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Project Execution and Oversight
How should we run dynamic product development projects? How do we select
members and organize teams? What are the basic steps to carry out a development
project?
An imbecile can manage his own affairs better than a wise man the
affairs of other people.
Arabian Proverb
During the battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte was concentrating on
the task of breaking the line of British and Allied infantry regiments, which
blocked his route to Brussels. In the midst of the engagement, an aide drew
Napoleon’s attention to a column of troops that were approaching their right
ank from some distance away. After a quick look ...