Carry work through to a sustainable finish

Distinguish prolonged work, missing support and gaps in completion.

What to compare

Compare completion conditions, the cost of continuing and the roles supporting execution.

1 / 3
Beginnings and completion
Read care for completion as well as beginnings.
A question to follow
Are the completion conditions and the next owner clear?
2 / 3
Waging war: the cost of duration
Consider the burden that prolonged action places on resources.
A question to follow
Have the continuing costs and conditions for stopping or reducing scope been considered?
3 / 3
Southern and northern campaigns: execution and supply
Read the campaigns through the relation between execution and supply.
A question to follow
Are support and replenishment assigned as well as direct execution?

Write completion conditions, resources needed to continue, support owners and stopping conditions.

Historical campaign outcomes are not direct success conditions for modern projects.

3 readings
Choose how to compete before committing
Read conditions, objectives and alliances before choosing a price cut or another feature.
3 readings
Connect learning to understanding and checking
When collecting knowledge stalls, distinguish learning, reflection and checking.
3 readings
Decide what to delegate and how to support it
Read these chapters when delegation keeps turning into more instructions.
3 readings
Review evaluation standards and how to explain them
When an evaluation lacks acceptance, separate judgments about people, procedures and allocation.
3 readings
Choose what to change and what to retain
When initiatives and rules keep growing, read through addition, reduction and sequence.
3 readings
Make decisions while keeping unknowns visible
Consider decisions with incomplete information through known facts, unknowns and postponement.
3 readings
Work on a relationship before conflict escalates
Read when disagreement is turning into judgments about a person or a contest to win.

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