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Models for cost consideration in product development

March 7, 2021December 28, 2022 Oliver Schönfeld

Classic management likes to argue with cost aspects when it comes to changing and optimizing processes. In this article, we will disregard all social aspects concerning employees for the moment and just compare the bare figures. It is about the widespread misconception that a company only operates profitably when all employees are working at full…

Multi-project management: The holy grail of management

November 1, 2020November 7, 2021 Oliver Schönfeld 1 Comment

It is a sad fact that in knowledge work in today’s VUCA environment the matrix organization and projects are less and less successful. Reasons for this is are … projects are often planned without sufficient consideration of the already running projects, the totality of the projects use the capacities of the involved resources and employees…

What’s wrong with LEAN?

October 27, 2019July 26, 2021 Oliver Schönfeld 1 Comment

Most people think “Lean” is defined by reducing waste, less resources, less buffers and less people. Reading the definition of Lean carefully shows that it is defined by “more customer value with less resources”, which means a reduction of resources AFTER the creation of a better flow of customer value! In my opinion this misunderstanding…