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Article #23Importance of Improvements
From: Francis S. (Frank) Patrick
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00
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Scott Rutherford wrote...
>Critical is ensuring you are tracking projects across ALL aspects of the
>business. Process improvements in administrative tasks should be treated
>with the same amount of importance as business related tasks.
Maybe and maybe not.
Let's keep in mind that unless the improvements are related to the
ability of the organization to achieve more of its goal or protect the
necessary conditions required for the goal, not only is the tracking of
projects a waste of time, but the projects themselves are at best a waste
of time and attention, and at worst a source of suboptimization for the
organization as a whole.
Strengthening ALL links of a chain are a waste of time when the only
benefit comes from focusing on the weakest link.
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Focused Performance - Management Consulting & Training
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