The 6-star why- what-how-who-where-when analysis

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Dear all,

 

Just to share with you a little more of modern project

management according to Sustainable Development and

Agenda 21. I find it highly useful, though others may

not. Take it as you will.

 

In project formation in sustainable development

projects there has been devised a very interesting

analytical platform. I can not remember its given

name, but I will call it the 6-star

why-what-how-who-where-when analysis. Not only is this

used in community participant projects in the

government or NGO sector, both in urban and rural

dvelopment, but many businesses also perform this when

starting new projects.

 

WHY

WHEN____^____WHAT

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WHERE/__\_/__\HOW

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WHO

 

 

The usual star is actually a 5-star model, with 'why'

in the centre, I couldn't get that shape above so I

put it as a star of David. 'Why' is usually looked at

as a needs-based assessment, and once the need has

been identified then it is often not looked at again.

This poses problems as the reiterative bottom-up model

may need a complete 'why' assessment over and over

again. The problem is that once what, how, who, where

and when have been flexibly fixed project managers and

fund-backers are often reluctant to start from a new

'why' needs-based assessment. This shows major

rigidities in projects, and at the end of the day

these projects could fail the recipients because 'why'

was not done well. 'Why' is the most important, and I

have seen on this conference that devotees question

'why' a hell of a lot. This is good, the problem here

though is it could lead to a slow progress into what

etc, leading to project stagnation.

 

 

Why? - why do we need a project (needs-based

assessment), what is the project about (project

vision), how are we to do it (mission statement and

action plans), who are we that are doing it (human

resources - management hierarchy and workers issues),

where is it to be done and when (spatial and temporal

specifics)?

 

What? - what are the details of the project, how are

we to impliment the details, who is to manage it and

who are the workers who will do it, where is it to be

done and when? Does the above detail meet the 'why'

criteria, does it alter it in anyway to merit a change

in the analysis of the needs of the participants and

the project vision?

 

How? - what are the exact mechanisms, the action

plans, that are to be implimented to meet the mission

statement to realise the vision? Who, where and when

are the participants to fulfill the 'how'. Does the

above detail meet the 'what' and 'why' criteria, does

it alter it in anyway to merit a change in the

analysis of the needs of the participants and the

project vision?

 

Who? - who are the people involved, why are they

involved, how are they to be involved - what type of

hierarchy is needed to meet the above criteria (flat

consensual, pyramidal managers/managed, anarchic),

what are the needs of the participants, are the

participants in tune with 'why, what and how', are

they activiely involved in the process or are they

having something imposed upon them? Where and when are

they active to perform the work to meet the above

criteria.

 

Where? - location specifics, do the specifics fulfil

the needs, in what way and how, will the participants

and the surrounding communities agree with the

location? An environmental audit of the location would

be needed and an environmental management system (EMS)

construed (this could be a certified ISO 14001). When

would the implimentation of the plan could in to play?

 

When? - time specifics, do the specifics fulfil the

needs, in what way and how, will the participants and

the surrounding communities agree with the timing of

locationed activities? 'When' is to be seen as long

term and short term time management, especially in

farming seasonality is highly important in the

production cycle.

 

 

 

 

 

I was also looking at the etymology (formation and

meaning of words) of the word business, which in the

dictionary the original sence of the word is Being

Busy, which would now be called busyness, as business

often takes other conotations. Therefore business in

its truest sense should be the devotees highest wish,

as KC is an active religion - people busy according to

their nature with a particular free consciousness -

busy for Krsna. It is as I agrued about capitalism

that in itself is just the activity of capital,

wealth. We should really identify with business and

capitalism in their purest, true meaning, sense and

not as the particular creed that we see around us that

are only adjectives describing a type of the noum; ie

money-grabbing, dog-eat-dog business or capitalism.

 

 

 

 

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