{"id":199,"date":"2011-03-02T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myrna-blog.com\/?p=199"},"modified":"2011-03-02T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T17:40:00","slug":"are-we-there-yet-when-will-it-be-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myrna.com\/blog\/are-we-there-yet-when-will-it-be-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"Are we there yet? When will it be finished?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a trick question. Assume someone is working on developing a program that will take 100 hours to finish. If they are able to devote two hours a week to the project, how long will it take to finish?<\/p>\n<p>The obvious answer is 50 weeks. The correct answer is never.<\/p>\n<p>Never? Yes, never! The odds are that the project requirements will change faster than the pace of implementation.<\/p>\n<p>A key strategy for implementation is to set reasonable due dates. I\u2019ve found that making sure that no major project &#8220;chunk&#8221; takes longer than nine elapsed months works best.<\/p>\n<p>Successful implementations require a proper mix of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>features<\/strong>: you need to make sure there is immediate value<\/li>\n<li><strong>resources<\/strong>: you need the required quality and quantity<\/li>\n<li><strong>timeliness<\/strong>: you need to keep ahead of the curve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Implementation strategies inspired by TQM or Six Sigma start with a productive meeting among the stakeholders to set expectations for quality, quantity, timeliness, and cost. (<strong><span style=\"color: #8e2344;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrna.com\/asp\/m_planning.asp#D02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An End to Meeting Madness<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong> documents our decades of experience in facilitating high-stakes meetings.)  If you&#8217;re interested in having productive meetings that help set your strategy and keep your projects on track, give us a call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a trick question. Assume someone is working on developing a program that will take 100 hours to finish. If they are able to devote two hours a week to the project, how long will it take to finish? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/myrna.com\/blog\/are-we-there-yet-when-will-it-be-finished\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hr-management","category-strategic_planning","tag-implementation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myrna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myrna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myrna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myrna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myrna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myrna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myrna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myrna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myrna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}