January 2022 - Page 3 of 25

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

The Best Continuous Improvement Tool: What is SIPOC?

The acronym SIPOC stands for Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, and Customer. Using information from these five areas creates a process map that gives a high-level overview of a Six Sigma project. To create a SIPOC diagram, you have to specify the five main activities of the process and identify the potential suppliers, inputs, outputs, and customers.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

Critical Thinking: What is Y-Chart?

The Y-Chart is a graph consisting of three parts which can help organize the understanding of the subject by writing down and/or drawing the look, feel and sound of the subject. (1) What Does It Look Like? (2) What Does It Feel Like? (3) What Does It Sound Like?

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

What is Value Stream Mapping?

Value stream mapping is a technique to identify and eliminate process waste. It is a special type of flow chart that uses symbols called “lean language” to describe and improve inventory and information flow. It helps us provide customers with the best value through a complete value creation process and minimize waste

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

PERT Chart Tutorial

PERT Chart is acronym for (Program Evaluation and Review Technique). A PERT chart is a project management tool used to schedule, organize, and coordinate tasks within a project. It is basically a method to analyze the tasks involved in completing a given project, especially the time needed to complete each task, and to identify the minimum time needed to complete the total project.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

What is Self Management Approach?

A self-managed team is a group of employees who are responsible for all or most aspects of producing a product or service. The self-managed team is the basic unit of the new horizontal organization. Self-managed teams are an outgrowth of the earlier team approach.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

What is a Sprint in Scrum?

Sprint is one timeboxed iteration of a continuous development cycle. Within a Sprint, planned amount of work has to be completed by the team and made ready for review. Scrum projects are broken down into small and consistent time intervals referred to as sprints. They can be as short as a few days and generally are no longer than 3–4 weeks.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

Cross-functional vs Self-organizing vs Feature vs Component Teams in Agile

“A Cross-functional teams have all competencies needed to accomplish the work without depending on others not part of the team” — Scrum Guide. In contrast to the component team approach, a cross-functional teams are groups consisting of people from different functional areas of the company. — it should be formed not only with technical specialists (Back-end, Front-end developers, QA engineers, etc.) but also consists of members like Business Analysts, Marketing and UX specialists or anyone else taking an active part in the project.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

What is Reverse Brainstorming?

The reverse brainstorming lets you create unusual and wild ideas if the brainstorming process fails to meet the requirements. When typical brainstorming encounters difficulties, it’s time to be creative. A highly creative brainstorming technique is called reverse brainstorming. It can not only make ideas flow, but also bring a lot of fun. More importantly, it can stimulate innovative ideas and useful insights to produce positive results.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

Brainstorming Techniques Toolkit

Brainstorming is a group creativity technique by which efforts are made to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously new ideas and possibilities. It’s a classic method widely used in business activities such as problem-solving, failure analysis, new product ideas, sales increasing, product improvements, etc.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

What is Case Management Model and Notation (CMMN)

CMMN is a graphical notation used for capturing work methods that are based on the handling of cases requiring various activities that may be performed in an unpredictable order in response to evolving situations. Using an event-centered approach and the concept of a case file, CMMN expands the boundaries of what can be modeled with BPMN, including less structured work efforts and those driven by knowledge workers. Using a combination of BPMN and CMMN allows users to cover a much broader spectrum of work methods.