Resource Library
APQC’s Resource Library is your source for timely and topical information to help you meet your most complex business process and knowledge management challenges. Explore our ever-growing collection of more than 8,600 research-based best practices, benchmarks and metrics, case studies, and other valuable APQC content.
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Assess, Improve, and Benchmark Using the BEST Method
The BEST tool is a structured approach to gap analysis and improvement for an organization creating a Best Practice or an organization seeking a Best Practice as a benchmark…
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Benchmarking: Two Tales of Success
Benchmarking is perhaps the most effective process and performance improvement tool—but it only works if you use it. In this session, Boeing and EY will share how they worked…
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How Do We Do _____? Who Knows?
In 2016, Converse County School District was rudderless. It was facing new leadership and lacked standardized and documented processes. In order to embark on a path of…
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2010 - 2020: A Performance Management Odyssey
Jennifer Martin-Johnson, Performance Management Specialist at Prince Georges Public Schools, was tasked with developing and implementing a comprehensive Performance…
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Supporting Institutional Change Through Employee Engagement and Process Improvement
Developing a culture of business process management in an organization practically unchanged for 40 years is no easy task. Organizations may have some processes documented,…
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Giving Counselors and Support Staff Some Love
In this session, Adeeb Barqawi discussed how a large school district ensured that its support staff spent less time on paperwork and more time on what is most important,…
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Four Steps to Improve & Monetize Your Process Improvement Program
Most people understand that process improvement is valuable, but executives want to know how it will impact the bottom line. Overhauling complex business processes takes time…
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Value Chains, Policy Busting and Concept Models - Key Engineering Techniques for Escaping Silos
Organizational silos negatively impact customers, employees, and the organization’s ability to innovate and be agile. How can organizations bust through these silos? At APQC…
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Lean Approach to Process Improvement
As a highly effective approach to quality assurance, Lean Six Sigma (LSS) focuses on continuous improvement tools and techniques to eliminate waste, increase productivity,…
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Building Momentum Together: Our Journey of Continuous Improvement
Several years ago, Boone County Schools applied process and performance management principles to its operations department to generate over a million dollars in savings. Now,…
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Shifting Organizational Climate, Culture and Expectations
When Dr. Todd Cramer started as its superintendent, the Maumee City School district had many areas that needed improvement. During APQC’s 2019 Process and Performance…
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Being Agile: Adapting Design Processes
Many companies are embracing Agile, a project management paradigm that stresses iteration, collaboration, self-organization, and customer centricity. However, people are…
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Let's Get Intentional About Accelerating and Sustaining Process Improvement Behavior Change
Behavior change is a critical success factor for process improvement initiatives, but for Paul Fjelsta, far too many organizations go about the work of behavior change in the…
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Digital Process Transformation: A Value-Driven Approach
When digital transformation initiatives fail to deliver value to an organization, leaders rightly wonder whether the time and resources devoted to these efforts are well…
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Moving from Great to World-Class Using Process Improvement and Innovation
Preparing students for success after graduation does not need to come at the expense of academic excellence. In a presentation at APQC’s 2019 Process and Performance…