The subject line of this message also serves as the title of August's
featured article on my web site. It refers specifically to what I learned
in the Navy about solving the fire control problem (i.e., how to hit a
moving target).
Here is the gist of the article:
Most problems encountered in organizations are dynamic. They are, as people
so often say, "moving targets." There is not and can never be a static
solution to a dynamic problem. The first lesson to be learned from the fire
control problem is this: to hit a moving target requires a continuous or
"running" solution, one that is regularly updated to reflect the current
situation. Dynamic problems are not "defined" and then "solved." Instead,
the definition of this kind of problem evolves over time, as does its
solution. Dynamic problems must be measured and monitored, just as targets
are tracked. If you do not approach dynamic problems in this fashion, you
are likely to solve the problem that was, not the problem that is.
If you are interested in this article, go to my web site (www.nickols.us)
and click on the link to the article. As always, it's available for single
user reading at no charge.
Regards,
Fred Nickols
"Assistance at A Distance"
nickols@att.net
www.nickols.us