Dependency and derivatives strategic planning
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Lonnie Clay
Jul 2, 2012, 11:21:18 AM7/2/12
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I took an in-house course on management techniques for 13 weeks back in 1985 while working at Datapoint in San Antonio (cost $4000 per student for 65 hours in classroom). The distilled essence of that course is presented below.
1) Make up a plan for reaching your goals. Identify precisely what the goal(s) may be. PRECISION IS ESSENTIAL.
2) Draw up a slip-chart with each of the goals as an endpoint along the lines of progress.
3) Identify the dependencies - those conditions which must be met along the path of progress toward goals before any further progress along the path can occur.
4) Identify derivatives - those factors which affect the RATE at which progress is made.
5) Identify the dependencies which control the derivatives. THIS IS ESSENTIAL.
6) Satisfy the dependencies of step 5 as soon as possible, accelerating the rate at which progress occurs.
7) When goals interact with shared dependencies, focus upon those goals which must be met sooner rather than later. BUT NEVER FORGET the later dependencies because it is possible that satisfying them may require a long lead time.
8) Constantly refine your plan because as you learn more about the factors needed to satisfy your goals, the old slip chart becomes obsolete.
9) As dependencies are satisfied, divert resources toward the next priority, but always keep an eye upon past progress because retrograde factors may cause you to lose ground on old dependencies and derivatives.
10) If you can find a derivative which controls progress on another derivative, make it a top priority.
1) Make up a plan for reaching your goals. Identify precisely what the goal(s) may be. PRECISION IS ESSENTIAL.
2) Draw up a slip-chart with each of the goals as an endpoint along the lines of progress.
3) Identify the dependencies - those conditions which must be met along the path of progress toward goals before any further progress along the path can occur.
4) Identify derivatives - those factors which affect the RATE at which progress is made.
5) Identify the dependencies which control the derivatives. THIS IS ESSENTIAL.
6) Satisfy the dependencies of step 5 as soon as possible, accelerating the rate at which progress occurs.
7) When goals interact with shared dependencies, focus upon those goals which must be met sooner rather than later. BUT NEVER FORGET the later dependencies because it is possible that satisfying them may require a long lead time.
8) Constantly refine your plan because as you learn more about the factors needed to satisfy your goals, the old slip chart becomes obsolete.
9) As dependencies are satisfied, divert resources toward the next priority, but always keep an eye upon past progress because retrograde factors may cause you to lose ground on old dependencies and derivatives.
10) If you can find a derivative which controls progress on another derivative, make it a top priority.
Lonnie Courtney Clay
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