PSM #16: One Page Management Notes

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PSM 16: One Page Management Notes

? ? How do you know when you have done a good job?
? ? We have asked this question in the past, re establishing plans.
• ? We contribute to the definition personally.
• ? Our boss contributes to this definition.
• ? Our users and customers do.
? ? Have to be able to quantify status and progress.
• ? gut feelings about status is wishful thinking.
? ? The measurements that matter.
? ? Identify the important measurements.
• ? Quality
• ? Financial: ETC, EAC, cumulative planned, cumulative actual.
• ? Satisfaction measurements
• ? Progress measurements
• ? Establish a mechanism to collect the data for these measurements
? ? Construct appropriate visual presentation of the measurements
• ? Spider charts, especially for targets vs actuals. Can present several measurements on one chart. The shape of things.
• ? Line charts and Bar charts, especially over time
• ? Pie Charts, especially for percentages.
? ? One Page Management
• ? Assemble visual presentation on one page.
• ? Produce religiously.
• ? Product periodically. The same time every day, week, month, whatever timeframe is appropriate.
• ? Make it visual
• ? Post it
• ? Use it everywhere.PSM 16: One Page Management Notes

? ? How do you know when you have done a good job?
? ? We have asked this question in the past, re establishing plans.
• ? We contribute to the definition personally.
• ? Our boss contributes to this definition.
• ? Our users and customers do.
? ? Have to be able to quantify status and progress.
• ? gut feelings about status is wishful thinking.
? ? The measurements that matter.
? ? Identify the important measurements.
• ? Quality
• ? Financial: ETC, EAC, cumulative planned, cumulative actual.
• ? Satisfaction measurements
• ? Progress measurements
• ? Establish a mechanism to collect the data for these measurements
? ? Construct appropriate visual presentation of the measurements
• ? Spider charts, especially for targets vs actuals. Can present several measurements on one chart. The shape of things.
• ? Line charts and Bar charts, especially over time
• ? Pie Charts, especially for percentages.
? ? One Page Management
• ? Assemble visual presentation on one page.
• ? Produce religiously.
• ? Product periodically. The same time every day, week, month, whatever timeframe is appropriate.
• ? Make it visual
• ? Post it
• ? Use it everywhere.
? ? Uses
• ? Periodic status reporting
• ? Ad hoc queries
• ? Personal guidance for assessment and change
• ? Keep historical pages for post-mortems, etc.
? ? Ref: One Page Management: How to Use Information to Achieve Your Goals by Riaz Khadem and Robert Lorber
• ? I never read the book but did grab onto the title’s concept and set out to solve the problem in my life.

? ? Uses
• ? Periodic status reporting
• ? Ad hoc queries
• ? Personal guidance for assessment and change
• ? Keep historical pages for post-mortems, etc.
? ? Ref: One Page Management: How to Use Information to Achieve Your Goals by Riaz Khadem and Robert Lorber
• ? I never read the book but did grab onto the title’s concept and set out to solve the problem in my life.

Craig @ July 10, 2006