Why project fundamentals must come before automation “A bad system will beat a good person every time.” W. Edwards Deming “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker AI is a remarkable accelerator. That is precisely why organizations should be careful where they point it. In a sound project system, AI can shorten cycle times, improve analysis, and relieve teams of low-value administrative work. In a confused system, i

If testing is deferred, the release decision is being made before the evidence arrives. “Quality comes not from inspection, but from improvement of the production process." W. Edwards Deming “Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence.” Edsger W. Dijkstra In my last post, I argued that strong projects inspect work while correction is still possible. You can find that post here: Projects Fail When Inspection Comes Late. In SAFe, t

Testing later is usually another way of scheduling rework. “The performance of a system doesn’t depend on how the parts perform taken separately, it depends on how they perform together, how they interact.” Russell L. Ackoff “A bad system will beat a good person every time.” W. Edwards Deming In my last post, I argued that Release on Demand depends on several conditions being true inside the delivery system, and you can find that post here: https://www.projectmanagementforum.

Separate progress is not the same as integrated progress. Release decisions depend on the second one. “The performance of a system doesn’t depend on how the parts perform taken separately, it depends on how they perform together, how they interact.” Russell L. Ackoff “A bad system will beat a good person every time.” W. Edwards Deming In the last post, I argued that Release on Demand depends on several conditions being true inside the delivery system, and you can find that po

AI without experience is a bad call! My first job was as a cashier at Piggly Wiggly, a southern grocery store. The registers were manual,...

Definitions matter! “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” W. Edwards Deming “You...