Lise seems to me the first thing is to be very clear about what all the formal planning on a project does AND DOES NOT do. It seems to me that all the PERT charts, GANT charts, project management protocols are very useful in terms of setting the project direction, parameters, and making sure that the appropriate tools and supplies are on hand. All that is a map of the new territory to be explored (the possibility space). I think where we get in trouble is when we confuse the map with the territory. The map will get you to the start of the journey, point out some things that you might be looking for but the actual journey (building the building) is self organizing all the way, I think. It is therefore not so much about adding Open Space to the equation, but rather recognizing that the moment the first shovel full of dirt is turned you are already in Open Space. The question then becomes how do you navigate in the most effective and efficient fashion. I think it is precisely here that Open Space Technology, and the general experience with Open Space can be very helpful. Putting it all in slightly different terms, I would be very careful not to throw the baby out with the bath water. The formal elements of the project have their place, and an important one -- but they never really describe what happens along the way, or even (probably) what should happen along the way.
Good Luck! This sounds wonderful. Cant wait to hear more. Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20845 Phone 301-365-2093 Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Lise Damkjær Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 2:18 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: SV: research Hello Marty, Harrison and others... I'm involved with some "in the begginning" research... I'm mentor to a PhD-student at the Technical University of Denmark - she is researching: How engineers could facilitate in public assignments - and she uses Open space as her facilitation-tool. I have got a fantastic opportunity: I'm going to contribute to a research-project in copperation with Copenhagen Business School: Could we run a building construction site via OS-pratice? And what would then happen? I really enjoy this opportunity - i'm originally a building construction engineer - but have worked with organizational design and so on most of my time... We are going to observe what selforganization look like in building construction sites, let everybody see that it already works and then design and try a different way of organizing the building site work - an OS-way - in which way it may look...? Do anyone have ideas or experiences in this field? It's still very new to me - I have only done some thinking yet... Thanks for this beautiful list and the beautiful community, we have here... Lise -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]På vegne af Marty Boroson Sendt: 24. februar 2005 18:25 Til: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Emne: research I am curious to know what academic research is being done/has been done on OST ... Also, are there any research protocols out there? Or ideas that you wish someone would research? Thanks, Marty Boroson * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
