Bob Lewis
Columnist

One key to success

analysis
May 22, 20041 min

Tip o'the week: As an executive, you should have a 90-day plan. No matter how visionary your strategic goals, no matter how broad or deep the issue you're contending with, develop a way of making things happen that translate to something you can achieve that moves you in the right direction within 90 days. Short timelines, frequent milestones, and the "chunking" of big results into multiple manageable

Tip o’the week:

As an executive, you should have a 90-day plan. No matter how visionary your strategic goals, no matter how broad or deep the issue you’re contending with, develop a way of making things happen that translate to something you can achieve that moves you in the right direction within 90 days.

Short timelines, frequent milestones, and the “chunking” of big results into multiple manageable projects is the key to successful software delivery and business change.

Why should your own success be any different?

And oh, by the way … if you aren’t a business executive, establish 90-day goals anyway. If you’re in any kind of supervisory or managerial role, this is a good idea. And if you aren’t … I sure hope the person you report to is organizing your work this way. If not, there’s a good chance your organization is driting rather than moving.

– Bob

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