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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quality of Planning = Quality of Execution: 7 Lessons When a project is executed, a plan is established. Team members ( often referred to as “resources”, unfortunately ) are assigned, milestones are created and the schedule is circulated to all concerned.

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JANUARY 9, 2011

They create teams and structures where people are driven (and sometimes forced) to work harder when problems occur. Dissatisfied customers, unhappy team members, disengaged middle management and difficulties in scaling the business. You can form small focus group from your current team and improve in small iterations.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

This event has happened in 195 cities covering 65 countries (as in 2011) and is helping people realize their ideas. Who knows, you may start sooner than you planned! A statistic by CEO of Startup Weekend says that 58% of teams had a working beta at the end of the weekend. Great stuff, isn’t it?

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JANUARY 16, 2011

Leaders frame complex strategies, use heavy weight terminologies to describe their plans, set up complex processes and use a lot of jargons when communicating for a change. Leaders have to nurture simplicity in their teams by challenging them often to think laterally and come up with simple solutions.

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OCTOBER 10, 2010

Here is a simple and practical process to focus on less but most important improvement areas: Identify: Maintain a running log of all improvement ideas and suggestions received from customers, internal team members and senior management. Define Outcomes: Plan around these three areas and document the expected results/outcomes.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Project team needs to be clear of the purpose, business need, specific requirements of the customer and other implicit expectations. Clarity also demands a clear visibility in process, setting up right rituals, monitoring practices and responsibilities of the project team. The plans you established needs to be followed.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

When we start important projects/initiatives, we create plans and strategies for execution. It also comes out that the amount of preparation, practice and thinking that goes in when developing your product/service is inversely proportional to the pain you will undergo when delivering. Our chances of failure just multiply.

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