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What Is an Impact Effort Matrix? (Template Included)

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One is the impact effort matrix, which we’ll define shortly. Implementing a new lean training program and executing energy-saving initiatives fall under quick wins. Launching a new sustainable packaging redesign and doing an ERP system overhaul are major wins. Many tools help project managers deliver their projects.

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Six Sigma: A Simple Guide for Project Managers

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It can mean different things within various organizations or circumstances, but there is a way to broadly outline this business process improvement methodology and define its beginnings, its, rise, its use and its implementation. To start, let’s define the term Six Sigma. Lean Six Sigma. What Is Six Sigma?

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Unconscious Bias in Project Management: Challenges, Solutions, and Real-World Impacts

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Unconscious bias is particularly significant for us in a project management environment, where time pressures and quick decision-making often mean we lean into familiar patterns and assumptions. Bias is defined as: a prejudicial behaviour in favour of (or against) something that is based on personal inclination rather than fact.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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The Kanban methodology helps reduce inefficiencies, and is a great project management tool for many purposes such as lean manufacturing or agile projects. The car company applied it to their lean manufacturing model, known as the Toyota production system. Lean Methodology. Processes can be defined and improved.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Learn more History of Kanban Kanban was first introduced in Japan as a lean manufacturing approach pioneered by Taiichi Ohno in the late 1940s. The book laid out the principles of lean manufacturing, which focuses on reducing waste, creating customer value and seeking continuous process improvement, and kanban.

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Shop Floor Management: Planning, Scheduling and Control

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For those new to the term, let’s first define its parts, such as what is a shop floor and a shop floor plan. Implement the 5S Method From Lean Manufacturing The 5s method used in lean manufacturing is a methodology for organizing, cleaning, developing and sustaining a productive work environment.

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Summary and review: The lean-agile way

Henny Portman

The book “ The Lean-Agile Way – Unleash Business Results in the Digital Era with Value Stream Management ” by Cecil ‘Gary’ Rupp, Richard Knaster, Steve Pereira, and Al Shalloway provides a comprehensive roadmap to optimize processes, improve products, and enhance service delivery.

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