Abstract – Noumenia Process: Action Matrix
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The Action Matrix is a system that allows the managing, processing, and correct labeling of enormous amounts of information garnered from the Challenges and Stakeholder parts of the Noumenia Process. By creating a spreadsheet of combined Stakeholders and Challenges one can have categorical sub-projects defined and developed. It provides an organized method of establishing expectations, providing deliverable dates, and assigning a champion. In using the Action Matrix, the consequences of failure, inaction, or success become clearer.
Creation of the Action Matrix is a sub-component of the Noumenia Process. The second step is the proper identification of Stakeholders, who are aware and actively interested in the company, project etc. This is also the part where one figures out if the project Stakeholder is a hindrance or a help. So, Challenges have already been classified and organized and Stakeholders have been identified prior to the Matrixs’ creation. Then taking the Challenges and the Stakeholders, one builds a spread sheet with Stakeholders on top, Challenges and their sub-components on the side. Where Stakeholder and Challenges intersect, insert specific tasks to accomplish in that zone. Stakeholders and Challenges/component remain the same through the length of operation, tasks and dates change.
This Action Matrix is an essential part of the Noumenia Process. Any project needs a sound plan. Without it, the ability to make day-by-day and long term decisions would be severely limited.
August 12th, 2009 at 1:48 am
- Again, a couple phrases (“parts of the Noumenia Process” and “establishing expectations”)are darker than the rest of the text. Check your formatting.
) May I suggest, instead: “A spread sheet is built with Stakeholders on top and Challenges and their sub-components on the side. Where Stakeholders and Challenges intersect, specific tasks to be accomplished are inserted.”
- Recommend changing “one can have categorical sub-projects defined and developed” to “one can define and develop categorical sub-projects” to put the sentence in an active voice
- In the next sentence, ‘It’ seems to refer to the categorical sub-projects? I’d suggest changing ‘It’ to ‘The Action Matrix’ but three instances of that phrase in the opening paragraph might be too much. Would ‘The spreadsheet’ be okay here? Maybe leaving ‘It’ alone is okay.
- “project etc.” to “project, etc.” (adding a comma)
- “The second step” — wait, where’s the first step? You mean to say that the Action Matrix _is_ the second step, right? Maybe say, “This second step”?
- ‘aware’ -> “aware of”. You are saying, “the Stakeholders are aware of the company,” right?
- “if the project Stakeholder is a hindrance or a help”: if I’m reading this right, I think “the project’s Stakeholder is” or “the project’s Stakeholders are” (note adding ‘s to project) should be used instead?
- another instance of a sentence beginning with “So”. Maybe replace “So,” with “This means”? Or, “A pre-requisite of this step is that”
- Matrixs’ is incorrect. Either Matrix’ or Matrix’s or something else. I don’t know. Maybe bypass the issue by saying “creation of the Matrix”?
- The next couple sentences seem … clunky? (Like they were written late at night
- “Challenges/component” – ‘component’ should be plural
- Suggest “operation, tasks and dates change” -> “operation, while tasks and dates change” (just need some sort of junction word there)
August 24th, 2009 at 9:18 am
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