Posts Tagged with "process"

#21: The goal of process is to remove itself.

The goal of process is to remove itself. Process should not be an end in itself, but a means.Read more →

#21a: How to help your team internalise a process.

After being introduced to a team, process may sometimes persist overly long and fail to become internalised. This may be due to process creator (often the team's lead) being invested more heavily in the process itself than the problem it aims to solve.Read more →

#21a1: Why your team isn't adopting a process.

Your team is unlikely to adopt a process they don't like or believe in. Seek to understand their perspective. If your team is not buying into a process, chances are it was implemented without sufficient consultation. They may disagree with the specific approach.Read more →

Reference #109: Collaborative Intelligence

Poor scalability is the major obstacle to process improvement in many businesses.Read more →

Reference #127: Peopleware

Far less than 100% of our time should be dedicated to the "doing" of a task. Yet we spend only 5% of our time "not doing" — planning, thinking, or reading books on the topic.Read more →

Reference #133: Peopleware

Parkinson's Law — that work tends to fill the time allotted for it — is not an axiom. The law is not based in data (having been written by a humorist). And it is certainly not true for software teams.Read more →

Reference #171: Peopleware

Leaning too heavily on process leads to an absence of responsibility.Read more →

Reference #182: Peopleware

Organisational learning manifests as one of two changes in that organisation:Read more →

Reference #264: The First 90 Days

Most leaders use the following decision-making processes: "consult and decide" and "build consensus".Read more →

Reference #265: The First 90 Days

Using the right decision-making process for your situation is important.Read more →

Reference #460: Organizational Culture and Leadership

Procedures and checklists can function as cultural islands. Going through such a list is a culturally neutral process.Read more →

Reference #479: Organizational Culture and Leadership

Among other functions, organisational systems and procedures make life predictable for members of that organisation. They relieve ambiguity and anxiety. Systems lend structure to an otherwise ambiguous organisational world.Read more →