So You Actually Got a Project Approved--Now What?

Michael R. Wood is a Business Process Improvement & IT Strategist Independent Consultant. He is creator of the business process-improvement methodology called HELIX and founder of The Natural Intelligence Group, a strategy, process improvement and technology consulting company. He is also a CPA, has served as an Adjunct Professor in Pepperdine's Management MBA program, an Associate Professor at California Lutheran University, and on the boards of numerous professional organizations. Mr. Wood is a sought after presenter of HELIX workshops and seminars in both the U.S. and Europe.

 

At this point, the textbooks are not going to do you much good. It's time to jump into the trenches, roll up your sleeves and deliver the extraordinary results you promised. Time to panic? Relax, help is here. Let me walk you through some practical rules to follow so you can deliver breakthrough results. These simple rules will keep you on track. Trust me, I have done many projects--some well and some not so well. The good ones all followed a few simple rules.

After 20 years of leading and managing large and small process improvement projects, if I have learned one thing it is this: Simple is better, but simplistic is not. To deliver breakthrough results with your process improvement projects, try applying these simple rules:

1. Choose a …

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