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By: Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Management Improvement Carnival #37

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:06:19 +0000

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Management Improvement Carnival #37 | Lean Six Sigma Academy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:25:54 +0000

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Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:15:12 +0000

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By: Jason Stokes

Jason Stokes — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:48:25 +0000

I, too, recognize a lot of these Ron. I’d like to add another, corollary to number 3:

You make the candidate show use of a bunch of tools in a report that takes longer than completing the project itself should have.

and another:

Candidates are given example timelines for completing projects prior to starting them – leading them to think they need to spend that long working on it in order to be successful.

one more from my past:

Everyone gets trained and certified, driving up the numbers, but no one is ever encouraged to do anything past their certification projects.

I like this post, and saw a lot of problems that I’ve encountered too. Keep up the good work on the site!

By: William Budd

William Budd — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:04:51 +0000

Dennis,
Well said!

By: Ron Pereira

Ron Pereira — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:38:10 +0000

Yep. Good one, Dennis.

By: Dennis Stenson

Dennis Stenson — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:58:51 +0000

Good list. Sadly, I recognize far too many of these.

I think another one has to do with upper management support. If it is being pushed from bottom up chances for failure are excellent.