{"id":3669,"date":"2010-01-21T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=3669"},"modified":"2010-01-17T10:32:49","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T17:32:49","slug":"the-bump-in-the-night-4-of-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=3669","title":{"rendered":"The Bump in the Night (4 of 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3670\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3670\" src=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1369000746_98ca75d00b-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"via Flickr by dbking\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">via Flickr by dbking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Rallying the Team from a Bump in the Night<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the rare situation where the project plan comes to an abrupt, premature end or dead stop, it is your time to show everyone what real leadership is.\u00a0 At this point the whole team, and more, are looking for someone to rally them and provide direction on how to proceed.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s not confuse direction with providing detail instructions on what to do (micro-management).\u00a0 What&#8217;s needed is leadership and a process for the path forward &#8211; everybody following and moving in the same direction.\u00a0 It is the followers that will be doing the work and it is you ensuring the process needed to accomplish it is established and communicated, including when and how decisions are made along the way.\u00a0 Here is a general outline of the flow:<\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Bring the team to a common agreement on the points of the situation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The facts<\/li>\n<li>The assumptions<\/li>\n<li>The selection criteria for solution alternatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Step 2: Organize the team&#8217;s creativity effort for solution development<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Monitor the development process and make adjustments<\/p>\n<p>Step 4: Converge to a set of solution alternatives<\/p>\n<p>Step 5: Make the decision and act on it<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure at this point there is at least one doubting Thomas among the readers.\u00a0 When asked whether creating an Apollo 13 disaster recovery process on the fly and managing to it was a waste of time, Gene Kranz indicated the opposite was the case, it saved time because it gave the team the needed focus.<\/p>\n<p>I wish you the best of luck, if you&#8217;re ever experience a bump in the night,\u00a0 in pulling another iron out of the fire and getting your project back on track; 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