Saturday, March 30, 2024

Project Management 102: Sequence

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When people build a house, they must do things in sequence.

The first things to do are obtain plans, acquire land, and hire a builder.  The next thing is to dig a hole.  Then the basement and foundation can be poured.

Eventually, appliances can be installed and the dining room can be decorated.

The wife cannot decorate the dining room if the hole has not been dug, although she can shop for the chandelier.


Projects must be done in sequence.  Project managers sometimes use Gantt Charts to illustrate the sequence.  The picture, above, is one of those charts.

Some things must be done sequentially, and some things can be done in parallel.

Project managers often ask the question, "What can we start doing now?"


When I joined The Michigan Assembly (TMA) a year ago, the folks were working on sending out notices to Defacto courts and Sheriffs.  All DISTRICT COURTS and all State of Michigan Sheriffs received packages of information (picture).

The Michigan Coordinator signed all of them, so it was logical he would be attacked, and he was.

The Assembly did those notices because, apparently, other State Assemblies were doing them, or they were talking about doing them.  I believe Michigan led the way in some of this work.


In hindsight, was this getting things out of sequence?  Would it have been better to have The Pillars up and Land Jurisdiction Courts operational before challenging the Defacto employees?

It is only an academic question at this point.

 

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