{"id":12127,"date":"2020-02-02T22:18:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T21:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/006-anyone-who-uses-assumptions-as-the-basis-for-decisions-will-fail-in-the-project\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T17:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:16:38","slug":"006-anyone-who-uses-assumptions-as-the-basis-for-decisions-will-fail-in-the-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/006-anyone-who-uses-assumptions-as-the-basis-for-decisions-will-fail-in-the-project\/","title":{"rendered":"006 Anyone who uses assumptions as the basis for decisions will fail in the project!"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 180px;\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/christoph-gross\/embed\/episodes\/006-Wer-Annahmen-als-Entscheidungsgrundlage-nutzt-wird-im-Projekt-versagen-eajeh7\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Does your schnitzel always taste just as good? No? So you\u2019re not willing to make an assumption in favor of a chef you don\u2019t even know?  <\/p>\n<p>But in digitalization projects, people do this all the time: in reference evaluations, in assessing the solution, just because a competitor uses it, in the supposed experience of the consultants, etc. Whether out of ignorance or overestimating one\u2019s own judgment\u2014or that of third parties\u2014which <strong>is based purely on &#8220;experience&#8221; and therefore on assumptions<\/strong>: <strong>In all projects, too many assumptions are made, and wrong decisions are constantly taken as a result.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re lucky, you\u2019ll get away with a black eye\u2014or you may even risk <strong>the project failing!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What you need to watch out for in a project and how to avoid the assumption trap is what you\u2019ll learn in this podcast.<\/p>\n<p>More tips and information at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/\">www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de<\/a> or in the book <em>&#8220;Digitalization in Industry, Trade and Logistics&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/de\/book\/9783658260941?utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_source=commission_junction_authors&amp;utm_campaign=3_nsn6445_product_PID%zp&amp;utm_content=at_09252018#otherversion=9783658260941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here via the link<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Does your schnitzel always taste just as good? No? So you\u2019re not willing to make an assumption in favor of a chef you don\u2019t even know? But in digitalization projects,...","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12127"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12131,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12127\/revisions\/12131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.der-digitalisierungsberater.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}