Online Community Builder (OCB)
Have you seen a project fail because the right people didn't know about a problem?
Standard communications channels are tuned to pass positive information. The Online Community Builder (OCB) enables you to build business communities focused on making your projects succeed. The increased communication, the community of workers and the clear definition of project goals and objects ensure everyone works in the same direction. The protected communication channels provide a reliable way to pass politically touch or even negative information. The right people know critical information at the right time.
Clear definition of goals How often to projects start with a clear definition of the goals and objectives, but somehow, as the project goes along and more people are added, the goal seems to get lost. People work on whatever seems important on that day. Project schedules get updated, but somehow, the project's goal gets lost. OCB provides a way of ensuring that the goal is always present, always known and that worker is done toward achieving that goal.
Safe communication OCB enables two types of communication. First there is the virtual newspaper. Think of a hometown newspaper, but one that is focused around a project. Whose working on the project, what is their background, what are they doing, what are the issues they are finding? OCB provides a way for this news to be sent to everyone on the project and to associate the news with the project. No more hoping that emails are read and understood in the context of a project, OCB allows you to link news to the project or even to specific deliverables on that project.
The second problem is how to communicate politically touchy or controversial information. OCB offers a communication channel dedicated to passing this information. Even better, as this is a repeating channel, meaningful signals are separated from background noise. The key is allowing people to anonymously predict what will happen with future deliverables. How workers feel about up-coming deliverables is a key indicators to whether they think the deliverable is achievable. How much would it be worth to know this information in advance?
Empowering Workers Do workers feel they have a voice on project? Do they feel that management recognizes the correct obstacles and that if a new obstacle come up, they can report it safely and efficiently? OCB empowers workers to communicate this in whatever manner they feel comfortable. The benefit of creating a community, you can create it to maximize the strengths of each participant.
Celebrate short-term wins and reinforce standards OCB enables you to build a community. Inside this community, you can celebrate short-term wins. When was the last time you notified people that a deliverable was a real success? OCB enable you to do so quickly, efficiently and publicly.
Are their standardards you want people on your projects adhering to? OCB allows you to present and reinforce those standards. Encourage the behaviors you want repeated. The ones that will make your project succeed. Discourage behaviors that have negative effects. OCB give you a platform for taking these positive actions.
Have you seen a project fail because the right people didn't know about a problem?
Standard communications channels are tuned to pass positive information. The Online Community Builder (OCB) enables you to build business communities focused on making your projects succeed. The increased communication, the community of workers and the clear definition of project goals and objects ensure everyone works in the same direction. The protected communication channels provide a reliable way to pass politically touch or even negative information. The right people know critical information at the right time.
Clear definition of goals How often to projects start with a clear definition of the goals and objectives, but somehow, as the project goes along and more people are added, the goal seems to get lost. People work on whatever seems important on that day. Project schedules get updated, but somehow, the project's goal gets lost. OCB provides a way of ensuring that the goal is always present, always known and that worker is done toward achieving that goal.
Safe communication OCB enables two types of communication. First there is the virtual newspaper. Think of a hometown newspaper, but one that is focused around a project. Whose working on the project, what is their background, what are they doing, what are the issues they are finding? OCB provides a way for this news to be sent to everyone on the project and to associate the news with the project. No more hoping that emails are read and understood in the context of a project, OCB allows you to link news to the project or even to specific deliverables on that project.
The second problem is how to communicate politically touchy or controversial information. OCB offers a communication channel dedicated to passing this information. Even better, as this is a repeating channel, meaningful signals are separated from background noise. The key is allowing people to anonymously predict what will happen with future deliverables. How workers feel about up-coming deliverables is a key indicators to whether they think the deliverable is achievable. How much would it be worth to know this information in advance?
Empowering Workers Do workers feel they have a voice on project? Do they feel that management recognizes the correct obstacles and that if a new obstacle come up, they can report it safely and efficiently? OCB empowers workers to communicate this in whatever manner they feel comfortable. The benefit of creating a community, you can create it to maximize the strengths of each participant.
Celebrate short-term wins and reinforce standards OCB enables you to build a community. Inside this community, you can celebrate short-term wins. When was the last time you notified people that a deliverable was a real success? OCB enable you to do so quickly, efficiently and publicly.
Are their standardards you want people on your projects adhering to? OCB allows you to present and reinforce those standards. Encourage the behaviors you want repeated. The ones that will make your project succeed. Discourage behaviors that have negative effects. OCB give you a platform for taking these positive actions.