Transition Insight aims to provide hands-on project management expertise as well as 'sustainable business' guidance and education. Offerings are grounded in the philosophy and the blindingly obvious (but often ill-considered) premise that all projects are fundamentally about executing change – i.e. managing the transition from one state to another. The insight we propose is that change must be meaningful, positive and nurturing in the execution as well as the outcome.
Ever worked in an environment where the scope of work seems infinitely expandable even as costs and time lines are absolutely fixed? Where concepts such as change management, risk identification and management, dependency and action item tracking are worthy principles that are never actually applied.
These projects are often considered 'successful' because they a) deliver scope on time, and b) delivery them (sort of on budget. However, they often exact an enormous toll on the people delivering this work. The 'Lessons Learned' or 'Post Mortem' meetings at the conclusion of these projects document these issues; leadership will appear suitably attentive as team-members catalogue their sacrifices. Everyone pledges 'never again'. And then we shelve our good-intentions and do it all over again exactly the same way.
The solution isn't a better process. It is better execution by people who have made a public commitment to abiding by common decency in the way they work. It's a simple as that.
The methods are all there in the Project Management Book of Knowledge, and the various implementation-specific processes of organizations. The crisis is not one of knowledge, but rather execution: Too much promised and too little delivered...badly.
Transition Insight provides Principled Project Management, and offers knowledge for making your work principled, meaningful, sustainable and fun.
Ever worked in an environment where the scope of work seems infinitely expandable even as costs and time lines are absolutely fixed? Where concepts such as change management, risk identification and management, dependency and action item tracking are worthy principles that are never actually applied.
These projects are often considered 'successful' because they a) deliver scope on time, and b) delivery them (sort of on budget. However, they often exact an enormous toll on the people delivering this work. The 'Lessons Learned' or 'Post Mortem' meetings at the conclusion of these projects document these issues; leadership will appear suitably attentive as team-members catalogue their sacrifices. Everyone pledges 'never again'. And then we shelve our good-intentions and do it all over again exactly the same way.
The solution isn't a better process. It is better execution by people who have made a public commitment to abiding by common decency in the way they work. It's a simple as that.
The methods are all there in the Project Management Book of Knowledge, and the various implementation-specific processes of organizations. The crisis is not one of knowledge, but rather execution: Too much promised and too little delivered...badly.
Transition Insight provides Principled Project Management, and offers knowledge for making your work principled, meaningful, sustainable and fun.
