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Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Process Mapping, Project Management on Aug 15th, 2011
Last week’s blog had a number of interesting topics, from web publishing with Office 2010 to the use of SWOT analysis techniques in your BPM project. Hope you had a great weekend. Mike Cunningham Using the SWOT technique in your BPM project Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Project Management on Aug 12th, 2011 To [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Project Management on Aug 12th, 2011
To use the SWOT technique in your BPM project use the following guidelines when building the matrix or table: Strengths: characteristics of the BPM project that give it an advantage over other potential projects competing for the same budget or staff resources. This might be a ROI analysis or support of important goals and objectives [...]
Posted in Project Management, Uncategorized on Aug 8th, 2011
We all recognize leadership in projects, businesses and organizations. Today, in the United States we are looking hard to find it in our politicians. Now this is not a political column, but there are times when we look around us and just despair at the lack of leadership. The summer of 2011 will go down [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Mapping on Jul 27th, 2011
Are we looking at it all wrong? Do you ever get the feeling that you are seeing something very different than the other guy? I don’t just mean the glass half full/empty outlook on life, but fundamentally are we looking at things the wrong way? I sometimes get that feeling when dealing with projects [...]
Posted in Process Analysis on May 2nd, 2011
Risk is a factor that affects all of our projects, but to truly access risk we need to review individual risk factors. The diagram below illustrates areas to consider risk factors in your project. Each factor should be considered carefully, here are some guidelines for questions we should be asking when identifying these risks. Schedule: [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 7th, 2011
How many times does a project fail because the members don’t believe it’s doable. Unrealistic goals and objectives are often to blame. Sometimes timelines because the project started too late, others because of lack of resources. It doesn’t really matter, the project is likely to fail because the team don’t believe in it. Here is [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 5th, 2011
Another major factor for success of a project is management support. This can take many forms, but if you don’t have the following from your executives then problem are going to occur. Budget support. Do we have the money in place to do the job? Is the organization committed? A real budget shows commitment. An [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 1st, 2011
Some may argue that “brainstorming” is a key part of the planning process and that generating ideas is important to successful planning, do not confuse the two areas. Providing the list of ideas will help you to prioritize your project and the criteria for success So the order for determining goals and priorities could be: [...]
Posted in Change Management, Project Management on Feb 3rd, 2011
Keeping terms simple is one way of ensuring that team members and others understand what is going on with your project. This simple glossary provides most of the terms you will need to communicate project information effectively. Brainstorming Meetings and conferences set up to share ideas in an open and unencumbered way. Budget Cost allocated [...]
Posted in Project Management on Jan 17th, 2011
Set achievable goals and objectives There is no way that any project will have the expected outcomes unless goals and objectives have been set and agreed. Sure there will always be the accidental discovery or success, such as Post It Notes or penicillin, but if you want to ensure success then set goals and objectives. [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement on Jan 6th, 2011
More details here courtesy Harvard Computing Group When your documented processes have been completely analyzed it is time to move onto the process improvement process so that you can take advantage of the items discovered during process analysis. The first step in initiating a process improvement project is to appoint a process improvement team. This [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Process Improvement on Jan 5th, 2011
When an existing "as is" process needs analyzing or an existing managed process requires analysis it enters the "Analyze Processes" process. The Project Manager is responsible for conducting a validation review of the process maps. During this review the Project Manager ensures that the maps are complete, confirms that the data is accurate, gains a [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Process Mapping on Jan 2nd, 2011
Document Processes (Page 1 of 2) The Simplified Process Mapping RoadMap provides a framework for all aspects of documenting and improving processes. By documenting these processes tremendous savings can be made in time and energy. Click on image to download process flow. When business justification is not required or when the business requirements complete the [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery on Dec 25th, 2010
Business Process Improvement- Running a Business Improvement Workshop Five key points need to be consider to run a successful Business Improvement Workshop. These are: Who should be in attendance The agenda Running the meeting Facilitating, gaining agreement and highlighting change Measurement “to be” and processes against goals, objectives and KPIs If we look [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement on Dec 21st, 2010
The first place to start is to determine process improvement and goals objectives. This might sound obvious but you would be amazed at how many miss this most fundamental step. Many managers want to focus on their pet project, rather than ensuring the organization as whole is going to benefit from the project. In determining [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Process Improvement on Dec 18th, 2010
Process Analysis-How to identify areas to improve efficiency A important area to review any process is for efficiency. While it’s obvious why we would want to create improvements in efficiency, how to get there is less so. By taking a separate look at each aspect of our process for understanding, efficiency and quality [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis on Dec 13th, 2010
For many organizations their goals and objectives are fulfilled once they complete the review process and the Process Capture project stops at that point. For others it is important to move beyond the basic process documents and analyze the data collected and documents. In working with many organizations over 20 years, a good strategy with [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Discovery, Process Mapping on Dec 12th, 2010
Once your process maps are completed and ready to be published there is one final step. The review. During this final but important step the goals are to: Ensure the completeness of the maps Confirm the accuracy of the collected data Gain consensus for the ‘as is’ or ‘to be’ process. This can be particular [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Process Discovery, Process Mapping on Nov 15th, 2010
The first phase is Discovery and the first task is to select a project team. We strongly recommend a project team with the following composition: Process participants and line manager(s): Included for obvious reasons – they’re the ones who are part of the process every day. IT representatives: Essential because in today’s organizations nearly every [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Process Discovery, Process Improvement, Process Mapping on Nov 14th, 2010
Not necessarily in any particular order, these factors affect the decision making process. Some may argue that “brainstorming” is a key part of the planning process and that generating ideas is important to successful planning, do not confuse the two areas. Providing the list of ideas will help you to prioritize your project and the [...]
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