Episode 4 Part 1: The Solution - The Business Execution Lifecycle

Bridging Business & IT

English - September 01, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MB
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This episode introduces a simple solution to bridge the gap between everything the business knows and what they communicate to the IT project team. We propose a checklist of questions to cover each step in the Business Execution Lifecycle (“BEL”). Execution is not a one-off, linear exercise, but rather a continuous cycle with four distinct stages (Do, Manage, Assess, Refine) that is common to every business process. If you understand the BEL framework, you can create a checklist to unpack the details of a process (or project) to ensure that you’ve covered everything you need to cover.

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Suggested readings:

“The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande“Thinking Fast & Slow” by Daniel Kahneman“Incognito” by David Eagleman“The paradox of human expertise: why experts get it wrong” by Itiel E. Dror“The Coming Software Apocalypse” by James Somers in the Atlantic“The Lost Language of Execution” by David P. Burrill at www.bridgingbusinessit.com/solutions