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Prepare a written report from the case study exercises that describes the Identify phase activities and key findings.

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Prepare a written report from the case study exercises that describes the Identify phase activities and key findings.

Guidelines for the paper

Project Report Criteria; the project report must include the following:

Executive Summary.

Introduction and background to the cases study.

The responses to the deliverables for each phase of the case (including the graphs, tables, tools specified for the deliverable).

Your thesis (position on the topic).

Recommendations for next steps (from a project manager and quality perspective).

Conclusions and case study limitations.

Reference Listing/Bibliography.

The report should contain the following contents:

Cover page,

Table of Contents,

Table of Figures,

In-Text Citations,

Reference List (or Bibliography).

References and citations should be completed using APA style.

The paper must be typed, 12 font, (1 ½ spacing).

Keep the project report concise and succinct. Grammar/spelling will be considered as the submissions are graded.

 

9Project Charter Review Process Design—ADesign for Six Sigma Case Study


The Information System Division of a major Fortune 50 corporation develops appli- cations to support the business. The division had been reviewing and approving the projects in a cross-divisional weekly meeting with the senior executives. The project charter is developed by the application development team working with the business to understand the scope of the proposed project. The project charter includes a description of the business opportunity, identification of the custom- ers and stakeholders, the goals and objectives of the project, as well as the met- rics that assess the successful completion of the project. The project charter also includes identification of the potential risks that could prevent the project from.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

 


being successfully completed, and the assumptions that are assumed to be true. An initial estimate of the resources and project costs and the hard and soft benefits for doing the project are also assessed. The hard benefits identify financial savings that impact the financial statements, whereas the soft benefits include cost avoid- ance and intangible benefits to the business for doing the project. The customer signatures signifying buy-in to the project are also included on the project charter. The division’s program management office (PMO) provides project management standards, guidance, and training to the division. They have recently decentralized the project charter approval process to the senior vice presidents’ (SVP) areas. The review and approval of projects had been performed at a divisional level, looking only at projects that were >1000 hours of effort. If projects were

The process and metrics (P&M) team in the SVP’s area has been assigned the responsibility of designing a new area council review process to assess the quality of the project charter, and incorporate appropriate metrics to baseline and encourage continuous process improvement. The divisional standards should be maintained to ensure consistency and repeatability of the project chartering process. The stake- holders of the new process include: the management team, who will review and approve the projects within the information system division; the P&M team, who will assess the quality of the project charters and execute the area council review process; the PMO, who provides the divisional standards for reviewing the project charters; the project leaders, who create the project charters; and the business, for whom the project charters are developed.

IDENTIFY PHASE EXERCISES

It is recommended that the students work in project teams of 4 to 6 students through- out the Design for Six Sigma case study.

1.Identify Report

Prepare a written report from the case study exercises that describes the Identify phase activities and key findings.

2.Design for Six Sigma Project Charter

Use the information provided in the Project Overview section above, in addition to the project charter format to develop a project charter for the Design for Six Sigma project.

3.Stakeholder Analysis

Use the information provided in the Project Overview section above, in addition to the stakeholder analysis format, to develop a stakeholder analy- sis, including stakeholder analysis roles and impact definition, and stake- holder resistance to change.

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4.Team Ground Rules and Roles

Develop the project team’s ground rules and team members’ roles.

5.Project Plan and Responsibilities Matrix

Develop your team’s project plan for the DMAIC project. Develop a respon- sibilities matrix to identify the team members who will be responsible for completing each of the project activities.

6.Identify Phase Presentation

Prepare a presentation (PowerPoint) from the case study exercises that provides a short (10–15 minutes) oral presentation of the Identify phase deliverables and findings.

IDENTIFY PHASE

1. IDENTIFY REPORT

Following is a written report of the Identify phase for the project charter review process design project, including the key deliverables developed as part of the prior exercises. The main purpose of the Identify phase is to understand the opportunity and business that needs a new process to be designed, and to develop a project char- ter and appropriate scope to design the process. The main activities in the Identify phase are to: (1) develop project charter; (2) perform stakeholder analysis; and

(3) develop project plan.

2. DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA PROJECT CHARTER

The P&M team in the Information System Division’s SVP area has been assigned the responsibility of designing a new area council review process to assess the quality of the project charter, and incorporate appropriate metrics to baseline and encourage continuous process improvement. The divisional standards should be maintained to ensure consistency and repeatability of the project chartering process. The stake- holders of the new process include: the management team, who will review and approve the projects within the information system division; the P&M team, who will assess the quality of the project charters and execute the area council review process; the PMO, who provides the divisional standards for reviewing the project charters; the project leaders, who create the project charters; and the business, for whom the project charters are developed.

Following are the sections that comprise the project charter, which defines the problem to be investigated. The project charter is shown in Figure 9.1.

The Information System Division develops applications to support the busi- ness. The division’s PMO members along with the division’s management had been reviewing and approving the projects in a cross-divisional weekly meeting with the senior executives. The project charter is developed by the application development team working with the business to understand the scope of the proposed project. The project charter includes a description of the business opportunity, identification of the customers and stakeholders, the goals and objectives of the project, as well as

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Project Name: Project Charter Review Process Design.

Problem Statement: To design a process for the area to review the project charters to determine if the project should move forward to the next phase. Project charters are the project initiation document that identifies a need in the business to perform information systems work.

Customer/Stakeholders: Management team, project leaders, Process & Metrics team, business customers, program management office.

What is important to these customers–critical to satisfaction (CTS): All necessary fields are completed; provide accurate information to make decisions; and review is timely. Obtain approval to continue with the project.

Goal of the project: To provide a process that provides a timely and complete review and decision to continue (or not) with the project.

Scope statement: This process includes the review of the project charters at an area level. Includes project review of the project charter, provides review of the format and content of the project charter, and provides approval of the project charter at appropriate management levels. Link this process to the Quality goals of the organization. This process is just for the identified area.

Financial and other benefit(s): Consistent process, visibility of projects across area to identify overlap and resource sharing.

Project deliverables: Project charter review process; scorecard and metrics with baseline and target goals, and appropriate visibility of reporting requirements.

Potential risks: Being perceived as a bureaucratic instead of value-added process; acceptance and adherence of process of area; and timeliness of review.

FIGURE 9.1 Project charter.

the metrics that assess the successful completion of the project. The project charter also includes identification of the potential risks that could prevent the project from being successfully completed, and the assumptions that are assumed to be true. An initial estimate of the resources and project costs and the hard and soft benefits for doing the project are also assessed. The hard benefits identify financial savings that impact the financial statements, whereas the soft benefits include cost avoidance and intangible benefits to the business for doing the project. The customer signatures signifying buy-in to the project are also included on the project charter. The division’s PMO provides project management standards, guidance, and training to the division. They have recently decentralized the project charter approval process to the SVP’s areas. The approval from the customer will be attained, and then the information system division SVP’s area will review the project charter to identify any cross-area conflicts or overlap and ensure resources are available to work on the project.

Project Name: Project Charter Review Process Design.

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Problem Statement: To design a process for the area to review the project charters and determine if the project should move forward to the next phase. Project charters are the project initiation document that identifies a need in the business to perform information systems work.

Customers/Stakeholders: The primary stakeholders are the management team, who will review and approve the project charters, the project leaders, who will develop the project charters, and the P&M team, who will execute the process. The secondary stakeholders are the customers, who the application development teams are developing applications for, and the PMO, who develops and ensures divisional standards are followed.

What Is Important to These Customers (CTS): The management team wants a simple and timely process that provides visibility of the status of the projects that enable the teams to meet the business’ information system needs. The project leaders want their projects approved, and want a timely and manageable process. The P&M team wants to implement a simple and measureable process that is of high quality. The business customers want the desired functionality to be delivered in a timely manner. The PMO wants the standards to be followed in a consistent and repeatable manner.

Goal of the Project: To provide a process that provides a timely and complete review and decision to continue (or not) with the project.

Scope Statement: This process includes the review of the project charters at an area level. It includes project review of the project charter, review of the format and con- tent of the project charter, and approval of the project charter at appropriate manage- ment levels. It should link this process to the quality goals of the organization. This process is just for the identified area.

Projected Financial and Other Benefits: Consistent process, visibility of projects across area to identify overlap and resource sharing.

Risk Management Matrix: The risk management matrix is shown in Figure 9.2. The main risks are: not having time to get buy-in from the major stakeholders; com- munication of the new process may not be complete and of high quality; need to consider needed training and rollout; being considered as a bureaucratic rather than a value-added process; and timeliness of the review.

Project Resources: Master Black Belt Mentor: Sandra Furterer. Project Team Members: Carrie Harris, Emily McKenzie, Bridget Corp.

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Potential risks

 

Probability

Impact of

Risk mitigation strategy

 

 

 

of risk

risk (H/M/L)

 

 

 

 

(H/M/L)

 

 

 

Not having time to get buy in

H

H

Create a simple process, which

 

from key stakeholders.

 

 

 

can be enhanced.

 

 

 

 

 

Identify key stakeholders, and

 

 

 

 

 

get input quickly.

 

Communication of the new

 

L

M

Identify key stakeholders and

 

process is not complete and

 

 

 

create communication and

 

high quality.

 

 

 

change strategy.

 

Need to consider needed

 

H

H

Create training and roll out

 

training and roll out.

 

 

 

strategy.

 

Being perceived as a

 

H

H

Alignment with business and

 

bureaucratic instead of value

 

 

 

project strategies, with value

 

added process.

 

 

 

clearly defined. Projects that

 

 

 

 

 

aren’t resourced or aligned

 

 

 

 

 

shouldn’t move forward.

 

Acceptance and adherence of

H

M

Develop change management

 

process.

 

 

 

strategy.

 

Timeliness of review. Program

H

H

Clearly document the process

 

reviews every two weeks,

 

 

 

and procedures to help ensure

 

instead of weekly. Potential

 

 

 

better planning. Contingency

 

maximum impact to project =

 

 

process steps may be needed.

 

three weeks.

 

 

 

 

FIGURE 9.2 Project risk matrix.

Project Deliverables: Project charter review process; scorecard and metrics with baseline and target goals; and appropriate visibility of reporting requirements.

The business case for this project is that divisional management has made a deci- sion to review information system project charters at the SVP level to provide vis- ibility at the area level. This created an immediate need to design an area council review process within the area to ensure consistency across the division and enable improvement and visibility within the area.

3. STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS

The PMO has recently decentralized the review of project charters to the areas, resulting in the need for creating a process to review the project charters to ensure they are providing value to the business, and communicating the type of information needed to identify risks and manage projects and resources at an area level. The newly formed P&M team has been assigned the task to design a new area council review process. The team has decided that they will use the Design for Six Sigma tools and IDDOV methodology to ensure a fact-basedprocess is used to design the new process, and to ensure that appropriate measures are incorporated into the process. The primary stakeholders are the management team, who will review and approve

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the project charters, the project leaders, who will develop the project charters, and the P&M team, who will execute the process. The secondary stakeholders are the customers, who the application development teams are developing applications for, and the PMO, who develops and ensures divisional standards are followed.

Figure 9.3 shows the primary and secondary stakeholders for the process, and their major concerns. Note “+” represents a positive impact or potential improve- ment, while “–” represents a potential negative impact to the project.

Figure 9.4 shows the commitment level of each major stakeholder group at the beginning of the project.

Stakeholders

Who are they?

 

Potential impact or concerns

+ / −

Management

VPs, directors, team managers who

ƒ

Simple process

+

team

manage the development teams.

ƒ

Timely process

+

 

 

ƒ

Project visibility

+

 

 

ƒ

Meet business’ needs

+

Project leaders

Application development team

ƒ

Approval to continue with the

+

 

leaders.

 

project

 

 

 

ƒ

Timely process

+

 

 

ƒ

Manageable process

+

Process and

Responsible for improving the

ƒ

Simple process

+

metrics team

internal application development

ƒ

Measurable process

+

 

life cycle processes, and providing

ƒ

High quality process

+

 

metrics to ensure quality and

 

 

 

 

timeliness of project deliverables.

 

 

 

Business

Internal customers who are

ƒ

Deliver needed functionality

+

customers

provided information systems to

ƒ

Delivery in a timely manner

+

 

meet their business needs.

 

 

 

Program

Division program management

ƒ

Consistent process is followed

+

Management

office that provides application

 

 

 

Office

development life cycle standards,

 

 

 

 

training and mentoring.

 

 

 

FIGURE 9.3 Stakeholder analysis definition.

Stakeholders

Strongly

Moderate

Neutral

Moderate

Strongly

 

against

against

 

support

support

Management team

 

 

 

 

XO

Project leaders

 

X

 

 

O

Process and Metrics team

 

 

 

 

XO

Business customers

 

 

XO

 

 

Program management office

 

 

X

 

O

X = At start of project

 

 

 

O = By end of project

FIGURE 9.4 Stakeholder commitment scale.

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4. TEAM GROUND RULES

The team adhered to the following ground rules related to working together on the team.

Team Ground Rules

r Be respectful to team members

r Be open minded, share ideas freely

r Provide service to each other, with focus on customers and stakeholders r Provide excellence to the team

r Respect differences

r Be supportive rather than judgmental

r Be open to new concepts and to concepts presented in new ways. Keep an open mind. Appreciate other’s points of view

r Share your knowledge, experience, time, and talents

5. PROJECT PLAN AND RESPONSIBILITIES MATRIX

The detailed project plan is shown in Figure 9.5, with tasks to be completed, due date, deliverables and resources. It includes the person or people responsible for each activity.

6. IDENTIFY PHASE PRESENTATION

The Identify phase presentation summarizing the written Identify phase presentation is included in the downloadable instructor materials.

IDENTIFY PHASE CASE DISCUSSION

1.Identify Report

1.1How did your team ensure the quality of the written report? How did you assign the work to your team members? Did you face any challenges of team members not completing their assigned tasks in a timely man- ner, and how did you deal with it?

1.2Did your team face difficult challenges in the Identify phase? How did your team deal with conflict on your team?

1.3Did your instructor and/or Black Belt or Master Black Belt mentor help your team better learn how to apply the Design for Six Sigma tools, and how?

1.4Did your Identify phase report provide a clear vision of the project, why or why not?

1.5How could you improve your Identify phase report based on the Identify phase report given in the book? How could you improve the Identify phase report in the book?

2.Design for Six Sigma Project Charter

Review the project charter presented in the Identify phase report.

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Activity

Phase/activity

Duration

Predecessor

Resources

number

 

 

 

 

1.0

Identify

 

 

 

1.1

Develop project charter

1 day

 

Team

1.2

Perform stakeholder analysis

2 days

1.1

Team

1.3

Develop project plan

2 days

1.2

Team

2.0

Define

 

1.0

 

2.1

Collect voice of customer (VOC)

1 day

 

Team

2.2

Identify CTS measures and targets

14 days

2.1

Team

2.3

Translate VOC into technical requirements

14 days

2.2

Team

2.4

Identify CTS measures and targets

2 days

2.3

Team

3.0

Design

 

2.0

 

3.1

Identify process elements

5 day

 

Team

3.2

Design process

1 days

3.1

Team

3.3

Identify potential risks and inefficiencies

3 days

3.2

Team

4.0

Optimize

 

3.0

 

4.1

Implement process

60 days

 

Team

4.2

Assess process capabilities

5 days

4.1

Team

4.3

Optimize design

5 days

4.2

Team

5.0

Validate

 

4.0

 

5.1

Validate process

30 days

 

Team

5.2

Assess performance, failure modes, and risks

5 days

5.1

Team

5.3

Iterate design and finalize

½ day

5.2

 

FIGURE 9.5 Project plan.

2.1A problem statement should include a view of what is going on in the business, and when it is occurring. The problem statement should pro- vide data to quantify the problem. Does the problem statement in the Identify phase written report provide a clear picture of the business problem? Rewrite the problem statement to improve it.

2.2The goal statement should describe the project team’s objective, and be quantifiable, if possible. Rewrite the Identify phase goal statement to improve it.

2.3Did your project charter’s scope differ from the example provided? How did you assess what was a reasonable scope for your project?

3.Stakeholder Analysis

Review the stakeholder analysis in the Identify phase report.

3.1Is it necessary to identify the large number of stakeholders as in the example case study?

3.2Is it helpful to group the stakeholders into primary and secondary stakeholders? Describe the difference between the primary and sec- ondary stakeholder groups.

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4.Team Ground Rules and Roles

4.1Discuss how your team developed your team’s ground rules. How did you reach consensus on the team’s ground rules?

5.Project Plan and Responsibilities Matrix

5.1Discuss how your team developed their project plan and how they assigned resources to the tasks. How did the team determine estimated durations for the work activities?

6.Identify Phase Presentation

6.1How did your team decide how many slides/pages to include in your presentation?

6.2How did your team decide upon the level of detail to include in your presentation?

DEFINE PHASE EXERCISES

1.Define Report

Create a Define phase report, including your findings, results, and conclu- sions of the Define phase.

2.Data Collection Plan and Voice of Customer (VOC)

Develop a data collection plan for collecting VOC and process information to assess the CTS criteria for the project.

3.CTS Summary

Brainstorm ideas to summarize the proposed CTS criteria and prepare a CTS summary and targets.

4.QFD

Develop a QFD house of quality to identify and map the customer require- ments to the technical requirements of the process.

5.Define Phase Presentation

Prepare a presentation (PowerPoint) from the case study exercises that pro- vides a short (10–15 minutes) oral presentation of the Define phase deliver- ables and findings.

DEFINE PHASE

1. DEFINE REPORT

Following is a written report of the Define phase for the project charter review pro- cess design project, including the key deliverables developed as part of the prior exercises. The Define phase of the IDDOV process is designed to gain information on the VOC to understand the needs of the customers and begin translating those customer requirements into the processes’ technical elements. The main activities

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of this phase are to: (1) Collect VOC; (2) Identify CTS measures and targets; and

(3) Translate VOC into technical requirements.

2. DATA COLLECTION PLAN AND VOC

The data collection plan is shown in Figure 9.6. It summarizes the potential metrics and how we would collect data to measure the metrics. This will include informa- tion on a proposed process and VOC information. VOC data collection consisted of

Critical to

Metric

Data collection

Analysis

Sampling

Sampling

satisfaction

 

mechanism

mechanism

plan (sample

instructions

(CTS)

 

(survey,

(statistics,

size, sample

(who,

 

 

interview,

statistical

frequency)

where,

 

 

focus group,

tests, etc.)

 

when, how)

 

 

etc.)

 

 

 

Timely process

Area council

Track schedule

Counts of

All reviews

None

 

review is

of reviews

reviews

 

 

 

held 1st & 3rd

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday of

 

 

 

 

 

month

 

 

 

 

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