Ten Lessons Learned by Jeff Oxenford

I happened to read Ten Lessons Learned by Jeff Oxenford on his blog, which i thought is applicable for many disciplines including project management.

• Changing technology is easy compared to people and processes.
• Changing culture takes time, a lot of it.
• Entropy and the vision, the vision of the project shifts over time and must be managed.
• Keep your eye on the target, each possible solution has the potential of shifting the goal of a project.
• The voice from outside lends credibility and is essential for instigating change.
• There are never enough champions.
• Design first, buy software second to ensure that the product purchased meets your needs and has organization buy-in.
• Address common misconceptions
• Start small and be successful by breaking implementation into small well defined tasks. Nothing changes the culture more than success.
• The need to distinguish between design tasks and policy issues.

You can read his blog at http://kmjeff.blogspot.com/