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"The
most important change for project personnel and decision makers
who influence the project is thinking of a project as a process.
Rather than manage the output of a project, management is focused
on the total process and sub-processes. In this manner, the process
is held constant after it has been proven capable of the work and
the product will naturally meet the requirements." (Quality
Management, Lewis R. Ireland)
Take the baking
of a cake, for example. The ingredients are measured. There are
no substitutions or mis-measurements. The ingredients are mixed
in a specific order and for a specific duration. A cake pan, of
a specific size and material, is coated with oil and the mixture
placed into it. The oven, pre-heated to a specific temperature,
receives the cake pan with the mixture. The mixture is then baked
for a specific duration until it meets a doneness test. Once removed
from the oven the cake is then cooled for a specific amount of time.
It is then removed from the pan. To finish this process, there is
a subprocess called icing the cake. Icing is prepared and applied
to the cake in a uniform manner.
If the recipe
(process) is followed it is reasonable to assume the cake will meet
the texture, taste, size and aroma specified by the people who will
be eating the cake (the customers). This process (recipe), continuously
repeated and held constant, will produce quality cakes over and
over again with continuous customer satisfaction. If the recipe
(process) is varied, the cake not cooked long enough or an ingredient
is missing, then the cake will be substandard and the customers
will not be satisfied.
Integrated Process
Developers, Inc. (IPDI) believes in process, more specifically,
integrated processes so much we named the company for it!
IPDI created the MAPDTM
Strategy for process development specifically designed for
multi-team environments. The MAPD™
Strategy's three elements, PLAN, MANAGE, & VERIFY, encompass
the full needs of the organization as it relates to projects.
The Three Aspects
of an Integrated Process:
PLAN
- Document what you do
The PLAN aspect contains the processes, deliverables,
generic templates and process information required to perform
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As
the diagram indicates, the three aspects of process development
are inter-related.
In order to achieve true process integration, the people using
the process must practice ACCOUNTABILITY, DISCIPLINE &
INTEGRITY.
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MANAGE
- Do what you document
The MANAGE aspect contains the project management
information, based on the Project Management Institute's PMBOK,
required to manage the project utilizing the information developed
in the PLAN aspect. |
VERIFY
- Prove it
The VERIFY aspect utilizes the project specific
work plans
from the MANAGE aspect to status the project's
deliverables developed in the PLAN aspect.
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In "The
'Sound' of Project Management", we talk about the need
for the sheet music (the integrated process). So
- If you are tired
of your company sounding like a warm-up instead of the performance
of the symphony
- If you are tired of the same problems over and
over again
- If you are tired of the left hand not knowing what the
right hand is doing
then give us a call. IPDI utilizes proven techniques to develop,
re-engineer and continuously improve your processes to meet your
corporate and customer needs.
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