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Scoping a Benchmarking Study
To unearth best practices, leading organizations have often turned to benchmarking. In order to see a benchmarking project through to its completion, an accurately defined…
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Benchmarking Scope Document Template
This scoping template can be used as organizations scope a project and record their plan for benchmarking. It complements APQC's article Scoping a Benchmarking Study.The …
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Each year, APQC carries out a survey to understand the common challenges and priorities of process and performance management (PPM) practitioners. The 2023 Process and…
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APQC's Benchmarking Project Plan Template (Excel Template)
Organizations can fill out this template as they plan new benchmarking projects. It provides guidance for writing a benchmarking value proposition, determining measures and…
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Organizational Readiness Assessment for Benchmarking (Excel Template)
Is your organization prepared to undertake a benchmarking initiative? Complete this assessment to determine what foundational elements need to be in place to begin new…
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APQC's Benchmarking Alignment Worksheet (Excel Template)
For benchmarking to truly benefit an organization, benchmarking projects must align with organizational strategy and be connected with actual work. APQC's Benchmarking…
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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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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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Benchmarking Partner Selection Tool
This matrix tool is often used by benchmarking teams to determine which organizations to partner with in a study. This article explains how to use the matrix to ensure that…
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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-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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Presentation Slides|
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,…