Recently my son traded in his truck for a brand new Mazda. Talk about making the buying decision stress-free: This dealership stepped up to the plate on the trade-in value based on the “Kelly Bluebook”, was equally competitive with other dealerships on the purchase price and offered 0% financing for 36 months paid bi-monthly. The paperwork (without any “funny/shady” stuff normally associated with hucksters) was done in less time than it took to do the test drive.
Procrastination. We’ll Get to that Later!
To be human is to procrastinate. But why? Why do we all put off doing something that we’ve already decided is in our best interest, such as implementing a new software system such as the Spitfire Project Management System?
Here are the Top Five Obstacles during implementation:
TweetA Tribute to Jon Taffler
It doesn’t matter how much warning you have to prepare. All of us at Spitfire are mourning the death of Jon Taffler with great sorrow. Even though Jon sometimes granted me the title of “official company philosopher,” I am not sufficiently gifted with words to coax them to convey the magnitude of emptiness that results from losing a friend far too soon. Our hearts ache in sympathy for his family and children at this terrible loss.
More, More, More!
One of my favorite things happened this week. Clients who have been live on the Spitfire Project Management System for over three years contacted us because their company’s business needs are changing and they want to utilize more of the features and functionality in our system. In their particular case, they had been operating mostly as Construction Management (CM) and this year have begun taking some jobs that put them into the role of General Contractor (GC).
“Oops! I Didn’t Know!!”
Has this happened to you? Someone in a group meeting throws out an idea. You muse about it for the rest of the day, then do some work to make that idea happen. And then you find out that two other people are also working on it, each independently and unaware of your work. Or, perhaps worse, you find out that the other two people had a chat after the meeting and are collaborating on the work, duplicating or contradicting the work that you just spent hours on.
In any group endeavor, communication is key and collaboration just makes sense. This is particularly true in the construction industry. On a construction project, there are many decisions that need to be made, much work to be done, and often, changes to the work along the way. Everyone involved needs to know what is going on, what work is needed now, and who is responsible for it.
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