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.
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Defining Lean Six Sigma
Chapter 3 : Framework and Methodology
Chapter 4 : "PDSA Instiate" Process Group
Chapter 5 : "PDSA Plan" Process Group
Chapter 6 : Develop Project Management Plan
Chapter 7 : Develop Project Management Scope
Chapter 8 : Collecting V.O.C. Requirements
Chapter 9 : Create Work Breakdown Structure
Chapter 10 : Develop Time Management Plan
Chapter 11 : Develop Project Schedule Plan
Chapter 12 : Develop Resources Management Plan
Chapter 13 : Develop Quality Management Plan
Chapter 14 : Collecting V.O.P Requirement
Chapter 15 : Experimental Study : Design of Experiments
Chapter 16 : Develop Cost Management Plan
Chapter 17 : Develop Procurement Management Plan
Chapter 18 : Develop Communication Management Plan
Chapter 19 : Develop Risk Management Plan
Chapter 20 : Conduct the Project Retrospective
Chapter 21 : Assess Overall Plan and Implementation
Chapter 22 : Conclusion to "PDSA Plan"
Chapter 23 : "PDSA Do" Process Group
Chapter 24 : Build Deliverables
Chapter 25 : Explore Cause-and-Effect Relationship
Chapter 26 : Verify Identified Assignable Causes
Chapter 27 : Analyze Process Steps and Tasks
Chapter 28 : Generate Improvement Solutions
Chapter 29 : Monitor and Control Execution
Chapter 30 : Conclusion to "PDSA Do"
Chapter 31 : "PDSA Study" Process Group
Chapter 32 : Study Deliverables
Chapter 33 : Monitor and Control Supply Execution
Chapter 34 : Conclusion to "PDSA Study"
Chapter 35 : "PDSA Act" Process Group
Chapter 36 : Conclusion
References
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