MGT-451: Quality and Project Decision Making for Manager

Getting Started

In previous workshops, you completed a Project Charter, Process  Current State, and Process Improvement Opportunities.  Now it is time to  describe the Future State and Future State Analysis  for your process.  The individual Process Improvement Project (PIP)  provides the opportunity to gain experience with a quality-improvement  project.

Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:

Identify process improvement opportunities.

Evaluate an organization’s current situation and formulate an appropriate strategy in response to organizational challenges.

Resources

Resource: Workshop Three – 3.2 Discussion forum comments

Template: Process Improvement Project (PIP) PowerPoint Template

• File: Work Process Explanation and Project Requirements 

File: Examples of Simple Work Processes 

• File: Process Improvement Project Example 

Video: PIP Example (explanation of the PIP template) Video 

Background Information

Leaders are more effective when they move beyond the current state  and articulate a future-state vision.  In essence, these types of  leaders are able to move beyond “what they don’t like” and recommend  “what they do want.”    

Instructions

Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.

• Review the information from the Workshop Three, 3.2 Discussion  forum, about quality planning in which you discussed how to apply the  techniques to your PIP.

Answer all blank areas of the PIP PowerPoint template for the Future  State and Future State Analysis slides.  Do not add or delete any  slides in the template.  Let your instructor know if you have questions  about this assignment.