Project identification : capturing great ideas to dramatically improve your organization /: capturing great ideas to dramatically improve your organization. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Charles A. Tryon, Jr.
• Authors: Jr, Tryon, Charles A
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; ; Completing the Project Life Cycle; Project Initiation; Formalize Project Governance; Create a Project Charter; Craft a Project Plan; Obtain Approval to Proceed; Project Execution; Create Detailed Plans; Track Progress against Detailed Plans; Assess Each Component of the Project; Project Completion; Project Identification; Final Thoughts; ; Framework for Project Identification; Endangered or Extinct; Failure of Success; Idea Source; Great Ideas Process; Capture Candidate Projects; Store in a Repository; Open Access; Rank Candidate Projects; Ranking Criteria; Comparative Ranking; Evaluate Human Resources; Skill Types; Resource Capabilities; Resource Availability; Forecast Future Human Resource Needs; Anticipate Skill Needs; Create a Training Plan; Future Career Opportunities; New Employment Profiles; Requirements for Contract Labor; Approve Projects for Initiation; Ranking, not Priority; Respect Schedules; Assigning Initial Resources; Make It a Practice; Final Thoughts; ; Defining a Candidate Project; Everyone Has Great Ideas; Stimulate Change; Key Players; Capture Your Idea; Pick a Problem; Observe an Inefficient Process; Special Interest or Significant Research; Needs of Others; New Technology; New Skills; Collaborate; Final Thoughts; ; What’s the Problem?; Explain the Problem; Review the Source; Define the "Real" Problem; ; You Want to Do What…?; Executive Overview; Possible Improvements; Improvement Target; Improvement Type; Faster (More Efficient); Cheaper (Financial Impact); Better (Higher Quality); Smaller (More Compact); All of the Above; New Capabilities; Final Thoughts; ; What’s in It for Me?; Identify Beneficiaries; Build a Vision; Final Thoughts; ; When Do We Start?; Ideal Start Date; Target Completion Date; Intermediate Dates; Avoid Artificial Dates; Durations; Final Thoughts; ; What Will This Cost?; Tangible Costs; Intangible Costs; Operational Costs; Contingency Costs; Updating Costs; Final Thoughts; ; How Will We Pay for This?; Internal Budgets; New Income; Cost Savings; Grants and Donations; Mutually Beneficial Partnerships; Final Thoughts; ; Who Will This Impact?; Marketing/Sales; Designers/Creators; Technologists; Operators/End Users; Support/Service; Audit/Certification; Project Oversight; Final Thoughts; ; Here’s My Plan; Key Deliverables; Deliverable Plan; Dependency Diagram; Timeline; Final Thoughts; ; I’ll Need You, and You, and You …; Staff Planning; Staff Source; Internal Organizations; External Organizations; Volunteers; Your Role; Final Thoughts; ; Gaining Approval; Clearly Written; Is It Time Yet?; Documented Approval Process; Direct Path for Approval; Organizational Comment; Rapid Response; Possible Responses; Keep It Automated; Never Give Up; Final Thoughts; ; Implementing a "Great Ideas" Program; Management Preparation; Give the Program a Name; Propose the Great Ideas Program to Your Senior Management; Build Core Components; Create Training That Explains the Great Idea Program; Display Examples; Infrastructure Preparation; Prepare the Technology; Build a Proposal Repository; Assign an Initiative Coordinator; Organizational Preparation; Train Everyone; Publicize Results; Final Thoughts; ; From Proposals to Projects; Reevaluate the Approved Proposal; Classify the Project; Class 3 Projects; Class 2 Projects; Class 1 Projects; Assign Project Roles; Project Owner; Project Manager; Project Team; Final Thoughts; Conclusion; ; Appendix A: Project Identification; Process Description; Process Purpose; Use Criteria; Process Flow; Capture Candidate Projects; Rank Candidate Projects; Evaluate Human Resources; Forecast Human Resource Needs; Approve Project for Initiation; ; Appendix B: Initiative Proposal "Quick Start"; Objective; Guidelines; Submission Information; Describe the Problem, Condition, or Observation That Inspired This Proposal; Provide an Overview of the Initiative You Are Proposing; Who Will Benefit from This Initiative and How?; When Should This Initiative Be Attempted?; How Much Do You Believe This Initiative Will Cost?; How Should This Initiative Be Funded?; What Other Groups Might Be Affected by This Initiative?; What Strategy Would You Propose to Complete This Initiative?; How Would You Propose to Staff This Initiative?; Other Comments?; Format Suggestions?; Reviewer Information; Final Notes; ; Appendix C: Initiative Proposal Template; ; Appendix D: Cost Worksheet Template; ; Appendix E: Deliverable Plan Template; ; Appendix F: Case Study; Overview; The Opportunity; Current Operations; ; Appendix G: Staff Plan Template; ; Index;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 658.404; Project management; Organizational change; Knowledge management; Organizational effectiveness
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482262131
• Related ISBNs: 9781482262124
• Notes: Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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