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Project Management for Performance Improvement Teams

by William S. Ruggles, H. James Harrington

March 2018

Intermediate to advanced

225 pages

5h 9m

English

Productivity Press

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IntroductionTraditional Project Management FrameworkWhat’s Wrong with the Traditional Framework for Project Management?Shortcoming #1: The Outdated “Triple Constraint” and the “Iron Triangle” ConceptsShortcoming #2: Two Missing Project Management Knowledge Areas and 12 ProcessesShortcoming #3: The Ambiguous Interrelationships among and Interactions between the Five Project Management Process GroupsTraditional Continual Improvement FrameworkWhat’s Wrong with the Traditional Framework for Continual Improvement?Shortcoming #1: Overloaded “Plan” StepShortcoming #2: Overlooked “Check” StepShortcoming #3: Inadequate “Act” StepShortcoming #4: Prevention Is Missing—Inadequate Focus on New Product Design and Performance ReliabilityA Better WayReferences
IntroductionContemporary Project Management FrameworkCorrecting The Shortcomings of The Tradtional Framework for Project ManagementThe Basic VersionThe Expanded VersionContemporary Continual Improvement FrameworkCorrecting the Shortcomings of the Traditional Framework for Continual ImprovementCombined Contemporary FrameworkA Summary of Our Iterative APECC FrameworkReferences
IntroductionProject Change Management ProcessesSummaryReferences
IntroductionProject Technology Management ProcessesSummaryReferences
IntroductionAlign the ProjectPM4PITs Scalable Approach Options—Full, Lean, or HybridAlign Stage–Full Approach: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsKey Inputs for the Align Stage–Full ApproachKey Iterative Steps for the Align Stage–Full ApproachKey Outputs for the Align Stage–Full ApproachAlign Stage–Lean Approach: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsKey Inputs for the Align Stage–Lean ApproachKey Iterative Steps for the Align Stage–Lean ApproachKey Outputs for the Align Stage–Lean ApproachAlign Stage–Hybrid Approach: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsSummaryReferences
IntroductionPlan the ProjectPlan Stage–Full: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsKey Inputs for the Plan Stage–Full ApproachKey Iterative Steps for the Plan Stage–Full ApproachKey Outputs for the Plan Stage–Full ApproachPlan Stage–Lean: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsKey Inputs for the Plan Stage–Lean ApproachKey Iterative Steps for the Plan Stage–Lean ApproachKey Outputs for the Plan Stage–Lean ApproachPlan Stage–Hybrid Approach: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsSummary
IntroductionExecute the Project WorkExecute Stage–Full: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsKey Inputs for the Execute Stage–Full ApproachKey Iterative Steps for the Execute Stage–Full ApproachKey Outputs for the Execute Stage–Full ApproachExecute Stage–Lean: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsKey Inputs for the Execute Stage–Lean ApproachKey Iterative Steps for the Execute Stage–Lean ApproachKey Outputs for the Execute Stage–Lean ApproachExecute Stage–Hybrid Approach: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsSummary
IntroductionCheck the Latest Performance to DateCheck/Act Stage–Full: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsKey Inputs for the Check/Act Stage–Full ApproachKey Iterative Steps for the Check/Act Stage–Full ApproachKey Outputs for Check/Act Stage–Full ApproachCheck/Act Stage-Lean: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsKey Inputs for the Check/Act Stage–Lean ApproachKey Iterative Steps for the Check/Act Stage–Lean ApproachKey Outputs for Check/Act Stage–Lean ApproachCheck/Act Stage–Hybrid Approach: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsSummary
IntroductionConfirm the ResultsConfirm Stage–Full: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsKey Inputs for the Confirm Stage–Full ApproachKey Iterative Steps for the Confirm Stage–Full ApproachKey Confirm Stage–Full Approach OutputsConfirm Stage–Lean: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsKey Inputs for the Confirm Stage–Lean ApproachKey Iterative Steps for the Confirm Stage–Full ApproachKey Confirm Stage Outputs–Lean ApproachConfirm Stage–Hybrid Approach: Processes, Key Inputs, Key Steps, and Key OutputsSummary
IntroductionProject Benefits Management PlanSustain-The-Change Management PlanImplementation PlanSummaryReferences
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Overview

Project Management for Performance Improvement Teams (or, PM4PITs, for short) provides practical guidance based on innovative concepts for project teams – especially performance improvement teams (PITs) – and their Project Managers. It shows how to successfully complete a project using a scalable, iterative framework based on an innovative foundation fusing elements of both Project Management and Continuous Improvement to create a "Lean Project Management" model.

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ISBN: 9781351643962