Battle of the Praxes

We've all been there. You're on a web-based project, and things are going well. At least, you think they are. The right people are selected for the appropriate functions, and everybody's clear on their roles. You've got a designer, a developer, a project manager, and business stakeholders who are driving the requirements. You've got interlocked programs that tie in with your initiative, and you've got a fairly constrained budget to manage to. The timeline is tight, but if everybody just does their job, you should make your dates. The initial requirements are gathered, stakeholder expectations are set, and the first set of deliverables -- comps that define what the end product should (generally) look like -- is due. But it doesn't get delivered. The comps seem stuck in a perpetual working state with the designer, as repeat revisions are created behind the scenes in consultation with other designers... out of sight of the other stakeholders and app...

CycloPraxis identifies the natural working preferences of employees according to the lifecycle stage of a business. Much has been written about evolutionary stages of firms, disruptive technologies, new ventures, and high technology marketing, but it seems that large firms continue to experience difficulty in deploying the necessary new products and opening new markets necessary for tip line growth and employees continue to wind up with assignments for which they are poorly suited. CycloPraxis explains this behavior and prescribes novel approaches. The classic match between worker and job is function: operations, manufacturing, marketing, finance, sales, development, etc. Certainly it is important to match job function to an individual's preferences. There is another equally important dimension to the fit between workers and their jobs: cyclopraxis. And there's more to it, yet. The concepts of Praxis can be applied all across the board. I came across this idea ...