by Dwayne Phillips Are we ready to do this? Long ago I participated in meetings that were called things like: Operational Readiness Review Test Readiness Review Contract Readiness Review Trip Readiness Review fill-in-the-blank Several persons sat together and asked, “Are we ready to do this?” Regardless of what “this” was, we discussed the answer. Sometimes […]
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The fill-in-the-blank Readiness Review
October 18th, 2018 · No Comments
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The Design Review
October 15th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Let us consider the humble design review. It is still valuable. I have an idea. I think it will solve a problem or improve a situation. It is just an idea, but let’s try it. Perhaps—before we try it—let’s discuss it. This discussion of an idea before trying it is a design […]
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Guilt-Free Improvement
June 18th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I like to improve. I find most persons like to improve. Let’s do better with less effort and less time. Pretty good goal, but how do we reach that without stomping on persons? Process improvement. I like that. Lots of persons I know dislike it. Why? Don’t we all want to do […]
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The Product Review
June 14th, 2018 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips When reviewing a thing, we use the same basic principles: Review the product, not the person. Praise the person, not the product. We review products daily. No, not just writing a review of the iPhone or Instagram, but all the little “products” that take us from a concept to a final product. […]
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