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Monday, February 6, 2012 at 09:27AM Collaboration can be messy. Convincing a group of people to work together to accomplish a common objective, especially when the group contains many people that don’t know each other, requires artful leadership.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 03:00PM Over the past week or so Michael Kaplan and I have been talking about our common interest in collaboration tools and project management.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 04:22AM Here’s some light reading: the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs’ Office of the Inspector General’s “Audit of the Project Management Accountability System Implementation.” Known as “PMAS,” the system was put in place in 2009 to provide better oversight of the VA’s troubled IT development projects. This was done in light of a history of cost overruns and failed IT projects at the VA.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 10:13AM Let’s stop talking about “social business” as if it were some sort of change in how organizations behave.
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 06:26PM As deficits increase, unemployment continues, and tax revenues decline, government has to shrink. An important question is, will government “shrink smart”? Or will the axe fall randomly or primarily on the weak and unconnected?
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 08:21PM Gene L. Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) gave a presentation on November 2010 titled Acquisition Reform Challenges Facing Government. Referring to GAO’s strategic plan, Dodaro’s presentation addressed large-scale acquisitions as “targets of opportunity,” repeating the often-heard criticism that “… much of the government’s major investments have faced persistent cost and schedule growth.” His analysis is a very intelligent review of the challenges involved in reducing acquisition costs. Here I suggest an approach he doesn’t discuss but which is based on concepts he presents.
Monday, September 27, 2010 at 01:34PM According to the FederalTimes.com report 5 teams to tackle Gates call to improve efficiency, five Pentagon teams will focus on identification of Pentagon cost savings based on affordability, incentives, contract terms, metrics, and service contracts
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 02:31PM I’ve recently learned — and re-learned — some useful lessons while working with clients and teams on projects and large proposals. These include:
Monday, August 16, 2010 at 10:52AM I wrote Sometimes a phone is just a phone and a web site is just a web site because different people adopt different technologies at different rates. Those rates depend on need, cost, peer influence, job responsibilities, and many other factors.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 03:34PM I’ve been researching how to measure the impact of improved collaboration on Federal procurement processes, starting with development of a “concept map” that organizes the major issues.