When a client calls and their project is running late, they’re often surprised at how we approach the fix. They’ll say things like, ‘the last consulting firm we had in here stopped the project and did a huge re-plan – they assured us that everything would be fine, they’d sort all the project management tools
Read MoreBy Stuart Corrigan, Principal Consultant at Goldratt UK, 2022. Professional research has shown the concept of setting targets to be a silly idea. Daniel Pink’s research showed how target setting reduces motivation to do the job at hand. As early as 1956 Martin Ridgway was writing about the dysfunctional behaviour associated with target setting. There
Read MoreA friend of mine, Gary, builds large million-pound houses. Each one is a one-off, a completely unique build taking many months to complete. Yet, irrespective of the size or shape of the house, Gary always predicts correctly – within a few weeks – when the build will be finished. One day, he noticed that one
Read MoreThe nature of this industry means that occasionally we work with clients to develop a Decisive Competitive Edge on their competition, as such our clients sometimes wish to remain anonymous. Our client – one of the UKs leading Financial Services’ organisations – had a problem. They made a commitment to their stakeholders, and worse –
Read MoreTo read the first part of this two-part series, click here. We discussed how many waterfall projects fail to be delivered as promised due to the planning process taking too long. Either the project deliverables are missed, or they are completed in the wrong order. In addition, there is also often no system for making
Read More‘You don’t deliver a project one task at a time’, claimed the leader who’s project was running late, and I was trying, hopelessly, to help. That’s an interesting claim isn’t it? Don’t we build houses one brick at a time, build a car one part at time, and write articles one word at time? Why then would
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