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Taking a Lean Approach to PM Optimization

How You Have Your PMs Addressing The Right Issues, Make The Effective

In the previous articles, we looked at what type of analysis to use to evaluate the effectiveness of the PMs and if they are cost effective. Once the PMs have been optimized to ensure they are addressing the right failure modes, then they need to be made efficient. Below is an excerpt from a recent article in SMRP’s Solutions Magazine on how to make PM efficient using the lean tools.

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Filed Under: Articles, Maintenance and Reliability Tagged With: lean, PM Optimization

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Achieving Lean by Identifying Forms of Waste

Achieving Lean by Identifying Forms of Waste

Our previous article compared agile/scrum with lean/kaizen and revealed several similar fundamentals that helped make each methodology easier to understand.

Since the objective of lean and agile is waste reduction, we also want to identify and eliminate various forms of waste.

In order to do this, first let’s consider our objective to manufacture hardware product, develop a hardware or digital product and/or execute a project:

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Filed Under: Articles, on Leadership & Career, Product Development and Process Improvement Tagged With: agile, agile product development, code, DMAIC, forms of waste, lean, lean manufacturing, lean six sigma, portfolio management, product life cycle process, program management, Project Management, Project Management Process, Project Schedule, Projects Planning, scrum, scrum master, six sigma

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How to Correct a Failing Lean Six Sigma Program

How to Correct a Failing Lean Six Sigma Program

Guest Post by David Patrishkoff (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

We are living in a time of great disruption and uncertainty.

Every organization is facing great risks. Some of these risks are visible and many others are hidden.

So, it’s crucial that every company develops and implements tools to identify, mitigate and transform risks into dramatic improvements and even disruptive innovations. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, CERM® Risk Insights Tagged With: lean, six sigma

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