Comments on: How To Avoid “Stopping The Line” On Deliverables http://pm411.org/2008/09/06/how-to-avoid-stopping-the-line-on-deliverables/ project management internet radio show, templates, and webtools Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:08:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Elena http://pm411.org/2008/09/06/how-to-avoid-stopping-the-line-on-deliverables/comment-page-1/#comment-2905 Elena Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:11:49 +0000 http://1448556078#comment-2905 Setting up a wiki really helped. We found out that due to time differences and tight deadlines our vendors couldn't reach us quickly enough. So we set up and shared (through Google Docs) several training documents which then grew into a wiki. We also made some changes to our standard contracts to introduce incentives that emphasized communications and quality over hasty guess-work. Setting up a wiki really helped. We found out that due to time differences and tight deadlines our vendors couldn’t reach us quickly enough. So we set up and shared (through Google Docs) several training documents which then grew into a wiki. We also made some changes to our standard contracts to introduce incentives that emphasized communications and quality over hasty guess-work.

]]> By: Ron Holohan, MBA PMP http://pm411.org/2008/09/06/how-to-avoid-stopping-the-line-on-deliverables/comment-page-1/#comment-2769 Ron Holohan, MBA PMP Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:31:38 +0000 http://1448556078#comment-2769 Thanks, Elena, for your comment. Do you see anything your team can do to help encourage teamm members to better validate their assumptions and better monitor the project for potential problems? Perhaps frequent virtual risk assessment discussions or better/more frequent updating of current status? Ron Thanks, Elena, for your comment.

Do you see anything your team can do to help encourage teamm members to better validate their assumptions and better monitor the project for potential problems? Perhaps frequent virtual risk assessment discussions or better/more frequent updating of current status?

Ron

]]> By: Elena http://pm411.org/2008/09/06/how-to-avoid-stopping-the-line-on-deliverables/comment-page-1/#comment-2753 Elena Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:45:31 +0000 http://1448556078#comment-2753 This is exactly what we try doing. Except that I work with distributed teams and offsite subcontractors and my "cord" is virtual (e-mail, instant messaging, Skype, etc). The problem arises when team members do not "pull the cord" because of internal assumptions that they make (when they either don't see a problem or worse, see it and entirely misinterpret it) This is exactly what we try doing. Except that I work with distributed teams and offsite subcontractors and my “cord” is virtual (e-mail, instant messaging, Skype, etc). The problem arises when team members do not “pull the cord” because of internal assumptions that they make (when they either don’t see a problem or worse, see it and entirely misinterpret it)

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]]> By: Guest Post: Andon’s & Project Management « Improve With Me (previously pass the buck) http://pm411.org/2008/09/06/how-to-avoid-stopping-the-line-on-deliverables/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Guest Post: Andon’s & Project Management « Improve With Me (previously pass the buck) Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:50:55 +0000 http://1448556078#comment-80 [...] Guest Post: Andon’s & Project Management I am excited to have written a gues post on Ron Holohan’s pm411.org blog and podcast.  Please check it out:  How To Avoid “Stopping The Line” On Deliverables”. [...] [...] Guest Post: Andon’s & Project Management I am excited to have written a gues post on Ron Holohan’s pm411.org blog and podcast.  Please check it out:  How To Avoid “Stopping The Line” On Deliverables”. [...]

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