What Is Inside The Tangible Vision?

The Tangible Vision is a composite of a mission statement, a vision statement and technical scope of what it is about.

It is the goal, the process and the direction used to complete the goal.

The distinction of the Tangible Vision is the emphasis of technical specifics in terms of timeline, costline and various metrics.

The details of the Tangible Vision must be results-oriented, quantifiable and relentlessly upbeat.
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Compass AE: Establishing the Collaborative Connections and Accountability

With the Compass AE methodology, a project team collaboratively understands the connection between the senior management goals and their goals.

@ the same time, senior management and project team are required to sign off on the Tangible Vision. This step forces everyone to be accountable for their action.

Reasons on Why Some Project Teams Fails

Current trend of project management:
* 60% of all requirements for most projects are re-written. (Borland Intl, Construx.com);

Result:
* 1 out of every 4 projects never leave the starting line (Meta group);
* 30% of all projects are completed on time, on-budget and on target (Chaos Report);
"Only 59% of our projects reach the market. In Europe only a meager 45% get shipped. ..." Jack Ganssle, Embedded.com (07.10.2006)

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Our Analysis:
When a team collaboratively does not understand what is their big picture, they will not collaborate. No collaboration = No project success. It is psychological difficult to force a team to collaborate when they are not connect with it.

Our Compass AE process enables a project team to collaboratively use the Tangible Vision to view the "top to bottom" connections between the goal, the objectives and the requirements. ...
When they connect with it, the process of collaboration begins.

@ the end, the Compass team completes their Tangible Vision on time, on budget and on target.

The Popularity of Sun Zi's Art of War

During a competition, a novice reading a strategy book like Sun Zi's The Art of War, is not going to make him or her a better leader or a better strategist or a gameplayer. (unless the book is used as a prop in the game). He/she either have the conscious and the experience of being a good leader at that moment or they will be following a better leader.




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Survivor castaways revealed

US network CBS has announced the identities of the 16 castaways who will outwit, outplay and outlast each other in China in the upcoming 15th season of Survivor.

As always some castaways have unusual occupations: 30-year-old James is a gravedigger, 36-year-old Jean-Robert is a professional poker player, 28-year-old Ashley is a WWE wrestler, and 38-year-old Leslie is a Christian radio talk show host.

For the first time, castaways will not start the series in a remote location: they'll be dropped into the middle of bustling downtown Shanghai, before being taken to a Buddhist temple on HuangPu Mountain where they'll be stripped of their possessions.

Contestants will face off in two tribes, Fei Long (meaning "flying dragon") and Zhan Hu ("fighting tiger"), and will each be given a copy of the classic Chinese treatise The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

"The book deals with leadership and how you defeat the other tribe," host Jeff Probst told TV Guide. "It's interesting how much it plays into the game all the way through."

Fans can check out all the new castaways for themselves at the official Survivor: China website.

http://www.yourtv.com.au/news/?i=123394

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It has always been my experience to browse through my copy of Art of War a day or so before the competition starts. I focused on the detailed point relating to each specific chapter.

One tradition of the ultra class professionals that I believe in is "... the annual reading and reviewing all of the necessary classics during a quiet and rainy day. "

Then ask myself the following question, "Am I practicing what I believe is right!? ..."

Questions for Those Who Are Building Their Own Tangible Vision

I have a ton of questions for those who are building their own Tangible Vision.

Following are some of those questions:

• When building your Tangible Vision (T/V), what are the big points will you be defining?
• What approach do you use to define each component?
• Does your T/V include the following: timeline, the cost line, the performance metrics and the risk points?
• Do you prioritizes your focus points? If so, how do you do it?

If you follow those points, you might have a 50/50 chance of completing the job properly.
The few winners who succeed in their plan gets the big reward (gold).

Good luck!