Doing More With Less
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The document discusses four factors that impact productivity: overtime, poor performers, overstaffing, and turnover. It analyzes how each of these factors can reduce productivity and recommends focusing on optimum work hours without overtime, removing poor performers from teams, avoiding overstaffing projects, and minimizing turnover. The key to higher productivity is setting clear direction, providing proper support, and removing obstacles for teams.
Doing More With Less
- 1. Doing More with Less The Answer: Higher Productivity Joan Knutson, PM Guru Unlimited ©2013 International Institute for Learning, Inc., All rights reserved.
- 2. Introduction Hello, my name is Joan Knutson
- 4. Four Facets That Impact Productivity Overtime Poor Performers Overstaffing Turnover
- 5. Poor Performers 3 out of every 10 Team Members could be Poor Performers1 “Spoilage” 1Tom DeMarco, Controlling the Software Project (Yourdon Press)
- 6. Poor Performers Tom DeMarco suggests: “Taking a poor performer off your team can often be better than adding a good performer.”
- 7. Four Facets That Impact Productivity Overtime Poor Performers Overstaffing Turnover
- 8. Turnover Leaves the Company or Transfers Out
- 9. Turnover Role of Person Impact in Order of Damage Functional Manager Team Member Subject Matter Expert Manager of Project Project/Client Sponsor
- 10. Four Facets That Impact Productivity Overtime Poor Performers Overstaffing Turnover
- 11. Overstaffing
- 12. Overstaffing Ramifications Staff Productivity Frederick Brooks, Jr., Mythical Man Month
- 13. Four Facets That Impact Productivity Overtime Poor Performers Overstaffing Turnover
- 14. # of Days # of Hrs./Day 6 Productive Hours 12 7 % Productive 12 F.L. Harrison, Advanced Project Management
- 15. Overtime # of Days # of Hrs./Day % Productive Productive Hours 6 12 88% 63.4 7 12 77% 64.7 F.L. Harrison, Advanced Project Management
- 16. Solution Optimum No Overtime Short Intervals; as needed Failure A Way of Life
- 17. Four Facets That Impact Productivity Doing More with Less Overtime Poor Performers Overstaffing Turnover The Answer: Higher Productivity
- 18. By… 1. Setting Direction 2. Providing Support 3. Removing Obstacles
- 19. Questions?
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