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History proves that adaptation is the key to long-term sustainability. Even seemingly traditional organizations, like the Coca-Cola Company with its 134-year-old logo and…
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The pace and scope of change has increased dramatically in recent years, so one would think that by now, organizations would have figured out how to manage it effectively…
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In-Person Site Visit Guide: Template
To gain an in-depth understanding of how work is accomplished within a best-practice organization, a benchmarking team may decide to visit that organization in person…
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Virtual Site Visit Guide: Template
To gain an in-depth understanding of how work is accomplished within a best-practice organization, a benchmarking team may set up a virtual visit to the organization. Often…
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Benchmarking Site Visit Checklist
If your benchmarking team decides to conduct in-depth research at another organization, it can use this checklist to ensure that it properly prepares for the visit, has what…
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Developing good benchmarking partnerships is crucial to continued improvement. This article presents the steps you can take to ensure that you can find benchmarking partners…
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This article presents six steps an organization should take to ensure that benchmarking efforts support strategic objectives, along with tools to help structure improvement…
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Scoping a Benchmarking Study
In order to see a benchmarking project through to its completion, an accurately defined scope must be determined. This guidance outlines how to designate a scope that focuses…
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This article outlines the roles of team members and other individuals involved in a typical benchmarking project. It defines the responsibilities associated with each role…
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Conducting research directly with individuals and organizations can be challenging. Interviews can get off track, surveys can yield inaccurate responses, and site visits can…
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In July 2020, APQC hosted Dan L. Ward (Special Advisor for Talent Solutions, NASA) for a conversation about how organizations can use approaches rooted in scenario planning…
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In an interview with APQC, Dan L. Ward, special advisor for talent solutions at NASA, answers questions about using scenario planning to deal with disruption.
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Lessons learned are key to sustainable, effective project management. This article describes the lessons learned program run by Saudi Aramco’s project management office,…
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This best practice has been updated from the original published in 2011. Strategic alignment is the first of APQC's Seven Tenets of Process Management℠. Learn how to…
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This best practice has been updated from the original published in 2011. Governance can make or break process management efforts. Without structure, defined procedures…
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