11 May DID THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN EFFECT ON FUTURE PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS?
SubscribeLocked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTHide TopicsProjects and Personalities SubscribeFirst, some background. There are at least two all-encompassing theories of history. According to the Great Man theory (Carlisle, Nietzche et al.), human history is created by people like Napoleon. According to the sociological theory (Spencer, Marx et al.), history is merely the inevitable unfolding of events put into motion by social forces.Lets discuss those ideas in terms of projects. Where do Big Projects come from? Take the iPhone as an example. Would it have never existed without ruthless brilliance of Steven Jobs? Or was it an invention that was waiting to happen, and Jobs happened to be in the right spot at the right time to make it happen?Scan the Web, and your memory, for a well-defined sequence of events that can be described as a project. It should be something that happened in the past 20 years or so, and which had an appreciable effect upon your own life. Did it arise from the inspiration of some great (person), or would it have happened anyway? Describe and explain.Locked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDT10Unread15Posts56ViewsLast post yesterday by Brandon BlackmonModule 2 Discussions SubscribeLocked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTHide TopicsPlanning vs. Doing SubscribeWhen your Course Developer was a boy, his mother had a canned response to his various ridiculous requests (e.g., a pony, when we were living in an apartment). She would smile brightly and say, Well, well think about it. It took him years to discover that this actually meant, Well think about it for ten seconds whenever you mention it, but it is NOT going to happen.This is a small instance of a larger truth. Although a good plan is essential to a good project, planning can be an attractive alternative to actually doing something. In Washington, as in industry, its common to study a problem to death.Can you describe an instance from your own experience? Did planning take the place of doing something, did good planning result in doing something successfully, or did inadequate planning result in a disaster? Explain.Locked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTYou must post a message before you can read and reply to postsModule 3 Discussions SubscribeLocked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTHide Topics”Do it, or write about it?” SubscribeThe word report has six letters, yet for many managers, it falls into the category of four letter words epithets uttered in anger, derision, or disgust. A common sentiment concerning reports is, Do you want me to actually DO my job, or spend my time WRITING about it? Just go away!In many instances, such as the corporate annual report to stockholders or the military efficiency report, writing the report is a required exercise. Everyone knows how the game is played; whats to be taken seriously, and whats mere boilerplate. But project reports are a bit different. In most cases, theyre optional which makes them an even greater nuisance, when theyre seen to be performing no useful function. Please see Widemans article, Is it time to scrap project status reports? listed on the Background Info page (Wideman, 2014).Please reflect upon your own experience as a producer of reports. It would be a project report, an efficiency report, or something as mundane as writing report cards for a class of schoolchildren. Does Widemans (2014) critique resonate with your experience? Why or why not?Locked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTYou must post a message before you can read and reply to postsModule 4 Discussions SubscribeLocked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTHide TopicsLearning After Doing SubscribeAn important take away of the project closure process are the lessons learned. What should have been done differently? What should be done differently, in the future?Reflect on a major project youve been involved in. It could be something personal, like building a house, or job-related, such as creating a new product, preparing for an acquisition, a divestiture, or (in the case of a military organization) a major inspection. Was there an after-action process to capture the lessons learned? Were those lessons useful? Did they actually have an effect on future projects and operations? Describe and explain.Locked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTYou must post a message before you can read and reply to postsModule 4 Reflective Discussion SubscribeLocked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTHide TopicsWhat’s hot? What’s not? SubscribePlease review the course as a whole. This is for your benefit, and also for ours; reviewing the topics covered in this course will help you fix them in your mind, and integrate them with what you already know. Reviewing the topics with a critical eye, and sharing your observations and suggestions, will help Trident improve the course, and provide a better learning experience for those coming after you.Address the following points in a short posting. Review and comment on the postings of your fellow students.The extent to which you met your learning expectations.The perceived usefulness of the topics covered, and of the course as a whole.The relative difficulty of the various topics. Which were the most challenging? The least? Please explain.How the topics could have been presented differently. How could we make this course better? Please explain, in detail.Locked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTYou must post a message before you can read and reply to posts SubscribeLocked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTHide TopicsProjects and Personalities SubscribeFirst, some background. There are at least two all-encompassing theories of history. According to the Great Man theory (Carlisle, Nietzche et al.), human history is created by people like Napoleon. According to the sociological theory (Spencer, Marx et al.), history is merely the inevitable unfolding of events put into motion by social forces.Lets discuss those ideas in terms of projects. Where do Big Projects come from? Take the iPhone as an example. Would it have never existed without ruthless brilliance of Steven Jobs? Or was it an invention that was waiting to happen, and Jobs happened to be in the right spot at the right time to make it happen?Scan the Web, and your memory, for a well-defined sequence of events that can be described as a project. It should be something that happened in the past 20 years or so, and which had an appreciable effect upon your own life. Did it arise from the inspiration of some great (person), or would it have happened anyway? Describe and explain.Locked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDT10Unread15Posts56ViewsLast post yesterday by Brandon BlackmonModule 2 Discussions SubscribeLocked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTHide TopicsPlanning vs. Doing SubscribeWhen your Course Developer was a boy, his mother had a canned response to his various ridiculous requests (e.g., a pony, when we were living in an apartment). She would smile brightly and say, Well, well think about it. It took him years to discover that this actually meant, Well think about it for ten seconds whenever you mention it, but it is NOT going to happen.This is a small instance of a larger truth. Although a good plan is essential to a good project, planning can be an attractive alternative to actually doing something. In Washington, as in industry, its common to study a problem to death.Can you describe an instance from your own experience? Did planning take the place of doing something, did good planning result in doing something successfully, or did inadequate planning result in a disaster? Explain.Locked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTYou must post a message before you can read and reply to postsModule 3 Discussions SubscribeLocked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTHide Topics”Do it, or write about it?” SubscribeThe word report has six letters, yet for many managers, it falls into the category of four letter words epithets uttered in anger, derision, or disgust. A common sentiment concerning reports is, Do you want me to actually DO my job, or spend my time WRITING about it? Just go away!In many instances, such as the corporate annual report to stockholders or the military efficiency report, writing the report is a required exercise. Everyone knows how the game is played; whats to be taken seriously, and whats mere boilerplate. But project reports are a bit different. In most cases, theyre optional which makes them an even greater nuisance, when theyre seen to be performing no useful function. Please see Widemans article, Is it time to scrap project status reports? listed on the Background Info page (Wideman, 2014).Please reflect upon your own experience as a producer of reports. It would be a project report, an efficiency report, or something as mundane as writing report cards for a class of schoolchildren. Does Widemans (2014) critique resonate with your experience? Why or why not?Locked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTYou must post a message before you can read and reply to postsModule 4 Discussions SubscribeLocked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTHide TopicsLearning After Doing SubscribeAn important take away of the project closure process are the lessons learned. What should have been done differently? What should be done differently, in the future?Reflect on a major project youve been involved in. It could be something personal, like building a house, or job-related, such as creating a new product, preparing for an acquisition, a divestiture, or (in the case of a military organization) a major inspection. Was there an after-action process to capture the lessons learned? Were those lessons useful? Did they actually have an effect on future projects and operations? Describe and explain.Locked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTYou must post a message before you can read and reply to postsModule 4 Reflective Discussion SubscribeLocked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTHide TopicsWhat’s hot? What’s not? SubscribePlease review the course as a whole. This is for your benefit, and also for ours; reviewing the topics covered in this course will help you fix them in your mind, and integrate them with what you already know. Reviewing the topics with a critical eye, and sharing your observations and suggestions, will help Trident improve the course, and provide a better learning experience for those coming after you.Address the following points in a short posting. Review and comment on the postings of your fellow students.The extent to which you met your learning expectations.The perceived usefulness of the topics covered, and of the course as a whole.The relative difficulty of the various topics. Which were the most challenging? The least? Please explain.How the topics could have been presented differently. How could we make this course better? Please explain, in detail.Locked before Monday, July 13, 2015 12:00 AM PDTYou must post a message before you can read and reply to posts
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