“The Only Problem with the Operations Planning Process is that We Don’t Use It!”: Why this Argument is Invalid

SWJED — Tue, 28 May 2019 17:37:32 +0000

“The Only Problem with the Operations Planning Process is that We Don’t Use It!”: Why this Argument is Invalid

Over the years I have heard time and again the argument made that “the only problem with the operations planning process is that we don’t use it!” Often this argument is made at a staff college by some “greybeard” or other, although I have also heard it made by other less venerable staff and on occasion even by students of such institutions. It is usually offered as a reason why no reform, change, or update is required to whichever operations planning process is under discussion.

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Help the Plan Survive Contact: Write Better Decisive Conditions

SWJED — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 12:48:26 +0000

Help the Plan Survive Contact: Write Better Decisive Conditions SWJED Tue, 09/26/2017 - 8:48am

If we have our decisive conditions wrong, we will construct the wrong effects and wrong measurements. It doesn’t matter how good our actions may be.

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