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Great Quotes: Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky

QAspire

Elaborate Gantt charts and byzantine procedures plague bureaucracies large and small. On Productivity. “…productivity is not about how efficient you are at work. Instead, your productivity is really about how well you are able to make an impact in what matters most to you.”. On “Project Approach” to Ideas.

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Adding Value: A Gentle Reminder

QAspire

Track value delivered, when you tracked through the Gantt Chart? In the current competitive market we should not only focus on the scope, time and budgets, quality but also needs to provide some value adds to the customer. But did you keep that in perspective constantly while executing? This was a nice post to share on weekend!Thanks

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Your Strategy Has to Be Flexible — But So Does Your Execution

Harvard Business Review

Action plans and Gantt charts can span many pages in pursuit of precision and concreteness. In 1992, to free-up warehouse space, the UK team promised free airline tickets to customers who purchased more than £100 worth of its products. marketing team offered the same promotion to U.S. A little later, the U.S.