Volume 8, Issue 4, Year 08
Practicing OD focuses on practice. Short, easy-to-read articles give you great ideas you can use tomorrow! Share your own best practices by submitting an article for possible publication. Full access to this bi-monthly e-zine is one of the many benefits of membership in the OD Network.
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Business Process Transformation at the Department of Defense
Melissa Naroski
Melissa shares a new process being used at the Department of Defense to solve IT business problems. The Business Capability Lifecycle Process (BCL) is an advanced method that includes rigorous analysis of requirements and consideration of all feasible solutions prior to funding a business IT system. Their work highlights ways to improve on the common problems experienced in the development and use of new IT systems, such as including the right stakeholders, scoping appropriately, more rigorous analysis of alternatives and phased implementation with application of learning from one to another.
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Strategy Learned on the Job
Sally A. Fisher
In this article, Sally Fisher shares a process she uses to help managers learn strategic thinking on the job. The Strategy Deployment Process starts with a tangible goal for the managers and then uses designed steps that are characterized by urgency, competition, cross-functional requirements and accountability. Facilitation and coaching are used to assist the manager’s learning during the process.
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Dogwood in the Moonlight
Lynda Curtin
Lynda Curtin provides a unique reflection on an experience to highlight important aspects of how creativity and innovation work and how each of us can benefit from creating the right conditions and remembering the steps that lead up to creative moments. As a result of this experience, she now has a constant reminder hanging on her wall!
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