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Earned Value Management and RoI - what it means to you

Tue, 02/02/2010 - 11:23 — Hugo_Minney

 

Equation for whole project Earned Value

Earned Value Management is not a new concept -- it's been around, but often not properly implemented, since the 1950s.

But what actually is it?

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a combination of continually realising benefits and performance managing a project.

Avatar - a very expensive metaphor

Sun, 01/10/2010 - 18:01 — Hugo_Minney

I took my daughter to see the film Avatar the other day. In some ways it’s a predictable film, given the director. His film Titanic was about how much happier the poor are, dancing round their fire - I ask you? A fire on a transatlantic liner? Whereas the rich are portrayed as nasty and with petty problems.

Avatar is about how much happier people are when they live in harmony with the forest, than the “other” people constantly chasing money.

Performance Targets - Incentive or Burden?

Sun, 01/10/2010 - 17:29 — Hugo_Minney

Key performance indicators (KPI), targets by another word, seem to be here to stay.

Book Review - 50cent and Robert Greene "50th Law"

Mon, 11/23/2009 - 10:28 — Hugo_Minney

Curtis grew up in the Hood (South Queens), and quickly learnt that taking the short term view and trying to avoid the thing you fear, gets you that very thing. As a kid he feared violence, but if you show fear in the Hood you get beat up, so he learnt to confront violence, even to invite it (“the first time someone confronts you with a gun, you are very frightened. The second, you learn to cope. By the third, if you haven’t learned to be bold you’re dead, man”.)

The Benefits Realisation Plan in Public Sector

Sun, 08/09/2009 - 17:50 — Hugo_Minney

How to prepare a benefits realisation plan (BRP) and how it supports project management and performance management, with the main and most useful resources

Preparing your Benefits Realisation Plan

Benefits Planning is much more than just filling in a template - besides, who's template do you complete?

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More for your money? Private healthcare vs Publicly funded

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 23:26 — Hugo_Minney

Life expectancy vs %GDP health spend

Which is better - private funding or public? Which gives a better outcome for the individual (* clinical outcome, * user experience, * cost-effective, * sustainable) and is there a clear picture?

One way to examine this question is to look at different countries in the world and see what works for them.  I tackle this in the latest blog on Technorati.

UK Parties, Politics and Healthcare

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 07:29 — Hugo_Minney

Your politicians - listening to you?I ask you - if you were to design a new national health service from scratch, would you really design it with nobody to think ahead and make decisions on resources?

So why are the main political parties in UK engaging in their favourite sport of manager bashing?

Gossip - friend or foe?

Sat, 02/27/2010 - 23:39 — Hugo_Minney

How stuff works - Gossip

Do you see gossip as a waste of time? Do you suffer from spiteful or destructive rumours, disrupting the team and destroying team spirit? Do you find it impossible to control - chop off one head and two more appear somewhere else?

Read how Minney.org helps organisations to use this social glue for good ...

Winter Olympics - Downhill Skiing is like Management Consultancy

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 15:08 — Hugo_Minney

One chance, 100 seconds in 4 yearsYou only have one chance to make a first impression. 

In fact, you only have one chance each time, to make a first impression that sets the scene for that day, that job, that opportunity.

Capacity Planning - Flexibility

Sun, 02/14/2010 - 20:02 — Hugo_Minney

What of those toilet cubicles which allow for both sexes - they have a little notice on the outside saying "either"?

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