Change Management Fact #1 - It Will Happen
D. Brown Management
May 3, 2020
Projects are complex with evolving requirements and changing site conditions. Mistakes will be made. It is how the collective project team manages these changes that ultimately determines success at all levels.
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Planning and Preparing for Unknowns
D. Brown Management
March 18, 2020
When faced with many unknowns, it is important to plan and prepare for multiple scenarios while holding off on being decisive until the last responsible moment.
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Two Planning Dimensions
D. Brown Management
April 20, 2019
Some of the impacts you see on a project are not as clear as a design change, conflict, or obviously changed condition. Some impacts, such as poor project sequencing or congested work areas are hard to notice if you don’t have good tracking systems.
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Changes - Early Identification is Always Better
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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Underlying Causes of Changes on Projects
D. Brown Management
March 15, 2019
Start improving your change management skills by creating some categories of the underlying causes of changes your company experiences.
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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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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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Four Critical Elements of an Effective Task
D. Brown Management
March 7, 2018
Maximizing labor productivity starts with defining exactly what needs to be delivered and then breaking it down into tasks that can be effectively managed.
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