What is a performance test? A performance test is esssentially a checklist of key performance characteristics that define the criteria for successful performance. The checklist is used during observation of performance (or to review the result or output of performance) to assess whether the performance is acceptable. Performance tests can be used as a “gate” […]

Originally posted on November 15, 2007 by Pete One of the toughest decisions is whether to use paper or electronic tools for running meetings, managing to-do’s, even taking notes. Paper wins for speed, flexibility, and the ability to look at more of it at once…you can spread it out. Electronic wins though for portability…and who […]

Originalily posted on November 1st, 2007 by Pete | Edit Well actually, GTD is great. (GTD is a personal productivity system by David Allen…sort of like time management for the internet age.) I bought the book on CD and have listened to it multiple times. (Partly because one hearing was not enough–it is hard to grasp […]

Originally posted on April 18th, 2007 by Pete | Edit One of the biggest complaints we often hear when we design a modular curriculum is that it is too complex. First of all, every job I have analyzed is pretty complex so why wouldn’t a comprehensive curriculum to capture and distribute that know-how be complex […]

Originally posted on October 12th, 2007 by Pete | Edit It is much easier to do something well when nobody is bugging you…isn’t it? Look at Rex Grossman, Bears (sometime) quarterback. Every mistake he makes is analyzed in the media until I would have to imagine he can’t do anything without second-guessing himself. If you […]

Posted on October 12th, 2007 by Pete | Edit Ok…I am all for quality improvement and a systematic approach to in. So in a way, I am actually a fan of Six Sigma…but sometimes it just gets annoying. 1. For one thing, they get all the cool projects. Before there was Six Sigma, you could […]

Originally posted on March 30th, 2007 by Pete If you think ideas and change are happening more quickly than they used to, you are probably right. On the Conference Board’s website is an article describing how the rate of change is impacting the business of managing organizations.  “Ideas are circulating faster,” Clark says, “with the consequence […]

Originally posted on March 28th, 2007 by Pete There was an article in Wall Street Journal recently about schools overusing automated phone message systems, resulting in some families getting up to five calls in the same night and some with no real information (e.g., “your child is a pleasure to have in class”)!! The desire […]