Your People, Align Stakeholders, and Lead You by Frank Buytendijk
- Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton
- Knowing-Doing Gap, The: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I Sutton
