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Will You Add? - How to Avoid Implementation Failure
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The other is that those with opposing views will be able to rationally debate what the correct analysis is and if the session(s) is facilitated well, will come to a level of agreement that will not hinder the implementation of the recommendations.
Challenge the Recommendations
For each set of analyses about a problem's origin, there are not only multiple solutions, there must be found multiple solutions to make implementation stick. Implementation set on a path of a group of singular solutions has a high risk of failure. Life never quite turns out as we expect
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For some organisations it is a serial norm. As a consultant arriving to complete the analysis of a perceived problem or to determine the problem behind some prevalent symptoms, one of our first requests is to have delivered to us previous reports into the problem.
It is normal to have delivered to us ten or more reports consisting of internal and external audit reports, previous consultant reports, incident reports, strategy documents and planning documents. The documents have two things in common.
The first common element is that problem areas are repeatedly identified and acknowledged in the documents which may cover over five years of elapsed time.
The second common element is that all of the documents are heavy on analysis and light on implementation. Classic consultant reports give two to five pages on why the consultancy was set up, three to five pages on method and any number like, fifty or one hundred pages, on analysis and recommendations.
Implementation, if considered at all, scores two or three pages on a high level implementation plan which does not take into account the operating environment, resource requirements and availability, likely support and opposition to the changes recommended and the timing interrelationship between the recommendations.
To avoid the apparent paralysis by analysis syndrome, an approach with six simple elements has, in my experience, met with more success than failure.
Plan the implementation
When, as a leader of an organisation, you receive a report which consists of ninety-five percent analysis of the problem and five percent implementation of the solution, reject it. Better still, when setting the scope of the investigation and the charter for the team, insist that the final report has as much to say about implementation as it does about the problem and its causes.
Insist further that the implementation plan take into consideration the resource requirements and availability, relationships with other projects and day-to-day business and whether a pilot programme is required to understand all the implementation issues.
Challenge the analysis
An aspect which is common to failed implementations is a lingering disbelief in the analysis by influential stakeholders. During the presentation of the analysis these stakeholders may say a few words in opposition and are often seen as a "negative" influence on change. Others say very little in the room and wait until they get to the corridor before they voice their concerns. Even a well planned implementation will fail if the basis on which it was planned is not believed.
Presentations of analysis should be set up so that it is mandatory to challenge the analysis. Don't be afraid of opposition to analysis, welcome it. It is the means by which organisations can do two things.
One is to get all of the intellectual and practical understanding of what makes an organisation tick out on the table. Counter-arguments to perceptions embedded in the analysis will ensure the analysis is robust.
The other is that those with opposing views will be able to rationally debate what the correct analysis is and if the session(s) is facilitated well, will come to a level of agreement that will not hinder the implementation of the recommendations.
Challenge the Recommendations
For each set of analyses about a problem's origin, there are not only multiple solutions, there must be found multiple solutions to make implementation stick. Implementation set on a path of a group of singular solutions has a high risk of failure. Life never quite turns out as we expect
Elizabeth is the executive director of a large non-profit organization that provides wide-ranging services to people in need. She and her staff work long hours to help their clients as effectively as possible, always trying to make the best use of limited resources. While she acknowledges that hard work and scarce resources are the way of the non-profit world Elizabeth admits that she feels increasingly overwhelmed. She accepts as fact that she will work herself to burnout then leave the organization.Frank, a successful surgeon, is a popular, sought-after speaker at medical conferences around the world. He struggles to balance the challenges of his work with the demands of his family while trying to squeeze a little time for himself out of his tight schedule. Like Elizabeth, Frank has resigned himself to what he sees as the inevitable cost of his ca
The second common element is that all of the documents are heavy on analysis and light on implementation. Classic consultant reports give two to five pages on why the consultancy was set up, three to five pages on method and any number like, fifty or one hundred pages, on analysis and recommendations.
Implementation, if considered at all, scores two or three pages on a high level implementation plan which does not take into account the operating environment, resource requirements and availability, likely support and opposition to the changes recommended and the timing interrelationship between the recommendations.
To avoid the apparent paralysis by analysis syndrome, an approach with six simple elements has, in my experience, met with more success than failure.
Plan the implementation
When, as a leader of an organisation, you receive a report which consists of ninety-five percent analysis of the problem and five percent implementation of the solution, reject it. Better still, when setting the scope of the investigation and the charter for the team, insist that the final report has as much to say about implementation as it does about the problem and its causes.
Insist further that the implementation plan take into consideration the resource requirements and availability, relationships with other projects and day-to-day business and whether a pilot programme is required to understand all the implementation issues.
Challenge the analysis
An aspect which is common to failed implementations is a lingering disbelief in the analysis by influential stakeholders. During the presentation of the analysis these stakeholders may say a few words in opposition and are often seen as a "negative" influence on change. Others say very little in the room and wait until they get to the corridor before they voice their concerns. Even a well planned implementation will fail if the basis on which it was planned is not believed.
Presentations of analysis should be set up so that it is mandatory to challenge the analysis. Don't be afraid of opposition to analysis, welcome it. It is the means by which organisations can do two things.
One is to get all of the intellectual and practical understanding of what makes an organisation tick out on the table. Counter-arguments to perceptions embedded in the analysis will ensure the analysis is robust.
The other is that those with opposing views will be able to rationally debate what the correct analysis is and if the session(s) is facilitated well, will come to a level of agreement that will not hinder the implementation of the recommendations.
Challenge the Recommendations
For each set of analyses about a problem's origin, there are not only multiple solutions, there must be found multiple solutions to make implementation stick. Implementation set on a path of a group of singular solutions has a high risk of failure. Life never quite turns out as we expect
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Plan the implementation
When, as a leader of an organisation, you receive a report which consists of ninety-five percent analysis of the problem and five percent implementation of the solution, reject it. Better still, when setting the scope of the investigation and the charter for the team, insist that the final report has as much to say about implementation as it does about the problem and its causes.
Insist further that the implementation plan take into consideration the resource requirements and availability, relationships with other projects and day-to-day business and whether a pilot programme is required to understand all the implementation issues.
Challenge the analysis
An aspect which is common to failed implementations is a lingering disbelief in the analysis by influential stakeholders. During the presentation of the analysis these stakeholders may say a few words in opposition and are often seen as a "negative" influence on change. Others say very little in the room and wait until they get to the corridor before they voice their concerns. Even a well planned implementation will fail if the basis on which it was planned is not believed.
Presentations of analysis should be set up so that it is mandatory to challenge the analysis. Don't be afraid of opposition to analysis, welcome it. It is the means by which organisations can do two things.
One is to get all of the intellectual and practical understanding of what makes an organisation tick out on the table. Counter-arguments to perceptions embedded in the analysis will ensure the analysis is robust.
The other is that those with opposing views will be able to rationally debate what the correct analysis is and if the session(s) is facilitated well, will come to a level of agreement that will not hinder the implementation of the recommendations.
Challenge the Recommendations
For each set of analyses about a problem's origin, there are not only multiple solutions, there must be found multiple solutions to make implementation stick. Implementation set on a path of a group of singular solutions has a high risk of failure. Life never quite turns out as we expect
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An aspect which is common to failed implementations is a lingering disbelief in the analysis by influential stakeholders. During the presentation of the analysis these stakeholders may say a few words in opposition and are often seen as a "negative" influence on change. Others say very little in the room and wait until they get to the corridor before they voice their concerns. Even a well planned implementation will fail if the basis on which it was planned is not believed.
Presentations of analysis should be set up so that it is mandatory to challenge the analysis. Don't be afraid of opposition to analysis, welcome it. It is the means by which organisations can do two things.
One is to get all of the intellectual and practical understanding of what makes an organisation tick out on the table. Counter-arguments to perceptions embedded in the analysis will ensure the analysis is robust.
The other is that those with opposing views will be able to rationally debate what the correct analysis is and if the session(s) is facilitated well, will come to a level of agreement that will not hinder the implementation of the recommendations.
Challenge the Recommendations
For each set of analyses about a problem's origin, there are not only multiple solutions, there must be found multiple solutions to make implementation stick. Implementation set on a path of a group of singular solutions has a high risk of failure. Life never quite turns out as we expect
You are undecided if you should start a conventional Brick and Mortar Business in a Heavily Trafficked Mall or a Online Home Based Business. This in depth Comparison should help you decide.Not too Long ago while on vacation in Palm Springs CA with my wife we decided to have some Ice Cream. We saw this ice cream store and the line was out the door and down the block. There was another Ice Cream store directly across the street with no line so we went there. The Ice Cream at this near empty Store was Really good. I said to my wife if the Ice Cream in this near empty store is this good and everyone else is on lined up across the street I have to know why?Over the course of the next few Months we were in various Cities in Southern California from San Diego to Santa Barbara and every time we saw that Ice Cream Store the Line was out the door
The other is that those with opposing views will be able to rationally debate what the correct analysis is and if the session(s) is facilitated well, will come to a level of agreement that will not hinder the implementation of the recommendations.
Challenge the Recommendations
For each set of analyses about a problem's origin, there are not only multiple solutions, there must be found multiple solutions to make implementation stick. Implementation set on a path of a group of singular solutions has a high risk of failure. Life never quite turns out as we expect it. External and internal influences occur which cannot be predicted. Some occur which are predicted but were thought to be low probability.
An implementation plan needs flexibility in building solutions to problems. Challenge the recommendations to find them. Whilst settling on a preferred solution, having alternate solutions known particularly for low probability and high impact scenarios is simply just good risk management.
Challenge the Implementation Plan
As well as challenging the "what" (recommendations), challenge the "how" (implementation plan). Challenge the use of resources, challenge the need for detailed design versus a pilot approach and challenge the timeline. Challenge everything about the implementation plan. If it is robust, it will survive the challenge and there will be some robust alternatives which have been thought through should circumstances change.
By welcoming challenge and making it a formal part of the process at each stage, the likelihood of having something robust to execute is greatly enhanced. More than this, the sense of ownership by the leaders of the organisation grows with a shift from, "This is being done to me" to "I own this".
Clear the Decks
Give the implementation plan room to breathe. Most organisations need to do less to get more done. If you are executing more than four strategic platforms and the implementation of the recommendations effectively creates a fifth strategic platform, decide which one to quit or postpone. If each function is coping with more than three tactics which are new rather than being part of business-as-usual, stop at least one of them.
If people with the appropriate skills knowledge and behaviour to make the implementation work are involved in other projects or business-as-usual, free up their time, give them authority and the resources to do the job. Don't add it on as an extra responsibility.
Lead and measure
Make sure everyone in the organisation knows how important implementing the recommendations are to the organisation, its key stakeholders and to you personally. What wavering support there is left for implementation will usually be galvanised by a "call to arms" if there has been the opportunity to be part of the process, to actively challenge the analysis, recommendations and implementation plan.
Make sure that implementation progress is measured and reported on against key milestones identified. Do not accept failure to meet milestones lightly. Tolerance of missing milestones (that is, tasks on the critical path) quickly creates an atmosphere where failure to implement is almost a given.
Implementing recommendations should be the norm in organisations rather than the exception. Otherwise, either the need to review or the analysis itself was flawed. Following a few simple principles and making challenge a formal part of the process will increase your rate of implementation and save significant costs of repeated analysis or implementation fai
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