Too many times we are winging it on success or customer satisfaction with no yardsticks to measure past and current project standards against. Organizations should be implementing policies to help ensure continuous improvement on project deliveries.
Ever notice how those child safety caps cease being child proof about halfway through the life cycle of the product and just become regular caps. Don’t the manufacturers care about potential lawsuits? How many product developers does it take to make a child safety cap that will function for an entire month?
As a project manager, it’s amazing to me when I see products like that fail so easily – especially when they may present a safety concern. How much of an engineering feat does it really take? What about our projects? How would or how are project managers perceived with such failures on their projects? It is not enough to just expect high performance and output on projects and from project teams. I propose, and I personally have worked with organizations to implement, levels of standards to hold projects to with the project management infrastructure or project management office (PMO)...
Ever notice how those child safety caps cease being child proof about halfway through the life cycle of the product and just become regular caps. Don’t the manufacturers care about potential lawsuits? How many product developers does it take to make a child safety cap that will function for an entire month?
As a project manager, it’s amazing to me when I see products like that fail so easily – especially when they may present a safety concern. How much of an engineering feat does it really take? What about our projects? How would or how are project managers perceived with such failures on their projects? It is not enough to just expect high performance and output on projects and from project teams. I propose, and I personally have worked with organizations to implement, levels of standards to hold projects to with the project management infrastructure or project management office (PMO)...
