Plan on paper, not with live ammunition
John Caddell, in a recent review notes that when using Discovery Driven Growth principles, planning should happen on paper, rather than in ways that are expensive and potentially risky. Hear Hear!
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- Posted Rita McGrath on April 21, 2009
Discovery Driven Growth Going to India
In a nice comment on some of the core ideas in Discovery Driven Growth, a blogger from the Hindu Business Line describes a point we make in the book as useful. That is that you are better driving your projects from key decisions points rather than date milestones. The reason it matters so much, we have argued, is that when something is very uncertain, predicting dates can be nearly impossible, You usually can, however, anticipate the next major checkpoint and plan towards that. If people are given permission to replan at such key points, we suggest, there will be less escalation of commitment to failing courses of action and faster progress.
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- Posted Rita McGrath on April 10, 2009
Discovery Driven Planning - BareBones NPV calculator tools
Hello there. Many of you have expressed an interest in the “BareBones” NPV calculator that we use in Discovery Driven Growth. We’re just getting up on that web site now, but those of you who would like a copy right away can download it here: BareBones_2_0.xls.
This tool was developed by Adrian Becker.
Let me know how you make out!
Rita
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- Posted Rita McGrath on March 16, 2009
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