I love the reforming project management blog, it has some great insights. As an architect/solution manager who has dabbled with project and programme management for 15 years I have found that all too often project managers get tricked into managing the project and not managing the people. A great example...
In my previous post I described the difficulty of modelling most knowledge work as a process, and that makes it difficult to create IT tools to support it, to measure it, improve it and ultimately automate it. Rod Boothby follows a similar train of thought in his post Forget Robots...
In a study by the Information Worker Productivity Council in 2004 they found that the average knowledge worker: Spent 3 hours and 14 minutes a day using technologies to process work-related information—just over 40% of an 8-hour work day, the details follow, they: Devoted 1.58 hours/day to e-mail (49% of the...
A study was conducted in a software engineering company, which was already above the norm in terms of efficiency. The Trial consisted of 7 teams who were co-located compared with the rest (more) who used audio, video and application sharing. The co-located teams averaged double the output and reduced time...
I am a big believer in the improvement for businesses that can be achieved by improving productivity. I still see this as a largely untapped area of savings. what! you are probably saying at this point is Steve talking about, every last bit of productivity improvement has been driven out of processes...
I will be interested to see the full research report, but it’s no surprise to me that Frost & Sullivan found this when they surveyed 946 information technology and line-of-business decision-makers. My personal feeling is that there is a huge difference in the effectiveness of individuals that can be attributed...
Although I missed the TV series I was lucky enough to get the book of the series and read it over the last couple of days whilst I have been ill. I loved it, not just for the great advice but also for the inspirational attitude of the Strawbridge family...
the Village is a real gem!
I love my food, so a great bakers and butchers are essential
I loved the fact that most walks combined beach, cliff top and woodland elements. Especially useful on a sunny day