Change Management
Integrating Established Disciplines into an Operation
Implementing an established discipline such as Project Management / PMO or Lean Six Sigma (for example) should consider enabling fundamentals before moving forward.
Read MoreStakeholder interviews can provide baseline knowledge to create a comprehensive business process improvement plan and maturity assessment.
Read MoreA Continuous Improvement Maturity Assessment
A detailed maturity assessment tool can significantly improve initiative implementation.
Read MoreBusiness Process Assessments – Stakeholder Interviews
While there are numerous business process assessment methodologies, this article will cover an ‘interview’ type assessment. This approach is very high-level and perhaps anecdotal, but it is based on “seek first to understand”, ideally performed by an objective observer or…
Read MoreThe Three Disciplines and Change Management
In this weeks article, we’ll explore how the three disciplines (product development, process improvement and project management) can enable change management. First, it’s worth reflecting on how these disciplines fit together. Starting with product development our goal is to understand…
Read MoreWhy Excellence May Not Be the Best
Productivity ties to leaderships vision and purpose, the organizational structure, and motivates the right behaviors.
Read MoreFundamentals of Applying a Structured Approach
In reviewing several previous articles in this article series, it’s apparent there is much in common with product development, project management and process improvement. Let’s look at a brief list that considers a structured approach vs. unstructured While this list…
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