http://blog.billbrantley.com Random notes on politics, government, science, and technology. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:48:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.billbrantley.com/2009/11/27/making-government-work-better-in-the-21st-century-just-add-project-management/ http://blog.billbrantley.com/2009/11/27/making-government-work-better-in-the-21st-century-just-add-project-management/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:21:32 +0000 bill http://blog.billbrantley.com/?p=54 Finishing up Lynn Kahn’s Performance Networks: Transforming Governance for the 21st Century.  It’s a quick read that explains the benefits of using performance networks or cross-agency networks to work on common issues such a juvenile rehabilitation or environmental issues.  Her “Ten Views of Government Performance Networks” sounds more like effective project management.  Basically, have a good vision, communicate the vision effectively, and have performance measures.  Nothing wrong with that but it does point out how government needs modern project management.

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