Ebook: Handbook on Continuous Improvement Transformation: The Lean Six Sigma Framework and Systematic Methodology for Implementation

This handbook provides a comprehensive and detailed framework for the implementation of "Continuous Improvement" and Lean Six Sigma in a professional project management environment. For this purpose the book brings together Lean Six Sigma and the PMBOK standard for project management. It provides an integrated approach, which can be used for both transactional and manufacturing businesses to better define ways to reduce costs, enhance processes ,and achieve faster implementation and new product or service development. The reader is guided carefully and reliably through the detailed procedures introduced in this book using a comprehensive, conceptual and practical well-balanced approach.

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This handbook provides a comprehensive and detailed framework for the implementation of "Continuous Improvement" and Lean Six Sigma in a professional project management environment. For this purpose the book brings together Lean Six Sigma and the PMBOK standard for project management. It provides an integrated approach, which can be used for both transactional and manufacturing businesses to better define ways to reduce costs, enhance processes ,and achieve faster implementation and new product or service development. The reader is guided carefully and reliably through the detailed procedures introduced in this book using a comprehensive, conceptual and practical well-balanced approach.

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This handbook provides a comprehensive and detailed framework for the implementation of "Continuous Improvement" and Lean Six Sigma in a professional project management environment. For this purpose the book brings together Lean Six Sigma and the PMBOK standard for project management. It provides an integrated approach, which can be used for both transactional and manufacturing businesses to better define ways to reduce costs, enhance processes ,and achieve faster implementation and new product or service development. The reader is guided carefully and reliably through the detailed procedures introduced in this book using a comprehensive, conceptual and practical well-balanced approach.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Defining Lean Six Sigma....Pages 7-24
Framework and Methodology....Pages 25-30
“PDSA Initiate” Process Group....Pages 31-51
“PDSA Plan” Process Group....Pages 53-56
Develop Project Management Plan....Pages 57-63
Develop Project Management Scope....Pages 65-74
Collecting V.O.C. Requirements....Pages 75-136
Create Work Breakdown Structure....Pages 137-142
Develop Time Management Plan....Pages 143-154
Develop Project Schedule Plan....Pages 155-177
Develop Resources Management Plan....Pages 179-188
Develop Quality Management Plan....Pages 189-202
Collecting V.O.P. Requirements....Pages 203-245
Experimental Study: Design of Experiments....Pages 247-253
Develop Cost Management Plan....Pages 255-298
Develop Procurement Management Plan....Pages 299-362
Develop Communication Management Plan....Pages 363-380
Develop Risk Management Plan....Pages 381-428
Conduct the Project Retrospective....Pages 429-433
Assess Overall Plan and Implementation....Pages 435-438
Conclusion to “PDSA Plan”....Pages 439-442
“PDSA Do” Process Group....Pages 443-445
Build Deliverables....Pages 447-454
Explore Cause-and-Effect Relationship....Pages 455-462
Verify Identified Assignable Causes....Pages 463-482
Analyze Process Steps and Tasks....Pages 483-517
Generate Improvement Solutions....Pages 519-545
Monitor and Control Execution....Pages 547-564
Conclusion to “PDSA Do”....Pages 565-567
“PDSA Study” Process Group....Pages 569-571
Study Deliverables....Pages 573-588
Monitor and Control Study Execution....Pages 589-602
Conclusion to “PDSA Study”....Pages 603-605
“PDSA Act” Process Group....Pages 607-621
Conclusion....Pages 623-634
Back Matter....Pages 635-643

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This handbook provides a comprehensive and detailed framework for the implementation of "Continuous Improvement" and Lean Six Sigma in a professional project management environment. For this purpose the book brings together Lean Six Sigma and the PMBOK standard for project management. It provides an integrated approach, which can be used for both transactional and manufacturing businesses to better define ways to reduce costs, enhance processes ,and achieve faster implementation and new product or service development. The reader is guided carefully and reliably through the detailed procedures introduced in this book using a comprehensive, conceptual and practical well-balanced approach.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Defining Lean Six Sigma....Pages 7-24
Framework and Methodology....Pages 25-30
“PDSA Initiate” Process Group....Pages 31-51
“PDSA Plan” Process Group....Pages 53-56
Develop Project Management Plan....Pages 57-63
Develop Project Management Scope....Pages 65-74
Collecting V.O.C. Requirements....Pages 75-136
Create Work Breakdown Structure....Pages 137-142
Develop Time Management Plan....Pages 143-154
Develop Project Schedule Plan....Pages 155-177
Develop Resources Management Plan....Pages 179-188
Develop Quality Management Plan....Pages 189-202
Collecting V.O.P. Requirements....Pages 203-245
Experimental Study: Design of Experiments....Pages 247-253
Develop Cost Management Plan....Pages 255-298
Develop Procurement Management Plan....Pages 299-362
Develop Communication Management Plan....Pages 363-380
Develop Risk Management Plan....Pages 381-428
Conduct the Project Retrospective....Pages 429-433
Assess Overall Plan and Implementation....Pages 435-438
Conclusion to “PDSA Plan”....Pages 439-442
“PDSA Do” Process Group....Pages 443-445
Build Deliverables....Pages 447-454
Explore Cause-and-Effect Relationship....Pages 455-462
Verify Identified Assignable Causes....Pages 463-482
Analyze Process Steps and Tasks....Pages 483-517
Generate Improvement Solutions....Pages 519-545
Monitor and Control Execution....Pages 547-564
Conclusion to “PDSA Do”....Pages 565-567
“PDSA Study” Process Group....Pages 569-571
Study Deliverables....Pages 573-588
Monitor and Control Study Execution....Pages 589-602
Conclusion to “PDSA Study”....Pages 603-605
“PDSA Act” Process Group....Pages 607-621
Conclusion....Pages 623-634
Back Matter....Pages 635-643
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