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The Importance of Change Control Board in Project Management

A Change Control Board is a formal group responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and deciding on proposed changes within a project or organization. Where change is constant, Change Control Boards serve as the gatekeepers of project integrity, maintaining a delicate balance between flexibility and control. Key Highlights Introduction to Change Control Board (CCB) A Change Control […]

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Change Control in Project Management. How Does it Work

It’s normal for things to change as work moves along. The work environment, requests from important people involved, or unforeseen problems could all potentially require tweaks to schedules, budgets, or what gets made. That’s where good change control in project management comes in.   Change control in project management is the process that assists project leaders […]

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Change Impact Analysis: A Guide for Successful Transformations

Change impact analysis cultivates communities navigating progression’s consequences insightfully. With prudent study, enterprises choose understanding-guided, shielded yet resource-optimizing journeys – cultivating welcoming advancement spirits. Structured evaluation illuminates scope, magnitude, and implications upon peoples, coordination, technologies, and culture wherever complexity interconnects. Key Highlights What Is Change Impact Analysis? Progress navigation proves ever-paramount as environments evolve endlessly. […]

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Lewin’s Force Field Analysis in Change Management. What, Why, and How

Modern-day organizations face multifaceted challenges of varying complexities, and frameworks like Lewin’s Force Field Analysis, alongside methodologies such as six sigma certification, empower management to navigate these issues with structured, data-driven approaches. Lewin’s Force Field Analysis is a powerful framework that resolves these ‘tricky’ situations by enabling companies to understand the dynamics of change. The […]

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Everything About Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC)

To detect and mitigate potential problems in their processes, organizations can use Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC). PDPC enhances process reliability, improves quality, and prevents costly mistakes by systematically mapping out tasks, anticipating possible failures, and developing countermeasures. Kickstart Your Process Improvement Journey with Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training! Take the first step towards becoming […]

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Six Sigma and Change Management

Six Sigma and Change Management

No one enjoys change. While changes may be necessary, or unavoidable, they can be difficult for employees to accept. These changes may be as simple as reorganizing your office layout, or as complex as revamping a customary production process. Nonetheless, if your workforce avoids change, your organization as a whole is in jeopardy. Six Sigma […]

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Sneaky Tricks Six Sigma Providers Pull

Hidden Extras: Sneaky Tricks Providers Pull to Charge you More!

Hidden charges and unexpected losses can be pretty frustrating. Millions pay for services that they either don’t want or weren’t mentioned. Don’t let this happen to you. Stay vigilant, and providers’ sneaky tricks will be plain to see! In this handy guide, we break down the ways in which providers bloat your bill without you […]

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Conflict Avoidance: Get Over It

Conflict Avoidance: How to Get Over It!

Unfortunately, many of us in management positions tend to shy away from change initiatives that would cause conflicts in our organizations. While this tendency is based on the natural instincts of many of us to avoid conflict, these tendencies may be preventing us from enjoying increased productivity and harmony within our organizations. The beauty of […]

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Avoid Decision Delays with Six Sigma

Six Sigma Project Success: How to Deal with Decision Delays

Decision delays are the bane of a well-run Six Sigma project. Your time is valuable and we understand how frustrating it can become. Delay is also a problem in production, executive, and administrative processes all over the world, but it can be overcome. Not only is delay detrimental to Kaizen but it also violates Lean […]

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Change Management Strategy – Ensuring that Lean Six Sigma Works

Change Management Strategy – Ensuring that Lean Six Sigma Works

Reports of impressive resource savings and improved quality output achieved by organisations employing Lean Six Sigma change methodology have been nothing short of breath taking. However, not all Lean Six Sigma initiatives have resulted in such pronounced gains. So what are the differences between star performers and organizations that yield less than spectacular results when […]

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Change Management: How to Effect Serious Organizational Change

A strong policy on change management can help a business thrive. Your company needs to adapt to the market and manage change to get a competitive edge. But what does a change agent do? And how do you convince a company that your idea is the best idea? You will learn the soft-skills needed to […]

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Lean Six Sigma – Beginner’s Guide

What is Six Sigma? Six Sigma is firstly introduced by Bill Smith, Motorola’s engineer in 1986 as a multi tools and techniques for continuous improvement. Then used as a central business strategy in 1995 at General Electric. Since then it is widely used in various industrial and services sectors. Six Sigma main goal is to […]

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Go! Manage your Six Sigma project

Go: Guide to Running a Successful Six Sigma Project

This article is the third in our three-part series to help you achieve the best results using Six Sigma. You can read the previous two articles here. Now, go! You’ve made your plans and assembled your team, but what comes next is not always as easy (or as difficult!) as it may first appear. The […]

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Lean in with Six Sigma

Lean In: How to Gather Support for Six Sigma in Your Company

Are you prepared to advocate and fully support Lean Six Sigma? If yes, how do you know? If no, how you reach that stage? These questions can be tiresome and their answers difficult to pin down. We’re here to make things easy for you. Today we will help you get ready for Lean Six Sigma (or recognize […]

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Soft side of change management

The ‘Soft’ Side of Change Management | Lean 6 Sigma

Companies think of growth as an end in itself. Rather growth should be a mean towards a larger goal: that of serving the society. With such a noble goal in mind how can companies ignore the slice of society that works for them – their employees? Advocators of change harp on the bliss of information […]

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Eternal Sunshine for the Changing Minds

Eternal Sunshine For The Changing Minds

Peter F Drucker, the father of modern management said, ‘‘everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that is like death and taxes. It should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are […]

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All Quiet on the Change Front

  Change Management and its importance cannot be dismissed. Even the human resources who are the foundation of change management cannot be dismissed as well. Lack of human resources would result in lack of execution that damages the purpose of change management. It is important for the management to understand that human resource must be […]

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Pied Pipers

The Pied Pipers of Change Management

Back in the thirteenth century, in the German town of Hamelin, when the Pied Piper played his pipe, all within hearing range chose to follow him, no matter where he chose to go, or so the legend goes. So, too, effective leaders must possess, a Pied Piper-like ”magic”, that enables them to call the tune […]

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The More Things Change…

“…the more things remain the same.” As they gathered around the salad bar, one employee said, “that must be the umpteenth announcement this month.” One of the senior employees smiled. “Don’t worry. It’s all talk. There’s never any follow-through. Trust me, I’ve been here long enough. Things will NEVER change around here.” We remembered conversations […]

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