management

 MANAGEMENT (Knowledge is not sufficient, Apply these on the daily basis)

Focus in people

Cause→ People, Effect→ People

Run by committed people(do whatever it takes) with good management doing the quality product using quality tools and resources, thus creating the delighted customers in good price.

NO TRICKS, ONLY GENUINE. Make it predictable and Easier to understand.

Boring things are best but harder.

 

Assume least, use real data.

Focus on people as it is by the people to the people.

Create good business (Buy, Buy again liking the first purchase and bring friends because you like it.). This is source of Income, repeat and scale.

 

Check list for selection of Items.

1.      Cost

2.      Specification/ Standard

3.      Quality/ Brand

4.      Local/ Imported → need to order to receive on time

5.      Maintenance, Replacement and repair

6.      Outdoor/ Indoor Applications→ Intended design of use

7.      Size, weight

8.      Compatibility with other items or does it need other accessories.

9.      Energy efficient

10.   Items for child/ Adult/ Old, Male/female, blind or so on.

11.   Sensitivity of use→ 24 Hrs, rarely used, Operation theaters, Indoor or Outdoor, Emergency

12.   Appearance

13.   Safety

 

Work Breakdown.

Break the work into many steps.

Work= step1 + step 2+ step 3………………..

Each step should be judged on following basis.

1.      Ask why, where, when, how, what, who and so on.

2.      What it looks like when finished.

3.      Deadline.

4.      Should I finish after? Before?

5.      It is related to which work?

6.      What materials and what kind of manpower it needs.

7.      Standards of testing.

8.      Measurement.

 

Documents:

1.      Tender files/ spec/ Dwg.

2.      BOQ/ Agreement

3.      Working Dwg.

4.      Material Submittal.

5.      Work/Manpower schedule

6.      Material Delivery schedule

7.      Spec, Catalogue, technical data sheet, test certificate, Company certificate

8.      Measurement

9.      As Built Dwg.

10.   Running Bill

11.   Final Bill

12.   Test Report/ Handover

13.   Warranty letter/ Maintenance Contract.

14.   Stamped/approved/ verified/ Authentic

Timetable for work.

1.      During the foundation

2.      During the flooring

3.      During the slab

4.      Before/after the wall

5.      After wall

6.      Before paint

7.      After paint

8.      Before ceiling

9.      During Ceiling

10.   After ceiling

11.   After ceiling putty

Boundary

1.      Boundary of change or Decision:

Example:. Change in ceiling height (effect) due to Duct (cause)

In this case, Ceiling height change may affect other items installed in ceiling.  Eg. Other MEP items.  So, know the all the boundary or limit up to which the change is applied. Don’t just limit it to specific zone.

 

The change in Duct height may change the items associated with the duct such as insulation and route itself.

 

In summary:

Ceiling: MEP (Check)

Duct: HVAC (check)

 

To elaborate:

Know the boundary of change

You may be thinking to change floor level at the corner but you should know that change may extend up to the door and may not allow the door to lock due to increase in height of floor. It also changes other items associated to the region of change.

 

Fix:

1.      Boundary of the problem (cause of the problem)

2.      Boundary of the solution (solution to address the problem):

3.      Other factors within the boundary that may be affected

Even in real life, it is essential to create the boundary of expectation, decision and privacy.

Critical Works:

 

If some material is special, needs timely import or order, it is unique or it is your first time dealing with the items, make sure you understand the accessories it needs, softwares it needs and any other work that can be done before its arrival.

 

Try to work Out/ Avoid too much Distractions for simple reasons.

Example: We think change can be a solution. But suggestion and giving chance for improving do wonder in the existing one. I left hotel because I thought food was salty. I kept it to myself. I then shifted to next hotel for next meal hoping for good. But it was only my expectation and assumption that next hotel could be Good. But what I failed in was only problem with the existing hotel was salty food. I could have told them to put less salt. I could work out there itself without changing. But now new hotel the food is overcooked and curry looks stale and cold. So, just because we change does not mean it is good.

 

 CAUSE AND EFFECT

The closer is the cause and effect, the more is the chance to happen anything. For example, getting richer is easy when you are in rich neighborhood. You don’t need special tricks or out of box ideas to lead a normal life. Cause is the rich neighborhood and effect is your being richer. Next example, if you want to read, is close to the library.

 

Information:

Would this information change the way I would take Action?

For example, if you want to make the policy for the company, it should not matter the name of the employee to define the policy. It should be irrespective of the specific employee.

 

What if I place vague values such as X Y and Z in place of particular data? Would it matter?

 

 

Updating with Information

Knowing what I know today, would I be doing this on this subject matter? For revision of the action done in the past. For iteration.

Solution oriented

Why I am already not getting what I want?

What works? If it does not work, then what works? Solution Oriented.

Distractions

1.      Did I ask this? Is this the answer that I needed? Is this the content I need to watch?

2.      Does it help me with my goal? Should I write it down?

3.      What questions in my life does this answer?

4.      Dedicate 15 mins time for Distractions. Not more.

For progress, Apply what you are good at 24 Hrs a day. Not only when in specific task. If you behave like normal ordinary people most of the time, then it is possible you are highly likely ending up like those normal people leading normal life.

 

 

Brainstorming

1.      First Principle

2.      Reverse brainstorming→ How to make the problem worse? What does the solved problems look like? How do I ruin the company? Using this answer, you can avoid failure of the company avoiding the answers.

3.      Random keywords: Connect to problem Idea.

4.      SCAMPER: Substitute, Combine with other Idea, Adapt, Modify, Put (Use for other process too so it can find it more scope), Eliminate, Reverse

5.      Brainstorm: Keywords related to the main problems and keywords of the keywords. Combine all and see if you reach to the solutions.

6.      Question what, who why when where how

7.      Write general statement. For example: Rockets fly in the sky. Now look the keywords, rockets, fly, sky. Now play with the keywords. Replace with other similar keywords. Ask wh- questions.

Make the addition, subtraction, exaggeration, substitute with other Idea, copy idea, Link to other Ideas, refine and match.

 

1.      Eliminate: Avoid Totally

2.      Copy: From existing, if someone dealing with similar in past,

3.      Add feature: look if you can add feature in existing one to solve the existing problems.

4.      Exaggerate

5.      Replace

6.      Bypass

7.      Isolation for Maintenance→ finds the route of the problem and Isolate it for maintenance. Look for if cause needs the change, or Route needs the change or Effect needs the change.

8.      Maximum of It

9.      Minimum of It.

ROUTE (WITH CONTROL SYSTEM)

CAUSE→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→EFFECT

 

FAKE INPUT→ from Duplicate source disguising as real Input → Output (to make sure that output will be as we expected.)

 

Iteration:

1.      Design

2.      Prototype

3.      Test

4.      Feedback

5.      Redesign

Variables:

f(A, B, C, D…..N)→ Solution. (X)

a.      How to make X worst.

b.      How to make X best.

c.      Test for the maximum and minimum value of A, B, C, D each individually and look for the changes in X.

d.      Test for → at certain value of A, B reacts in certain way, C reacts in certain ways. Test for each relations.

 

For example, going abroad needs proper money and proper documentations in proper time.

F(MONEY, DOCUMENT)→ ABROAD.

Test for how to ruin your abroad dream.

At certain value of money, documentation may not be easier. For easier documentation, more money helps. Also, certain proper documents help to gather proper loan. So, all are related. Try to find out the balance.