tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post6929057546698605923..comments2024-01-31T00:56:33.779+00:00Comments on A Little About a Lot: Chains, Chiefs, Checks and Chokepointsniallgavinukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370683626939155999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-30962703820490982422014-08-18T18:32:37.375+01:002014-08-18T18:32:37.375+01:00I wonder if there is any way you can use the strat...I wonder if there is any way you can use the strategy of selling and then renting before buying again? This works brilliantly for me in the house purchase scenario. Is there any equivalent in the work project scenario? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541837469938250055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-64109291630011724642014-08-18T17:44:32.488+01:002014-08-18T17:44:32.488+01:00Sorry to hear about your housing woes Niall; I use...Sorry to hear about your housing woes Niall; I used to work in retail banking and remember contract races, chains and immediate exchange and completions when circumstances had put things up against it.<br /><br />These were mitigations, solutions, ways to fix it when things went awry. It seems as if your project group didn't have these mitigations nor considered the risks extensively enough beforehand. No-one wants to be a killjoy, but someone needs to manage the balance between people taking responsibility and people being accountable. That's the leadership trait that people need to see which, rarely, happens in a house sale chain.<br /><br />Hoping you find the right place for you as soon as is possible.Andrew Jacobshttp://www.lostanddesperate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-10497617880694753152014-08-18T13:58:18.905+01:002014-08-18T13:58:18.905+01:00Niall - sorry for your house pain. I'm current...Niall - sorry for your house pain. I'm currently selling and get suspicious when it's gone quiet. <br />Agree that some projects are hard to work with rigid project management processes. For some smaller projects I've used a social project function (available in SocialCast - enterprise social network). This allows you to work simply with Objectives (or headings as I sometimes think of them) and then tasks within these. Anyone in the project group can access at any time of day and add a status against that task (a bit like a twitter, FB or yammer update). They can also include files with their status updates. This works for me with a fluid, fast moving project. I use the tasks/status updates in any project meetings via webex. Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17837168450061584778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-22983376425330525312014-08-18T12:43:59.639+01:002014-08-18T12:43:59.639+01:00Thanks for that Rachel. My challenge is in being c...Thanks for that Rachel. My challenge is in being comfortable operating in that space, which I guess is what the blog explores. It all boils down to communication and clarity. If we all know who's doing what and when and what (if anything) may be preventing it, then a lot of the (my) issues go away. I appreciate you taking the time to read and comment.niallgavinukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04370683626939155999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-65634838251807934402014-08-17T20:20:02.186+01:002014-08-17T20:20:02.186+01:00Niall, I can really relate to the issues you discu...Niall, I can really relate to the issues you discuss in this post. I can think of similar complex projects that I have worked on in terms of the mix of stakeholders and have also found it difficult to apply traditional project management approaches to managing work that is only emerging. As you suggest it makes sense to apply equally organic approaches to the management of something that is organic - mirroring. Rachel Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771271062492475288noreply@blogger.com