Happy Labor Day 2021
D. Brown Management
September 6, 2021
Happy Labor Day 2021 | Celebrating 127 Hard-Won Years | Always Remember Why
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Setting Standards and the Feedback Loop
D. Brown Management
September 7, 2020
Set the standard. Train to the standard. Certify to the standard. Plan the work to the standard. Execute to the plan and the standard. Check against the standard. Make prioritized improvements to the standard, training, planning, and execution.
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Changes - Early Identification is Key
D. Brown Management
April 8, 2019
Early identification of changes and conflicts is the first key to success. The capability to identify changes and conflicts early in the process is a combination of organizational structure, systems, management, training, and coaching.
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Changes - Impacts Beyond the Direct Costs
D. Brown Management
March 16, 2019
Contractors don't typically see the full negative impact of changes and, therefore, don’t put the right level of resources into their management.
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Production Tracking - The Basics
D. Brown Management
September 4, 2018
Schedule + Production are two foundational key results the Foreman will achieve through their planning. The heart of any production measurement is simply “Earned Budget vs. Actual Cost”.
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Two Key Results for Project Planning
D. Brown Management
September 2, 2018
There are two critical key results that should be focused on as part of every project planning process.
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Impacted Productivity - Five Elements of a Good Argument
D. Brown Management
August 25, 2018
Specialty contractors are continually faced with costly impacts to their labor productivity with many beyond their direct control. The best Project Managers know how continually expand their influence.
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ABC Daily Planning
D. Brown Management
August 24, 2018
Effective planning processes create the foundation for great production. The planning process can be seen as a series of tighter and tighter concentric circles with the bulls eye being the daily plan.
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Planning - Integrating the 4 Key Responsibilities
D. Brown Management
August 23, 2018
Effective planning combined with regular feedback (at least weekly) combined with a structured look at how to improve each week is the key to integrating the four key responsibilities of a Foreman.
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Field Productivity - The Improvement Pyramid
D. Brown Management
August 9, 2018
An improvement of a few minutes per day to actual installation time compounded monthly is worth about $800K per year for a $25M contractor. What is it worth to you? Improvements to field productivity can be viewed as 4 major stages of a pyramid
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