Some of life’s simplest and mundane activities are also projects even though they’re not as visible, expensive, or monumental as landing a person on the moon. The phenomenal proliferation of day planners attests to Brand U’s projectizing their work and daily life. Day planners or electronic planners schedule our activities, in other words managing these …
The first Brand U engineering projects can be traced to Egyptian or Mesopotamian pyramids then to Greek and Roman engineering marvels. Many ancient monuments are similar to what we do today in scale and complexity. Think how these ancient projects incorporated many of the same features used in today’s projects. These ancient architects pushed their …
Managing by projects or projectizing work is hot – blistering hot! The idea behind projectizing a business is to treat all work as integrated Brand U projects that are completed on time and on budget while satisfying multiple stakeholders. Several converging trends also make project management more critical. The marketplace is global and more stakeholders …
Shared authority and responsibility Access to organizational resources Rapid response to customers Conflicts resolved quickly Available Information and resources Job security and availability for team members Rapid deployment of specialists and team members Shared knowledge, skills, and other resources
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I push in just one direction, not in every direction. Rita Levi-Montalcini, Scientist The high-impact project is the gem … the nugget … the fundamental atomic particle from which the new white collar world will be constructed and/or reconstructed. Tom Peters I find the great thing in this world is, not where we stand, as …
Harriet Rubin in Soloist said: “Painters do projects. Mozart did projects: symphonics. Architects build buildings. What all these creations have in common with work you do as a soloist is: You start with only a vague sense of knowing where you are going, and this is good because you want to exceed all known bounds. …
Scott Adams, the Dilbert creator, calls project work ‘free agent work’ or ‘boss diversification.’ Adams says: “the worst risk you can face is to have one boss, somebody who can make your life miserable and who can decide when it is time for you to go.” By diversifying work, we lower the risk of working …
In the new Brand U career game, what you know is as important as who you know. You may be a Brand U core process employee or may be a Brand U worker jumping from project to project. Each project allows you to gain more experience and exposure to a company’s operations, processes, and products. …
Some say dot.coms are Brand U organizations of the Millennium. They are the result of a major paradigm shift to the New Economy. They operate under an entire new set of business assumptions. The Web redefines core processes and competencies for almost all companies. For example, Internet classified advertising is stealing the single biggest profit …