Comments on: Make a path together http://www.robborley.com/2009/05/11/make-a-path-together/ ... because everyone else was doing it. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:53:10 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sam Barnes http://www.robborley.com/2009/05/11/make-a-path-together/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Sam Barnes Tue, 19 May 2009 21:14:13 +0000 http://www.robborley.com/?p=94#comment-84 I'll be really interested to see if you can identify any tangeable results (time and money) from this process. Really love the willingness to try this kind of approach when work is no doubt piled high. Getting a client to pay for it... now that's a different challenge ;-) I’ll be really interested to see if you can identify any tangeable results (time and money) from this process. Really love the willingness to try this kind of approach when work is no doubt piled high.

Getting a client to pay for it… now that’s a different challenge ;-)

]]> By: Rob Borley http://www.robborley.com/2009/05/11/make-a-path-together/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Rob Borley Wed, 13 May 2009 19:38:56 +0000 http://www.robborley.com/?p=94#comment-81 Sam, I think it's fair to say that the evidence we have so fair is fairly anecdotal. We don't have any metrics with which we can confirm that we have saved money or time by taking this approach. It's also fair to say that this is a new approach for Headscape and one which I'm sure will evolve. This approach has been met with enthusiasm from team members on the projects which we have attempted this and the signs are that we will be finding measurable savings in time and stress levels. I will keep you updated on these. Rather than seeing this as a lost day of production I think it needs to be built into the project as part of the process. If you are able to educate clients so that they will pay for it too; all the better *smile* Sam, I think it’s fair to say that the evidence we have so fair is fairly anecdotal. We don’t have any metrics with which we can confirm that we have saved money or time by taking this approach.

It’s also fair to say that this is a new approach for Headscape and one which I’m sure will evolve.

This approach has been met with enthusiasm from team members on the projects which we have attempted this and the signs are that we will be finding measurable savings in time and stress levels.

I will keep you updated on these.

Rather than seeing this as a lost day of production I think it needs to be built into the project as part of the process. If you are able to educate clients so that they will pay for it too; all the better *smile*

]]> By: Sam Barnes http://www.robborley.com/2009/05/11/make-a-path-together/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Sam Barnes Mon, 11 May 2009 22:35:26 +0000 http://www.robborley.com/?p=94#comment-77 Hey Rob, really like the idea of planning a project as a team. I heard the Boag's Audio Boo the other day about you guys planning a project as a whole team and thought "cool". But while the benefits are clear, I cant help but wonder one thing... How do you carve out the time to stop a whole team from working for a day in order to have this mega planning session? Is it something you tried once or twice and it proved to not only engage and motivate the whole team, but also resulted in provable savings in project cost and time? Or is it just case where Headscape are currently doing well enough to stop production for a day and adopt this approach? Sam Hey Rob, really like the idea of planning a project as a team. I heard the Boag’s Audio Boo the other day about you guys planning a project as a whole team and thought “cool”.

But while the benefits are clear, I cant help but wonder one thing…

How do you carve out the time to stop a whole team from working for a day in order to have this mega planning session? Is it something you tried once or twice and it proved to not only engage and motivate the whole team, but also resulted in provable savings in project cost and time? Or is it just case where Headscape are currently doing well enough to stop production for a day and adopt this approach?

Sam

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