newsletter archive.

(Previously published under the title Extreme Profits
under ISSN 1925-8941)

Mary Colak Mary Colak

Lessons learned, successful solutions

After your organization implements a project, does the project owner engage the team in a project debrief? If not, then your organization can be losing out on valuable lessons. Learning from project debriefs results in improvements in future projects.

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Mary Colak Mary Colak

What’s the risk, overcoming barriers to implementation

With new projects comes an expectation of improvement. But what does not always come with new projects is a risk assessment. And without a risk assessment, successful implementation of the project is in jeopardy right out of the gate.

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Mary Colak Mary Colak

Phases of implementation, sustain and improve

When implementing improvement ideas, phasing the implementation prior to full-scale deployment helps reduce risk and ensures an effective implementation process.

Implementing a project the right way requires working through three phases: design, pilot, and implementation. Each phase builds on the previous one, ensuring that important elements are not missed in full-scale implementation.

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