QAspire

AUGUST 24, 2010

Have you ever experienced a situation where all your tasks were accomplished, but the final deliverable was not qualitative? Bonus: QAspire Blog was recently featured on Community of Program and Project Managers (PPM Community). Johanna Rothman says, “ Discuss Results, Not Tasks ”. Deliverables define the results you are seeking.

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PPM Management Directory Quality 149

QAspire

JANUARY 12, 2010

On 11th Jan 2010, Harvard Business Review’s blog featured a post titled “ Why Good Spreadsheets Make Bad Strategies ” by Roger Martin. As your piece and the one written in the HBR point out, one key factor that’s been overlooked for far too long are qualitative factors, which play a far greater role than what we considered in the past.

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Quality Compliance Metrics Blog 117

QAspire

JANUARY 8, 2010

Qualitative: I would prefer 100 connections by end of February and these connections will be based on trust and/or a strong prior relationship. Qualitative: Can’t wait to complete my MBA so that I can get to what I love doing – Marketing! — Quantitative: In 2010, I will write at least 200 blog posts. Feels great!

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Compliance Quality Metrics Blog 84

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

So to reflect best, you need a rich matrix of "qualitative data" that your questions and answers can germinate in. If, as I've argued on this blog and in my book , 21st century advantage is about doing meaningful stuff that matters the most , then here's my suggestion: what got you here, as Marshall Goldsmith says, won't get you there.

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Short-term Mass Marketing Marketing Mix Taylorism 15