Comments for The Rosetta Brief http://www.dialexica.com/blog The Rosetta Brief : Translating Agile for Lawyers Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Let’s build a legal value stream map! by Steven Levy http://www.dialexica.com/blog/2010/01/lets-build-a-legal-value-stream-map/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Steven Levy Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:09:43 +0000 http://www.dialexica.com/blog/?p=432#comment-17 You might want to consider Geoffrey Moore's Core/Context thinking here first, for the insight it provides into _why_ electronic discovery is so rife with the Seven Wastes. Moore points out that often one party's Context (commodity stuff, to oversimplify) is another's Core. There are so many people in the e-discovery world making a good living on turning what should be Context into Core -- in-house, at firms, at vendors, overseas, etc. <br><br>Normally VSM maps the value to the customer (client). However, an alternative form maps the value that the various parties _derive_ from the work, or from performing the work. We'll make no headway on these wastes, I fear, until it's clear whose ox is gored at each stage. (VSM is strongest, or at least has a proven history, when the work is done within a single entity that allows the value to be fully traced.)<br><br>Holding up the two VSMs together will provide additional insight into the underlying problem, which is that lots of people see as food what the client might objectively label "waste." <br><br> -- Steven B. Levy<br> Author, "Legal Project Management: Control Costs, Meet Schedules, Manage Risks, and Maintain Sanity" You might want to consider Geoffrey Moore's Core/Context thinking here first, for the insight it provides into _why_ electronic discovery is so rife with the Seven Wastes. Moore points out that often one party's Context (commodity stuff, to oversimplify) is another's Core. There are so many people in the e-discovery world making a good living on turning what should be Context into Core — in-house, at firms, at vendors, overseas, etc.

Normally VSM maps the value to the customer (client). However, an alternative form maps the value that the various parties _derive_ from the work, or from performing the work. We'll make no headway on these wastes, I fear, until it's clear whose ox is gored at each stage. (VSM is strongest, or at least has a proven history, when the work is done within a single entity that allows the value to be fully traced.)

Holding up the two VSMs together will provide additional insight into the underlying problem, which is that lots of people see as food what the client might objectively label “waste.”

— Steven B. Levy
Author, “Legal Project Management: Control Costs, Meet Schedules, Manage Risks, and Maintain Sanity”

]]> Comment on Let’s build a legal value stream map! by Steven Levy http://www.dialexica.com/blog/2010/01/lets-build-a-legal-value-stream-map/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Steven Levy Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:09:43 +0000 http://www.dialexica.com/blog/?p=432#comment-14 You might want to consider Geoffrey Moore's Core/Context thinking here first, for the insight it provides into _why_ electronic discovery is so rife with the Seven Wastes. Moore points out that often one party's Context (commodity stuff, to oversimplify) is another's Core. There are so many people in the e-discovery world making a good living on turning what should be Context into Core -- in-house, at firms, at vendors, overseas, etc. <br><br>Normally VSM maps the value to the customer (client). However, an alternative form maps the value that the various parties _derive_ from the work, or from performing the work. We'll make no headway on these wastes, I fear, until it's clear whose ox is gored at each stage. (VSM is strongest, or at least has a proven history, when the work is done within a single entity that allows the value to be fully traced.)<br><br>Holding up the two VSMs together will provide additional insight into the underlying problem, which is that lots of people see as food what the client might objectively label "waste." <br><br> -- Steven B. Levy<br> Author, "Legal Project Management: Control Costs, Meet Schedules, Manage Risks, and Maintain Sanity" You might want to consider Geoffrey Moore's Core/Context thinking here first, for the insight it provides into _why_ electronic discovery is so rife with the Seven Wastes. Moore points out that often one party's Context (commodity stuff, to oversimplify) is another's Core. There are so many people in the e-discovery world making a good living on turning what should be Context into Core — in-house, at firms, at vendors, overseas, etc.

Normally VSM maps the value to the customer (client). However, an alternative form maps the value that the various parties _derive_ from the work, or from performing the work. We'll make no headway on these wastes, I fear, until it's clear whose ox is gored at each stage. (VSM is strongest, or at least has a proven history, when the work is done within a single entity that allows the value to be fully traced.)

Holding up the two VSMs together will provide additional insight into the underlying problem, which is that lots of people see as food what the client might objectively label “waste.”

— Steven B. Levy
Author, “Legal Project Management: Control Costs, Meet Schedules, Manage Risks, and Maintain Sanity”

]]> Comment on The Big Hurdle by clintonkeith http://www.dialexica.com/blog/2010/01/the-big-hurdle/comment-page-1/#comment-18 clintonkeith Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:51:35 +0000 http://www.dialexica.com/blog/?p=419#comment-18 Fascinating stuff. Have you tried creating a value stream map to look for opportunities to eliminate waste? Fascinating stuff. Have you tried creating a value stream map to look for opportunities to eliminate waste?

]]> Comment on The Big Hurdle by clintonkeith http://www.dialexica.com/blog/2010/01/the-big-hurdle/comment-page-1/#comment-15 clintonkeith Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:51:35 +0000 http://www.dialexica.com/blog/?p=419#comment-15 Fascinating stuff. Have you tried creating a value stream map to look for opportunities to eliminate waste? Fascinating stuff. Have you tried creating a value stream map to look for opportunities to eliminate waste?

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]]> Comment on EDRM Critique : From Hand-off to Collaborative Culture by e-discovery 2.0 » Blog Archive » Electronic Discovery, EDiscovery, E-Discovery, Legal Discovery http://www.dialexica.com/blog/2009/09/edrm-critique-from-hand-off-to-collaborative-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-7 e-discovery 2.0 » Blog Archive » Electronic Discovery, EDiscovery, E-Discovery, Legal Discovery Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:34:41 +0000 http://www.dialexica.com/blog/?p=113#comment-7 [...] the much lauded EDRM model will gain traction, as practitioners strive to find an even better, and perhaps more practical, project management framework, in many cases acknowledging the role that the EDRM has taken in [...] [...] the much lauded EDRM model will gain traction, as practitioners strive to find an even better, and perhaps more practical, project management framework, in many cases acknowledging the role that the EDRM has taken in [...]

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]]> Comment on EDRM Critique : From Hand-off to Collaborative Culture by Which PM Methodology is the “Right One” for Your EDD Project? « Electronic Discovery Project Management http://www.dialexica.com/blog/2009/09/edrm-critique-from-hand-off-to-collaborative-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Which PM Methodology is the “Right One” for Your EDD Project? « Electronic Discovery Project Management Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:58:16 +0000 http://www.dialexica.com/blog/?p=113#comment-4 [...] of role or power-based… the success of the team is the focus … I recently came across a good argument for why Agile project management might be the next “big thing” in e-discovery project [...] [...] of role or power-based… the success of the team is the focus … I recently came across a good argument for why Agile project management might be the next “big thing” in e-discovery project [...]

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