Switching Cost: Hidden tax on change

Switching costs are a hidden tax that drains project budgets and delays delivery. Each time there is a shift on focus, productivity drops, deadlines stretch, and confusion compounds. In this third post of The Cost of Confusion series, learn how multitasking, context switching, and poor prioritization erode business performance—and how to restore flow, focus, and financial impact. Discover practical ways to reduce switching costs, protect team capacity, and deliver the right work faster.

One change management plan is irrational project management

That people change for organization need is at distinct odds with people’s needs. People change for organization goal is a very irrational expectation.

You can not plan for change if you do not plan for the impact that change has on individuals.

One communication plan can not account for the unique roles if it does not account for unique impact. One plan for all to follow equals everything that no one relates to.

One change management plan is irrational project management.

Community persona for project management

A project is an intentional effort to deliver a product or service that creates an opportunity – intended or otherwise. Projects have multiple stakeholders with multiple needs for, or against, project realization.

Typical project steps include initial scope design, organization impact assessment, stakeholder identification, communications planning, risk, and a second iteration of scope, delving into user community goals serves project and stakeholders more accurately.

In a flash — the project management #pmFlashBlog

On September 25th a gang of, at current count, 70 project managers from around the world will release their reflection on one topic: What does project management mean to me – a Project Manager’s sermon.

This mob assembles under the banner of a Project Management Flash Blog or #pmFlashBlog and protagonist Shim Marom.

The final frontier of competitive advantage

If your company and my company recruit the same person and your company can not motivate that person, but my company can keep that person motivated: I win.

I’ll take an employee with half the technical skills who is motivated, over an employee with more technical skills who is unmotivated. We maximize resources to survive and motivation management is resources management.

If your company and my company need a series of projects to roll out a new strategic plan and your company can not deliver on those projects, but my company can: I win.