Posts by Rob Allen
Tiered Meetings Structure Enables Production Oversight & Support
A complex production process requires a mixture of leadership, governance and management. In this article, we’ll discuss a tiered meetings structure that can effectively enable this. Empowerment, escalation paths, accountability and responsibility are included as some key ingredients. We’ll start with the following diagram: Production Floor Team Meeting (Tier 1): the production supervisor (or manager) holds…
Read MoreDemystifying Business Requirements
In a previous article, we compared and contrasted the definition of a requirement, with a ‘story’, which is used in agile/scrum. In that article, we stated: “requirements and stories establish a clear understanding of customer needs in the context of desired functionality”. What if we want to establish a clear understanding of a customer’s needs in the context…
Read MoreWho called this meeting, anyway?
Often, when the completion of a task or deliverable is needed, a meeting is a good way to establish mutual understanding of the way forward. With many resources working remote these days, effective meetings are taking on even greater importance. An effective meeting comprises the right mix of technical expertise, project management and project sponsorship. However,…
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