Friday, October 23, 2015

Incentives

I read this tweet just now from the Philippine Star:

"LTO (Land Transportation Office) introduces merit system. Drivers with no violation for the three-year validity period can get five-year license validity period."

Which prompts a response:

"We can do without it. They (LTO) should just release the license in due time."

What I think is that the LTO should have a short-term and a long-term incentive because people live in the present and dream of the future so a short-term goal is more in touch with reality. I mean these drivers do not know whether they can keep the car in three years.

I say the Critical Path Method applies to all planning. Which means the issuance of the license is a critical activity thus this should be given priority. In other words, this activity cannot be delayed.


This is a simple Critical Path diagram. In planning you have a list of activities to finish a project then you arrange the activities in chronological order and finally identify the activities that be given priority.

Why plan? Why not?

If you do not plan then you are not organized. If you are not organized, your life is in chaos. So get an organizer okay?

In building a house, we need planning in pre-construction and during construction stages. This is under the Auxiliary Department which is the support group in construction. We come up with the design and specification first. Then we go for estimates which is in connection with Planning because you estimate not only for the manpower, materials, money and equipment but also the time, schedule and duration.

So for every project, you prepare the Schedule so the project runs smoothly. You have design and specifications for a building, however, there are many variables so the even if you have the same design, it would be different depending on the locality, the time and the resources available.

So like the townhouses with same blueprints are the same but also different. Do you see the relevance guys? I think it is easy for non-construction people to understand this cause planning is universal.


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