Why Project-Based Work Fails — And How to Get It Right
When laid out like that, it’s obviously a bad idea. But remember that it emerges from a desire to get going on a project, to see work happening, to have tangible evidence of progress. That’s good. Everyone involved in a project should have that desire. It becomes trouble only when we belittle planning as the annoying stuff we have to deal with befo
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"Everything we build has two outputs that could create value : what we make and what we learn. In the project model, we lose most of what we learn. When we want to work on that area again, we spend time and money relearning things we already paid for once. Or, more likely, not learning them, and making costly mistakes."
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significant parts of the organization should be structured as projects-that is, with teams and processes designed to move knowledge forward a stage-with a definite end point.
Roger L. Martin • The Design of Business
The project-based work style emphasizes collaboration. Projects are typically assigned to teams rather than to individuals,