Practice – From the Latin prāctica, meaning the art of practical work.
– Probative – From the Latin probātīvus, meaning assessment or examination.
– Directive – From the Latin dīrēctīvus, meaning to align and focus toward a given objective or result.
– Perfective – From the Latin perfectīvus, meaning conducive to perfection or completion.
Create Your Scene!
If practice makes perfect and if the virtuous cycle is essential to the perfecting process, one might consider how being more intentional could produce the desired results. Old school managers often think the virtuous cycle begins with an examination of disappointing results or the post-mortem phase of a failed project. And yet, when we consider the end from the beginning, when the cycle is always seen as cyclical, it better informs our initial assessments as well as our planning.
Objectives become clarified, our justifications are more likely to secure the desired resource complement, and our measures become replete with what we need to know as we refine the cyclical process. We develop enhanced strategies and adjust our organizations accordingly while our rehearsals and simulations become more realistic. Our reviews, optimizations, and executions become more revelatory, focused, and precise with each new cycle.
The practical application of what we’ve learned including the facts, meanings, and values that we are able to leverage as we work to meet our objectives, yields experience. When we see our field of endeavor as a practice area, we are setting the stage for experiential growth.
— 310 Probative (The Assessment Phase)
——311 Objectives
——312 Resources
——313 Measures
— 320 Directive (The Purposeful Plan)
——321 Strategize
——322 Organize
——323 Rehearse
— 330 Perfective (The Virtuous Cycle)
——331 Review
——332 Optimize
——333 Execute
From managing our allotment of time to the players on our team, we can always do better. Success, by any given measure, is largely a matter of personal and team discipline.