Case Study: A Closer Look: Defence Materiel Organisation, Canberra, Australia
PM Network › Vol. 22 Nbr. 3, March 2008
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In one case, the DMO project team saw that Tenix was falling behind on its work schedule. The Tenix manager promised to put 10 more people on the tasks. But when things still didn't seem to speed up, the DMO project team did a check. For safety reasons, anyone who goes on the ship must leave an identification tag behind in case of an accident. The DMO team simply counted up the ID tags, and found there had only been one extra person working on the project, not 10-unbeknownst to the Tenix manager.
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Case Study: A Closer Look: Defence Materiel Organisation, Canberra, Australia
SOMETIMES, LESS IS MORE-even at a massive organization with plenty of project management talent on deck.
"When you want to be innovative, sometimes a large team isn't the way to get there," says Kim Gillis, general manager systems at the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO). Part of the Australian Department of Defence, the Canberra-based group is responsi...See the full content of this document
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