“If your business is anything like our exemplar firm, or indeed like most companies we have worked with, the projects you have committed to complete represent over 100 percent of your carrying capacity. This can have surprising effects on the length of time each project takes to complete. For instance, imagine a project that will take a skilled software developer six months to complete. The lead time to completion if this person is working full-time on the project is six months. Divide this person’s time between four projects, however, and three-quarters of the time, each project is being ignored by the person. The lead time to completion of all four projects stretches to two years! Delays like this can be deadly in a world where speed matters.”
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The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Strategies for Continuously Creating Opportunity in an Age of Uncertainty
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Rita Gunther McGrath
Rita Gunther McGrath is an influential scholar and consultant in the fields of business strategy and entrepreneurship. Born on July 28, 1959, she is known for her research on dynamic markets and strategic agility. more
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