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Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

The Practical Leader

“The 85/15 Rule” emerged from decades of root cause analysis of service/quality breakdowns. About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. What’s Your OS (Operating System): Is Technology Supporting or Controlling?

System 52
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“Nailed it.” A lesson in overcoming project complexity

Deming Institute

The project had been operational for a few months when I joined so the foundation had already been poured. At one point, I suggested that we revisit our project governance – the operational guide, how it was implemented, and whether the team followed it – but this was a mature team and the general consensus was that everyone knew what to do.

Project 28