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You Need to Manage Digital Projects for Outcomes, Not Outputs

You Need to Manage Digital Projects for Outcomes, Not Outputs | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

When is a project finished? For most of us, it seems pretty simple: when we ship the product or launch the service. But we need to take a step back and consider what “done” really means.

Most teams in business work to create a defined output. But just because we’ve finished making a thing doesn’t mean that thing is going to create economic value for us. If we want to talk about success, we need to talk about outcomes, not just outputs. And as the world continues to digitize and almost every product and service becomes more driven by (or at least integrated with) software, this need grows even stronger....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Wonderful mantra: Manage outcomes, not output.

Daniel Tremblay's curator insight, February 10, 2017 9:30 AM
"With software, however, the relationship between <we’ve finished building it> and <it has the effect we intended> is much less clear."

On doit mettre le focus sur l'atteinte des objectifs d'affaires du projet.  Un projet qui respect les specs, livré en temps et à l'intérieur des coûts, peut être un échec s'il ne permet pas de réaliser les objectifs d'affaires attendus.
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The Main Ingredient of Change | Harvard Business Review

The Main Ingredient of Change | Harvard Business Review | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

...So we set out to remake our “play it safe” culture and empower our people to think bigger and act more boldly. We made “courage” one of our core values and built a new performance management system that encourages employees to take responsible risks and set ambitious goals. People now own the outcomes they deliver, and we reward those whose contributions have an exceptional impact.


Cultural values have to be modeled at the top to take hold, so we revamped our leadership team with courage in mind. Virtually everyone on the team is either new to his or her role or new to Campbell since I became CEO....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Campbell's CEO Denise Morrison talks about changing culture to change the company and move it forward. Recommended reading 9 /10.

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