How to Manage Your
Project to Completion
Using the Project Builder
Presented by Elisabeth Swan
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Our Mission and Core Values
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Learning Objectives
After completing this webinar, you will be able to:
• Define the Project Builder Template Bundle
• Describe the benefits of the Project Builder
• List the contents of the Project Builder
• Explain how to work with the Project Builder
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Today’s Agenda
• The Project Builder explained
• Project Builder benefits
• Project Builder uses
• How to build projects
• Tip & Tricks
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Why a Project Builder?
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Why a Project Builder?
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What Is the Project Builder?
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Poll #1
Question: What is your current method of
managing project work?
A. Emailing Excel & PowerPoint files
B. Using a shared drive to access project files
C. Using Trello or other project management
software
D. Other
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Color Coding
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Examples From the Bistro
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We’re too
slow!
Progress Tracker
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Project Screener
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If you already know the
solution, just do it!
Project Selection
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Goal Builder
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Example
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Goal Builder
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Need Help?
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Units: Almost everything we wish to
improve has some measurement units,
such as dollars, minutes or %. If you wish
to improve at a rate, be sure to include
the period, such as dollar/unit,
minutes/month, etc.
Submitting Your Work
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Help: Deep Dives
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Avoid this Goal Statement:
“Reduce scrap from 3% to 0% by 3/20/2020.”
A Better Goal Statement:
“Reduce scrap from 3% to 1% by 3/20/20/20.”
(This may still be aggressive, but it’s more
achievable than perfection.)
Project Charter
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Bistro Charter
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More on Charters?
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Team Members
Question for You
What kinds of issues have you seen
related to Project Charters?
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Please enter your
response in the
Chat area!
Continue Project Work
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Building the As-Is Map
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Collecting Data
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Data Collection Guidance
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Vendor
Column -
The
“Who”
Date Field –
The “When”
Room for Detail
Pre-defined
Defect Types –
The “What”
Pre-Defined
Follow-up
Options
Bonus Time Chart
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Question for You
How do you generally display your
baseline data?
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Please enter your
response in the
Chat area!
Reflecting on “Clues”
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Fishbone Diagram
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Root Cause Validation
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Selecting Solutions
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Poll #2
Question: How do people generally come up
with solutions to process problems?
A. They use the Solution Parking Lot
throughout the project
B. They hold brainstorming sessions during
the Improve Phase
C. Colleagues constantly offer “solutions”
regardless of the root cause!
D. Solutions tend to focus on “automation”
and “training”
E. Other
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Implementation Plan
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FMEA
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To-Be Map
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Before and After
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Monitoring & Transferring
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Closing the Project
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Poll #3
Question: What aspect of the Project Builder
would be most helpful to you?
A. One document to contain all project work
B. Examples for each template
C. Help info for each template
D. Links to “deep dives” on tools
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Telling a Story with the Project Builder
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Project Builder Summary
• All-in-one
• Order of templates forms “to do” list
• Contains Help Files and Examples
• Links to “deep dives”
• Great alone or source for Storyboard
• Can use post-certification
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Call to Action
• Download the Project Builder
• Start an improvement project
• Reach out to us and share your success
whenever you complete a project!
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Today We Covered
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• The Project Builder explained
• Project Builder benefits
• Project Builder uses
• How to build projects
• Tip & Tricks
Questions?
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