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What If You Held A Best Practices
Meeting… And Nobody Came?

By Bill Flury First Meeting: A Great Idea We were discussing how we could get started with the business of process improvement. Mickey said, “Hey! I’ve got a great idea! The Quality folks are always telling us that we should be on…
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How Fast Tracking Saved My Life

By Craig Brown Numerous articles and presentations abound about crashing or fast tracking a schedule.  These techniques are designed to get your project back on schedule but with risks and costs, which may make the practice less attractive. …
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A 3 Foot Piece of String
Can Save Your Project

By Bill Flury We were getting going on a major system conversion process. Our job was to replace a legacy image processing system with all new hardware and software. Our team included three contractors, one for software, one for the computing…
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What are You Getting Yourself Into?
Transitioning Into a Leadership Role

By Chris Hitch, Ph.D. & Rick Rocchetti . "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." - William Shakespeare Whatever steps have brought you to this point, one thing is clear as you start…
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Ain’t Doin’ Right:
Diagnosing Project Ailments

By Bill Flury Have you ever had a pet dog or cat or bird that wasn’t acting like its usual self? You probably asked it what was the problem and you never got back a Woof, Meow or Tweet about what their problem was. So, you took your ailing…
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Mentoring: A Momentum Maker

By Burl W. Randolph, Jr. When you are 'In the Zone', you know it. Business is booming, promotions are plentiful, and when you speak, E.F. Hutton listens. Everything works right, feels right, goes right, and is right. Then, it happens: Nothing.…