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What Makes Your Organization Fast? Metrics and Organizational Learning -- Part II, People Issues

Posted February 1, 2001 | Leadership | Cutter Benchmark Review

My article on metrics and organizational learning in last month's ITMS described how excellent companies leverage ideas and collective thought processes to learn faster than their competitors and to compete more effectively. These sentiments have been promoted by John Chambers of Cisco, Alan Webber of Fast Company magazine, and John Perry Barlow (during a recent keynote address at the Pop!Tech 2000). I wrote about the following ideas:

About The Author
Michael Mah
Michael Mah is Managing Partner of QSM Associates, Inc., a firm specializing in software measurement, project estimation, and "in-flight" control for both inhouse and outsourced/offshore development. QSM has developed and maintains one of the largest databases of more than 7,500 completed projects collected worldwide, with productivity statistics and trends on cost, schedule, and quality from more than 500 organizations and 18 countries. With… Read More
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