[86] in magellan
Pismere Business Models
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Anderson)
Wed Mar 10 15:11:19 1999
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 15:07:25 -0500
To: magellan@mit.edu
From: Greg Anderson <ganderso@MIT.EDU>
Cc: marine@mit.edu, ljr@mit.edu
Project Name: Pismere Business Models
Project Leader Greg Anderson, Jonathan Venezian
Report Date March 10, 1999
URL: http://mit.edu/pismere/business/business.html
Accomplishments past period
- Marine Brown joined the project
- Team formation is more clear: Naomi, Marine, Lorraine, Jonathan,
Brian Murphy, Mike Barker (in limited capacity),
- Held model building meeting on Friday, March 6
- Created intial scenario based on capital outlays and ongoing support
for a dept. cluster
Goals for the coming period
- Group will take initial scenario and try to begin building some numbers
- Build plan for input/feedback from identified customer groups
- Begin planning for next open meeting - customers, business stakeholders,
others as identified.
Issues
- Resources & time commitments to do this right remains a concern
- We need a more detailed work plan and timetable.
Key learnings
- This project appears hairy and audacious, but beginning with a scenario
and focusing on details was very successful.
- Getting input from customer groups and managing expectations will become
increasingly important.
Team dynamics:
- The team working on the model seems comfortable working with the data
available. It's important to have a team member who can say, "why don't we
try this approach. . . " Getting beyond the questions, of which there are
many, and moving toward the options, of which there are many, was a big
step forward.
Additional comments:
- We (IS) need to reconfirm the strategic importance of this work and
remind ourselves of its priority.
