Goal Tree: should the Goal be time-bound?

The Goal Tree, once built and scrutinized, is a benchmark as well as a roadmap. It describes all prerequisites that must be fulfilled in order to achieve the Goal, a Goal not yet achieved and (still) lying in (a distant) future. The proposed good practice is to carefully craft and state the Goal, so that …

Benchmarking is only trouble!

It happens periodically. When managers are faced with improvement challenge, they ask for benchmarks. Not because they’re eager to take it on competition but to check if by chance they’re not already better or at least good enough, thus escape the challenge. And this is only the beginning with trouble about Benchmarking. Benchmarking It is …