Saturday, March 31, 2007

Project-Lessons-Learned From Walter Reed

There are more lessons to be learned from the experience at Walter Reed, but here's a good one ... sustaining quality (of service and infrastructure) in the face of closure. If you haven't already, you may be faced with a project to dismantle, decommission, or divest part of your organization. Be ready for this situation. ...

... "When we plan to shut down an operation, the longer the lead time between decision and action, the more discipline we have to apply to making sure that that operation is not victimized, directly or indirectly, by our natural instincts. " ...


Via Snohomish County Business Journal: Lessons

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1 Comments:

At 10:33 AM, Anonymous mia said...

You are correct. Just because the base may be closing it still has a mission to fulfill while it is open.

Here is a great column on the whole Walter Reed situation

http://joeleonardi.wordpress.com/2007/03/18/where-is-the-outrage/

Mia

 

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