PM Network, September 1st, 2006
You can't always go by the book.
It all seems so clear in the classroom. Here's the problem; here's the solution-or so the theory goes. In the real business world, though, translating Ivory Tower academic lessons into workaday action can get slightly more complicated.
One of the main problems when it comes to applying theories to everyday work is that theories are just that-theories, says Lauri Koskela, Ph.D., professor of theory-based lean project and production management at the University of Salford, Salford, U.K.
"Many of the methodologies taught in textbooks are idealizations. What pro...
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