Following the conclusion of projects, I like to conduct a post mortem assessment. A more pleasant term is retrospective or debrief…but I kind of like the ominous sound of post mortem. It’s an opportunity to identify what worked and what didn’t work so that pitfalls can possibly be avoided in the next project. It’s all …
What your RMIS provider won’t tell you
I may singe a few bridges with this post, but here goes! Here are two things that typically drive clients nuts when it comes to their RMIS provider: 1) they won’t tell you no and 2) they won’t commit to an enhancement getting built or a defect getting fixed. Let’s tackle each one individually and …
Gratitude challenge – enemies
By Merry Mary Part 3 of 3. This will be a TOUGH challenge. I hope you’re up for it. Today can you be grateful for your enemies? I have a very short list, thank goodness, of people who fall into this category. I started to list them here…but if I do (and I did, but I came back …
Gratitude challenge – strangers
By Merry Mary Part 2 of 3 in our series…As Blanche Dubois so elegantly stated in that masterpiece A streetcar named Desire, “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers”. Have you ever thought as you bounce around like a pinball through life, how many encounters you have with complete strangers? From the grocery clerk to the …
Gratitude challenge – friends
By Merry Mary Part 1 of 3. See if you can guess the next two challenges based on this one! Some people like to categorize their friends: short term or long term friends. Work friends, church friends, vacation friends, neighbor friends. I have one category – friend…because once you’re a friend, you are a friend for life (unless …