Idea Generation
Idea Evaluation
Project Selection
Project Launch
Project Scope Management Tools
100
These often arrive as mandates for future action.
What are strategic ideas (VOB)?
100
This group is comprised of representatives from different parts of the organization.
What is a Review Team?
100
Project selection is driven by these.
What are the Voice of the Business (VOB), Voice of the Customer (VOC), or a combination of both?
100
"It is not the projects you start that matter, it is the projects you __________."
What is finish?
100
Excessively complex projects may require this.
What is a Multi-Generational Project Plan (MGPP)?
200
These represent the evolution of the market and will likely require an improved or modified process to execute.
What are product of function ideas (VOC)?
200
Suggestions are made anonymously in this type of evaluation.
What is blind evaluation?
200
Approved projects are listed in order of priority of ___________.
What is execution?
200
Consider doing this only when an existing project is completed.
What is start a new project?
200
Limits scope creep and reduces misunderstandings between contributors and beneficiaries.
What is the "Is/Is Not" table?
300
These are an excellent source of quick hits, positive incremental change, and removing irritations.
What are operational ideas?
300
Results are plotted on this type of diagram?
What is an Effort vs. Benefit diagram?
300
The Review Team ensures that the candidate project is in alignment with these?
What are strategic goals?
300
Ensure that you bring a ________ _________ of resources to each project for prompt completion.
What is critical mass?
300
Can be useful for visually distinguishing scope for each generation.
What is In Scope/Out-of-Scope Tool?
400
Management, Customers/Market, Workforce
What are sources for generating ideas?
400
The Review Team reviews these things at a basic level?
What are ideas and estimates?
400
Surviving candidate projects are evaluated by the Project Committee on this?
What is a Project Ranking Matrix?
400
"Awaiting data" and "New equipment" are examples of this.
What are causes for delay?
400
Shows the implementation of process improvements phased in over time.
What is the Multi-Generational Project Plan (MGPP)?
500
Functional assessment method, Privacy, Incentives, Submission to an independent review team, Proper feedback mechanism, Pre-designed suggestion forms
What are ways to get ideas onto the table?
500
Ideas that appear to provide sufficient benefit to justify the effort.
What are candidate projects?
500
These are considered the "Big 3" of project selection drivers.
What are speed, cost, and quality?
500
You should do this if a project is seriously delayed.
What is put it aside and work on a backup project until you are ready to resume?
500
Possible MGPP categories
What are Vision/Goal, Process Capabilities, Technologies Performance Objectives, Knowledge and Data, Sub-Projects/Project Stages?