Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It's going beyond what is documented on the org chart and approaching your consultant similarly to a doctor's approach to a patient. Understanding these stages helps you paint a picture of what's next for an organization and why and how they need to mature their leadership and operating practices. A good doctor knows human anatomy.

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PM Alliance

MAY 12, 2023

And because most system implementations are more than just IT projects, bringing numerous operational considerations and workflow changes as part of the equation, project teams sometimes struggle to bring a diverse group of stakeholders into alignment. Growth plans may also change what executives believe is most important in the near term.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

Some trace agile methodologies all the way back to Francis Bacon’s articulation of the scientific method in 1620. Shewhart taught this iterative and incremental-development methodology to his mentee, W. The signatories posted their document online and invited others to add their names as supporters.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The mission of enabling data analytics in today’s enterprise is hobbled by the lack of the requisite skills in the marketplace, including: advanced statistics/mathematics, new analytics methodologies, advanced systems analysis, business fundamentals, regulatory and legal understanding, and general IT technical and data architecture skills.

Data 28

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Other than the well-documented differences in language and development, demographic differences are also significant. Step 2: Measure operating environment. Companies should measure the operating environment of each state by analyzing indicators related to infrastructure, talent, finance, and the business and tax environment.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

While there were some clever ways to forecast technology adoption, none of the data or methodologies were 100% accurate or reliable. ( With these clients, they often operate in very small industries and there’s just no data available (or affordably available) to analyze. This is not at all to pass judgment on these people.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. a 525-employee software company, began applying agile methodologies in 2005. This takes time. Systematic Inc.,

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

The failure of major transformation projects to deliver the expected benefits is a well-documented phenomenon : many change programs simply do not achieve their business goals. The issue is that they operate as artisans, not scientists. One area so far relatively untouched is change management. It’s time for that to change.

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PM Alliance

JUNE 30, 2023

Developing the capabilities to achieve consistent success across every project—whether it’s small and routine or big and complex—is the key to operational and financial sustainability. 1: Formalize and document your project management workflows Is your team one of the many that still hasn’t documented its processes in a fixed format?

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I talked with Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, who together with Ian MacMillan, of the University of Pennsylvania’s business school, developed this classic methodology for planning innovation. ” Step 3: Define operational requirements. Step 4: Document assumptions.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. ” As Walter Friedman documents in Birth of a Salesman , sales wasn’t seen as a function that required specialized training or education until well into the 20 th century.

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Epicflow

AUGUST 3, 2022

The concept of a project management office was defined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge [2] : it’s a department that establishes standards for processes related to managing projects and approves corresponding methodologies, techniques, and tools. Establishing project management methodology, standards, and best practices.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Fraud verification via blockchain will also help verify the origin and methodology of marketers. For instance, (the reinvented) Kodak has created KODAKOne , which will feature a digital ledger documenting who owns the rights to individual images, allowing photographers to assert control over their work. Ending Marketing Fraud and Spam.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

While I was working with them, the focus of my PhD gradually shifted toward how economic integration and various factors (domestic, international, political, economic) have impacted Japanese companies’ corporate strategy and operations over the past couple of decades. Hence I entered consulting. ” Pure humor.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

In 2004, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) awarded Andy and Prabha the Marketing Science Practice Prize for outstanding implementation of marketing science concepts and methods, recognizing the sales territory alignment system they had developed and implemented through the work of ZS Associates.

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Case Interview Interviews Sales Pharmaceuticals 100

PM Alliance

MAY 19, 2023

Given the level of disruption even a small office move can have on operations, it’s not surprising that project teams get a lot of questions during the planning and execution phases. Who and why are just the beginning. Your stakeholders also want to know how and when. Data to support desk assignment decisions.

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