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- Best Practices in Process Improvement: The Seven Tenets of Process Management
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The goal of process management is to make the organization better—to give it a stronger position in the marketplace, to grow a work force of engaged and motivated employees, to increase productivity and quality, and ...
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: Continuous Improvement, Business Excellence, Process, Lean, Quality, Process Improvement, Six Sigma, Process Management, Total Quality Management (TQM), Project Management, Organization and Management Processes: 12.4.1.1 Select process improvement methodology, 12.4 Manage change, 12.4.1 Plan for change, 12.1 Create and manage organizational performance strategy, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.4.3 Implement change, 12.4.4.1 Monitor improved process performance, 12.4.4 Sustain improvement, 12.4.4.3 Take corrective action as necessary- Relevance: 66%
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- The Role of Benchmarking in Client Engagements (Slides)
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Benchmarking is a powerful tool for consulting and professional services firms.
Type: Presentations Topics: Benchmarking, Business Excellence, Project Management, Organization and Management Processes: 1.1.2.2 Capture and assess customer needs, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 1.1.2 Survey market and determine customer needs and wants, 12.2.3.3 Measure performance against benchmarks, 12.2 Benchmark performance, 12.2.3 Conduct process benchmarking, 12.2.4.2 Establish benchmarks, 12.2.4 Conduct competitive benchmarking, 12.2.4.3 Measure performance against benchmarks, 12.2.5 Conduct gap analysis to understand need for change and degree needed, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 4.1.2.2 Collaborate with customers, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.2 Manage demand for products and services, 4.4.3 Provide service to specific customers, 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.4 Deliver service to customer Industry: Consulting/Consultants, Professional Services/Business Services- Relevance: 63%
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- The Role of Benchmarking in Client Engagements
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Benchmarking is a powerful tool for consulting and professional services firms.
Type: Presentations Topics: Benchmarking, Business Excellence, Project Management, Organization and Management Processes: 1.1.2.2 Capture and assess customer needs, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 1.1.2 Survey market and determine customer needs and wants, 12.2.3.3 Measure performance against benchmarks, 12.2 Benchmark performance, 12.2.3 Conduct process benchmarking, 12.2.4.2 Establish benchmarks, 12.2.4 Conduct competitive benchmarking, 12.2.4.3 Measure performance against benchmarks, 12.2.5 Conduct gap analysis to understand need for change and degree needed, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 4.1.2.2 Collaborate with customers, 4.1 Plan for and acquire necessary resources (Supply Chain Planning), 4.1.2 Manage demand for products and services, 4.4.3 Provide service to specific customers, 4.0 Deliver Products and Services, 4.4 Deliver service to customer Industry: Consulting/Consultants, Professional Services/Business Services- Relevance: 63%
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- Checklist to Ensure the Sustainability of Your Improvements
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How do you know if you can sustain the existence of your project or the improvements from it?
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Continuous Improvement, Business Excellence, Process, Information Sharing, Knowledge and Information Management, Information Management, Project Management, Organization and Management Processes: 12.4.3.1 Create commitment for improvement/change, 12.4 Manage change, 12.4.3 Implement change, 12.4.3.4 Monitor change, 12.4.4.2 Capture and reuse lessons learned from change process, 12.4.4 Sustain improvement- Relevance: 62%
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- Use Different Gatekeepers as Stage-Gate Risks Rise
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Who should decide which products pass to the next product development stage-gate? This article answers that question.
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: New Product Development, Product Development, Project Management, Project Management, Organization and Management Processes: 2.2.1.1 Assign resources to product/service project, 2.2 Develop products and services, 2.2.1 Design, build, and evaluate products and services- Relevance: 61%
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- Finding the Perfect New Product Portfolio Mix
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What is the right balance of incremental, moderate, and radical new product development projects? Examine this data to compare your portfolio mix to that of organizations that excel in new product development.
Type: Benchmarks and Metrics Topics: New Product Development, Product Development, Product and Service Innovation, Innovation, Portfolio Management, Project Management, Organization and Management Processes: 2.1.1 Evaluate performance of existing products/services against market opportunities, 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services, 2.1 Manage product and service portfolio, 2.1.2.1 Identify potential improvements to existing products and services, 2.1.2 Define product/service development requirements, 2.1.2.2 Identify potential new products and services, 2.1.3.1 Identify new technologies, 2.1.3 Perform discovery research, 2.1.4.2 Prioritize and select new product/service concepts, 2.1.4 Confirm alignment of product/service concepts with business strategy- Relevance: 61%
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- Evaluating Your Organization's Process Management Capabilities
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Even if you have no time to read anything else before attempting to implement process management or take your current competencies to the next level, read this article .
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Assessment and Auditing, Business Excellence, Measurement, Business Process Management (BPM), Process, Business Transformation, Maturity Assessment, Process Improvement, Process Management, Project Management, Organization and Management Processes: 12.4.1.1 Select process improvement methodology, 12.4 Manage change, 12.4.1 Plan for change, 12.4.1.2 Assess readiness for change, 12.4.1.6 Define scope, 12.4.1.7 Understand current state, 1.1.3.1 Analyze organizational characteristics, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 1.1.3 Perform internal analysis, 1.1.3.2 Create baselines for current processes, 1.1.3.5 Identify enterprise core competencies, 1.2.4 Coordinate and align functional and process strategies, 1.0 Develop Vision and Strategy, 1.2 Develop business strategy, 12.1 Create and manage organizational performance strategy, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change- Relevance: 59%
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- Measuring Process Framework Implementation Progress: The Five-Step Framework Implementation Journey
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When implementing process frameworks to boost business performance, organizations should know their current capabilities and the next level of maturity they can strive for.
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: Business Process Management (BPM), Business Excellence, Process, Business Transformation, Continuous Improvement, Maturity Assessment, Measurement, Measurement Frameworks, Measurement, Process Improvement, Process Management, Project Management, Organization and Management, Organization Structures Processes: 1.1.3.5 Identify enterprise core competencies, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 1.1.3 Perform internal analysis, 1.2.5 Create organizational design (structure, governance, reporting, etc.), 1.0 Develop Vision and Strategy, 1.2 Develop business strategy, 12.1.1 Create enterprise measurement systems model, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.1 Create and manage organizational performance strategy, 12.2 Benchmark performance, 12.4.3.4 Monitor change, 12.4 Manage change, 12.4.3 Implement change Industry: Energy and Utility, Metals, Mining, Petroleum/Oil/Gas, Steel- Relevance: 58%
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- Frameworks Improve Performance When Adopted at Any Level of the Organization
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Many organizations adopt frameworks as part of an enterprise-wide restructuring effort. But adopting a framework at any level of an organization, in any particular department, can yield substantial gains.
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: Business Process Management (BPM), Business Excellence, Process, Process Design, Process Improvement, Project Management, Organization and Management, Organization Structures Processes: 1.2.5 Create organizational design (structure, governance, reporting, etc.), 1.0 Develop Vision and Strategy, 1.2 Develop business strategy, 1.3 Manage strategic initiatives, 12.1 Create and manage organizational performance strategy, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.4.3 Implement change, 12.4 Manage change Industry: Energy and Utility, Financial Services/Banking, Insurance, Metals, Petroleum/Oil/Gas, Printing & Publishing, Professional Services/Business Services, Steel, Transportation/Freight Carriers- Relevance: 58%
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- Implementing Best Practices (Slides)
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No organization wants to invest time and effort in benchmarking and then fail to implement the best practices it found.
Type: Presentations Topics: Benchmarking, Business Excellence, Business Transformation, Process, Change Management, Organization and Management, Process Improvement, Project Management Processes: 12.2 Benchmark performance, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.4.1 Plan for change, 12.4 Manage change, 12.4.3 Implement change- Relevance: 55%
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