Verb Sprawl™
Too Many Verbs. Too Little Progress.
There Is a Time and Place for Exotic Vocabulary. Your Project Plan Is Not That Place.
Problem Statement
Excessive verb variety in a project plan signals excessive improvisation, weak standardization, and micromanagement. It reinvents work instead of repeating success.
Description
Dozens of ambiguous verbs constitute Verb Sprawl™ in congested project plans. Coordinating this work becomes cumbersome, arbitrary, and prone to surprises.
Consulting Services
Assess project plans for Verb Sprawl™ and redesign governance using simpler, repeatable language.
Benefits
Vivid, familiar, and unattractive imagery for project plans
Diagnostic label for excessive variability and reinventing the wheel
Straightforward way to detect and reduce unnecessary complexity
Bigger Picture
The Verb Sprawl™ framework is a component of the Elegance methodology for business management consulting.
Through Verb Sprawl™ assessments, Elegance helps organizations reduce variability, simplify project plans, and improve predictability.
About Innovation Elegance
Services Offered
Business management consulting
Organizational effectiveness consulting
Change management consulting
Project governance consulting
Executive advisory services
Call to Action
To learn more about Verb Sprawl™ consulting services, contact Innovation Elegance, LLC.
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