INTRODUCTION:
The Marine Corp Planning Process (MCPP) is in some ways a capstone on my earlier articles*. In some ways it is extraneous to them. If you are doing planning at a level lower than a battalion (an organization of more than 500 people), you develop your plan using all the previous tools more or [...]
As a kid, I used to watch the old “Lone Ranger” series in reruns. I had the Lone Ranger doll, and eagerly saw the movie that came out in 1981. It is probable that the Lone Ranger shaped my philosophy on life–I like to come into a new situation and help people solve [...]
It seems like every year or two, the latest and greatest gimmick comes along: Six Sigma. Spiral development. Agile. Scrum. But whatever the new development fad is, its heritage is over a half century old and comes from the work of two men: W. Edwards Deming and Colonel John Boyd.
To be fair, I’m [...]
Don’t Forget About Competitive Advantage
