The document discusses the importance of effective tool tracking solutions for bringing tooling projects in on time. It emphasizes that tracking documents should be self-explanatory, visually display key information without needing to search, and make it easy to determine project status and identify any delays. The document also stresses that the right people should be assigned to projects with the proper qualifications and experience to walk the process through predefined phases. Regular review meetings are recommended to ask questions, track open issues, and ensure projects progress as scheduled. Visual tracking solutions that clearly show project timelines and status are presented as an effective way to communicate progress.
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Ken Whitaker shares pragmatic techniques to help project managers and software development leaders put into practice innovative scheduling techniques, make consistent customer-centric decisions, reduce project risk, quickly negotiate with product owners the most important project scope, and transition teams to become more agile. Ken shares revealing statistical data on how waterfall is simply not suited for modern-day adaptive software development projects. With fellow participants, you’ll spend time performing a “Scrum walkabout” to get the idea of just how an agile project really works. These best practices are presented to motivate your team to deliver projects on time, every time. Although this tutorial doesn’t incorporate intensive role-play, we’ll have lively interaction that will incorporate lessons learned from actual case studies and attendees’ project experiences. Take away powerful, yet simple, ways to bridge the gap between PMI’s PMBOK® Guide and agile.
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Project assignments always have deadlines. So even though we’re not sure what our new project is supposed to accomplish, we want to know when it has to be finished.
Creating a Better Testing Future: The World Is Changing and We Must Change Wi...TechWell
The IEEE 829 Test Documentation standard is thirty years old this year. Boris Beizer’s first book on software testing also turned thirty. Testing Computer Software, the best selling book on software testing, is twenty-five. During the last three decades, hardware platforms have evolved from mainframes to minis to desktops to laptops to tablets to smartphones. Development paradigms have shifted from waterfall to agile. Consumers expect more functionality, demand higher quality, and are less loyal to brands. The world has changed dramatically and testing must change to match it. Testing processes that helped us succeed in the past may prevent our success in the future. Lee Copeland shares his insights into the future of testing, sharing his Do’s and Don’ts in the areas of technology, organization, test processes, test plans, and automation. Join Lee for a thought provoking look at creating a better testing future.
This presentation explores the reasons why software projects are significantly more difficult to manage than other types of projects. Software-specific issues related to scope, resources, and time are explored, as well as how software projects differ from other projects in the physical world. An argument for why software constitutes a “Wicked Problem” is expanded, and numerous software development myths are attacked with real-world anecdotes and solutions.
Ken Whitaker shares pragmatic techniques to help project managers and software development leaders put into practice innovative scheduling techniques, make consistent customer-centric decisions, reduce project risk, quickly negotiate with product owners the most important project scope, and transition teams to become more agile. Ken shares revealing statistical data on how waterfall is simply not suited for modern-day adaptive software development projects. With fellow participants, you’ll spend time performing a “Scrum walkabout” to get the idea of just how an agile project really works. These best practices are presented to motivate your team to deliver projects on time, every time. Although this tutorial doesn’t incorporate intensive role-play, we’ll have lively interaction that will incorporate lessons learned from actual case studies and attendees’ project experiences. Take away powerful, yet simple, ways to bridge the gap between PMI’s PMBOK® Guide and agile.
When creating technical documentation it's good to know how long it will take. This presentation (delivered to the STC in Calgary Alberta) explores estimating such projects as well as an overview of the estimating process.
Ken Whitaker shares pragmatic techniques to help project managers and software development leaders put into practice innovative scheduling techniques, make consistent customer-centric decisions, reduce project risk, quickly negotiate with product owners the most important project scope, and transition teams to become more agile. Ken shares revealing statistical data on how waterfall is simply not suited for modern-day adaptive software development projects. With fellow participants, you’ll spend time performing a “Scrum walkabout” to get the idea of just how an agile project really works. These best practices are presented to motivate your team to deliver projects on time, every time. Although this tutorial doesn’t incorporate intensive role-play, we’ll have lively interaction that will incorporate lessons learned from actual case studies and attendees’ project experiences. Take away powerful, yet simple, ways to bridge the gap between PMI’s PMBOK® Guide and agile.
Anti-patterns for not-so-smart processes: Avoiding the BPM and SOA pitfalls. A short presentation to focus your project on success - featuring the "magic progress fairy"
Part II: Planning Time: Determining When and How MuchMuzo Bacan
Project assignments always have deadlines. So even though we’re not sure what our new project is supposed to accomplish, we want to know when it has to be finished.
Creating a Better Testing Future: The World Is Changing and We Must Change Wi...TechWell
The IEEE 829 Test Documentation standard is thirty years old this year. Boris Beizer’s first book on software testing also turned thirty. Testing Computer Software, the best selling book on software testing, is twenty-five. During the last three decades, hardware platforms have evolved from mainframes to minis to desktops to laptops to tablets to smartphones. Development paradigms have shifted from waterfall to agile. Consumers expect more functionality, demand higher quality, and are less loyal to brands. The world has changed dramatically and testing must change to match it. Testing processes that helped us succeed in the past may prevent our success in the future. Lee Copeland shares his insights into the future of testing, sharing his Do’s and Don’ts in the areas of technology, organization, test processes, test plans, and automation. Join Lee for a thought provoking look at creating a better testing future.
This presentation explores the reasons why software projects are significantly more difficult to manage than other types of projects. Software-specific issues related to scope, resources, and time are explored, as well as how software projects differ from other projects in the physical world. An argument for why software constitutes a “Wicked Problem” is expanded, and numerous software development myths are attacked with real-world anecdotes and solutions.
Ken Whitaker shares pragmatic techniques to help project managers and software development leaders put into practice innovative scheduling techniques, make consistent customer-centric decisions, reduce project risk, quickly negotiate with product owners the most important project scope, and transition teams to become more agile. Ken shares revealing statistical data on how waterfall is simply not suited for modern-day adaptive software development projects. With fellow participants, you’ll spend time performing a “Scrum walkabout” to get the idea of just how an agile project really works. These best practices are presented to motivate your team to deliver projects on time, every time. Although this tutorial doesn’t incorporate intensive role-play, we’ll have lively interaction that will incorporate lessons learned from actual case studies and attendees’ project experiences. Take away powerful, yet simple, ways to bridge the gap between PMI’s PMBOK® Guide and agile.
How Agile Can We Go? Lessons Learned Moving from WaterfallTechWell
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Waterfall vs Agile : A Beginner's Guide in Project ManagementJonathan Donado
A beginner's guide to learn about Waterfall and Agile methodologies and frameworks in project management.
This is done in plain English for the non-tech savvy reader.
Presentation by Jonathan Donado
Connect with me on Twitter @donadosays
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathandonado/
PMI / PMP / Agile / Business / Project Management / Project Manager / Waterfall
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Agile: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Webinar by Clarke Ching Agile - Septe...MARRIS Consulting
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Your Agile teams are busy. Busy delivering. Busy improving. Your quality is amazing. Rework is low. The product looks great. Your users love it. You are a high performing team!
But your internal customers say your teams are slow. This session will teach you how to use the Theory of Constraints to figure out how to speed up, by finding the one thing that’s slowing them down.
This webinar will cover how, in an Agile environment:
- to better control scope creep,
- to reinforce your relationship with the I.T. Development team’s client,
- to be able to make commitments and honour them and
- to decide where your bottleneck should be.
About the speaker
Clarke Ching is a computer scientist with an MBA who discovered Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (ToC) in 2003 and has been using it ever since to accelerate Agile initiatives. He is fascinated by Agile and obsessed with ToC.
He wrote the amazon best-sellers Rolling Rocks Downhill and The Bottleneck Rules. Rolling Rocks Downhill teaches 3 things: the fundamentals of Agile combined with ToC; how to use those fundamentals to deliver big projects faster and on time; and how to deliver quietly huge transformations. It’s been featured in The Guardian newspaper and The Spectator magazine. It was one of Barbara Oakley’s top 10 books of 2019. It was the #2 best-selling Leadership book on amazon.com, just behind Steven Covey’s 7-habits book.
He has been Agile / Lean / ToC expert in: GE Energy, Dell, Royal London (life insurance & pensions), Gazprom and Standard Life Aberdeen among other organizations. He is the past Chairperson of Agile Scotland. He is a lecturer at Victoria University School Of Management in New Zealand where he now lives.
Today he is the founder and Chief Productivity Officer of Odd Socks Consulting
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In this webinar, some of the myths that will be explored include:
Historical Estimation Accuracy
Relative Estimation
The Cone of Uncertainty
Velocity
Scope Creep
Wisdom of Crowds
Read more at https://www.synerzip.com/webinar/mythbusting-software-estimation-webinar-october-2014/
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Use of technology has become the norm in most organizations but by understanding the how and why it is used can help you use it to its greatest effect.
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In this session, we will discuss how to achieve real technical excellence that matters to the Business, how to build trust between Business and Tech, and how Business can react quickly and beat the competition with help from Tech. After many years in professional software development, we experienced the impact of Business’ decisions on Tech, the importance of technical excellence for the Business, and the role of Software Craftsmanship/Craftswomenship in achieving technical excellence.
We learned that Tech is an enabler for the Business, that Business is a key stakeholder, that mastery in practices such as Software Craftsmanship/Craftswomenship leads to technical excellence that really matters. Then, in an unexpected turn of events, we learned these assumptions were flawed, it was much more than that.
How Agile Can We Go? Lessons Learned Moving from WaterfallTechWell
How agile are you? Once you jump off the waterfall and drink from the agile pool, there will probably be varying opinions as to the state of the organization’s agility. Some will be concerned that they are not agile enough; others will think they are agile while still adhering to old waterfall principles. Adapting to agile requires process changes that can cause friction within and between teams. Max McGregor’s organization Venafi has several teams working on multiple projects, spread worldwide. Even after a number of software releases using agile methods, teams still have challenges. Max provides insight into one mid-sized organization’s evolution through this process—where it’s working well, what the biggest challenges are, and what’s being done to increase its success with agile. Join Max to determine how agile you can or should become, and take back new ideas and methods to your teams to help them succeed.
Waterfall vs Agile : A Beginner's Guide in Project ManagementJonathan Donado
A beginner's guide to learn about Waterfall and Agile methodologies and frameworks in project management.
This is done in plain English for the non-tech savvy reader.
Presentation by Jonathan Donado
Connect with me on Twitter @donadosays
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathandonado/
PMI / PMP / Agile / Business / Project Management / Project Manager / Waterfall
This is the special presentation for Critical Chain which is written by Eliyahu Goldratt. It was prepared by Industrial Engineering Students in Marmara University.
Agile: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Webinar by Clarke Ching Agile - Septe...MARRIS Consulting
Webinar by Clarke Ching Agile and ToC expert. Agile: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. If your Agile is broken then this is how to fix it!
Your Agile teams are busy. Busy delivering. Busy improving. Your quality is amazing. Rework is low. The product looks great. Your users love it. You are a high performing team!
But your internal customers say your teams are slow. This session will teach you how to use the Theory of Constraints to figure out how to speed up, by finding the one thing that’s slowing them down.
This webinar will cover how, in an Agile environment:
- to better control scope creep,
- to reinforce your relationship with the I.T. Development team’s client,
- to be able to make commitments and honour them and
- to decide where your bottleneck should be.
About the speaker
Clarke Ching is a computer scientist with an MBA who discovered Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (ToC) in 2003 and has been using it ever since to accelerate Agile initiatives. He is fascinated by Agile and obsessed with ToC.
He wrote the amazon best-sellers Rolling Rocks Downhill and The Bottleneck Rules. Rolling Rocks Downhill teaches 3 things: the fundamentals of Agile combined with ToC; how to use those fundamentals to deliver big projects faster and on time; and how to deliver quietly huge transformations. It’s been featured in The Guardian newspaper and The Spectator magazine. It was one of Barbara Oakley’s top 10 books of 2019. It was the #2 best-selling Leadership book on amazon.com, just behind Steven Covey’s 7-habits book.
He has been Agile / Lean / ToC expert in: GE Energy, Dell, Royal London (life insurance & pensions), Gazprom and Standard Life Aberdeen among other organizations. He is the past Chairperson of Agile Scotland. He is a lecturer at Victoria University School Of Management in New Zealand where he now lives.
Today he is the founder and Chief Productivity Officer of Odd Socks Consulting
Mythbusting Software Estimation - By Tood LittleSynerzip
In this webinar, some of the myths that will be explored include:
Historical Estimation Accuracy
Relative Estimation
The Cone of Uncertainty
Velocity
Scope Creep
Wisdom of Crowds
Read more at https://www.synerzip.com/webinar/mythbusting-software-estimation-webinar-october-2014/
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In this session, we will discuss how to achieve real technical excellence that matters to the Business, how to build trust between Business and Tech, and how Business can react quickly and beat the competition with help from Tech. After many years in professional software development, we experienced the impact of Business’ decisions on Tech, the importance of technical excellence for the Business, and the role of Software Craftsmanship/Craftswomenship in achieving technical excellence.
We learned that Tech is an enabler for the Business, that Business is a key stakeholder, that mastery in practices such as Software Craftsmanship/Craftswomenship leads to technical excellence that really matters. Then, in an unexpected turn of events, we learned these assumptions were flawed, it was much more than that.
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Watch this webinar where our expert, a Senior Project Manager, talks about the common challenges, effective ways to communicate, and KPIs to track when working on the development progress.
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Product owner (PO) & Scrum Team
Product owner (PO) & Core Activities
The characteristics that make a great PO
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Our tips on building a single project collaboration toolset within the organization without heavy reliance on IT development and support.
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Project organisation and erp implementation methodGaurav Kumar
The Project Organization defines the human infrastructure of the project. This task is designed to define the project organization chart, the roles, and the relationships of the project team. The organizational structure clearly identifies roles and responsibilities of each position, augmenting the existing role definitions where necessary to cover all of the responsibilities. The Project Organization technique that is used in this step provides a standard set of roles and responsibilities which can be customized for a particular project. This should cover all personnel resources required, both full and part time.
Project organisation and erp implementation method
Tool Tracking Solutions
1. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
BRINGING A TOOLING PROJECT IN ON TIME
QSS, LLC Quality Support Service
706-773-3447
WRITTEN BY: RUSSELL FRAYER 3/23/2009
2. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
WHAT IS NEEDED TO BRING A PROJECT IN ON TIME
A TRACKING DOCUMENT THAT IS SELF EXPLANITORY
AVAILABLE “KEY INFORMATION” FOR ALL PARTIES
PROJECT VISUALIZATION ON TIMING AND STATUS
DETAILED TRACKING AND CLOSURE OF ISSUES
ARE YOUR TRACKING DOCUMENTS
SELF EXPLANITORY
HAVE ALL THE NESSECARY INFORMATION
USE VISUAL COMMUNICATION
3. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
USE SIMPLE AND LESS COMPLEX TRACKING DOCUMENTS
TOOL TRACKING DOCUMENTS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR BEING …
COMPLEX & DIFFICULT FOR MOST OR ALL TO READ
INSUFFCIENT AT GIVING “KEY INFORMATION”
DIFFICULT FOR USERS TO COMPLETE
DOES YOUR TRACKING DOCUMENT
PROVIDE VISUAL INFORMATION
SHOW THE NECCESARY BUT “KEY INFORMATION”
EASY TO COMPLETE
5. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
AFTER REVIEWING THE LAST SLIDE ASK YOURSELF
WHAT WAS THE PROJECT ABOUT
HOW WOULD YOU CONTACT SOMEONE
WHERE WERE THEY IN THE PROJECT
WERE THEY ON SCHEDULE
YOUR TRACKING DOCUMENT SHOULD
BE INFORMATIVE
DISPLAY KEY INFORMATION W/O SEARCHING FOR IT
LET EVEYONE KNOW IF THERE IS A CONCERN
6. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN TRACKING A TOOL
DOCUMENTS NEED MAINTENANCE …
WHO WILL MAINTAIN THE DOCUMENTS
WHAT ARE THE SKILL LEVELS NEEDED
WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS BUILD PHASES
IS YOUR TRACKING DOCUMENT
EASY TO MAINTAIN
EASY TO COMPLETE AND CAN BE VISUALLY FOLLOWED
HAVE PRE-DEFINED PHASES OR STEPS
7. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
WHEN ASSIGNING THE PROJECT WHO WILL HANDLE IT
PURCHASING
ENGINEERING
QUALITY
TOOLING DEPARTMENT
DO THEY HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO HANDLE THE PROJECT
DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE
TO LAUNCH A TOOLING PROJECT EFFECTIVELY
ARE THEY QUALIFIED TO WALK IT THROUGH THE PROCESS
DO THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND TIME
8. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
DO THEY HAVE THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Tooling, Project Mgmt, GD&T, Supplier Skills
MANUFACTURING SKILLS
Machining, Molding, Casting, Welding, Assy
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Can See End Results
Interface between Supplier, Engineering, Management
Offer Solutions When Needed
DO YOU HAVE THAT PERSON
DOES HE / SHE HAVE THE RIGHT SKILLS TO SUCCEED
A PROVEN TRACK RECORD
DO THEY HAVE THE BACKGROUND
9. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
WHAT INFORMATION WILL THEY NEED TO SUCCEED
WHO IS ON THE PROJECT
How do you contact the team
WHEN ARE PARTS NEEDED
How many parts are needed
Is there a P.O.
WHAT PROGRAM IS THIS FOR
Are the prints and CAD files up to date
What level are they
WHO IS THE BUYER
DOES YOUR TRACKING DOCUMENT
HAVE KEY CONTACT INFORMATION
SHOW YOU WHEN PARTS ARE NEEDED OR HOW MANY
SHOW YOU WHEN INFORMATION IS AT THE CORRECT LEVEL
10. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
WHAT INFORMATION IS NEEDED FOR REVIEW
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN THERE IS A DELAY
IS IT TOO LATE WHEN YOU FIND OUT
HOW FAR ALONG IS THE PROJECT
IS IT DESIGNED
IS THE MATERIAL PURCHASED
WHY IS THERE A DELAY
IS THERE A PLAN TO BRING IT BACK ON TRACK
DID THE PROJECT PROGRESS FROM WEEK TO WEEK
DOES YOUR TRACKING DOCUMENT
VISUALLY SHOW YOU WHEN THERE IS PROGRESS
SHOW YOU WHERE THE DELAY IS
ALLOW THE MEANS TO EVEN ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
11. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
DO THEY UNDERSTAND THE BUILD PROCESS
DO THEY VALIDATE EACH BUILD PHASE
ARE THERE SECONDARY PROCESSES
GAUGES, WELD CELLS, MATERIAL HANDLING
DID THEY AGREE ON THE PARAMETERS
DATUM’S, EASE OF MANUFACTURING, GAUGING
WERE THERE KEY CHARACTERISTICS
WERE THEY CAPTURED AND AGREED TO BY ALL
WERE THEY TRANSFERRED THROUGH ALL PROCESSES
AN EFFECTIVE TOOLING PROJECT
NEEDS SOMEONE WITH PROVEN ABILITY
SOMEONE WHO CAN EFFECTIVELY WALK THE PROCESS
SOMEONE WITH A BACKGROUND
12. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
REVIEW THE PROJECT AS A TEAM
SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING
UNDERSTAND THAT QUESTIONS CAN BE A SIGN OF HELP
QUESTION WHEN SOMETHING IS IN DOUBT
DOCUMENT THE QUESTION – IT IS AN ISSUE
ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
BE DETAILED
MAINTAIN AN OPEN FORUM
REVIEW MEETINGS ARE KEY
YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE GOOD NOTES
UNDERSTAND THE BUILD PHASES
SOMEONE WHO ASKS THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
13. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
THE PROJECT MUST BE FOLLOWED AS A TEAM
OPEN ISSUES MUST BE CREATED & TRACKED
WEEKLY MEETINGS ARE ESSENTIAL
DID THE PROJECT PROGRESS FROM WEEK TO WEEK
WAS THE ANSWER ACCEPTABLE & RECORDED
ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
DOCUMENT THE QUESTIONS AS ACTUAL ISSUES
MAINTAIN AN OPEN FORUM
HOLD ON SITE MEETINGS AT SPECIFIC PHASES
OPEN ISSUES ARE NECESSARY
THEY ENABLE AND CREATE COMMUNICATION
THEY MUST BE HELD WITH SCHEDULED FREQENCY
THEY DO NOT RESOLVE THEMSELVES
14. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
THE PROJECT WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE CHANGES
REVIEW ANY CHANGES
ADDRESS DELAYS IN TIMING
MAINTAIN FOCUS
WAS THE CHANGE AUTHORIZED
WAS THE CHANGE OFFICIALLY MADE
WAS PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED UP FRONT
WERE TRACKING DOCUMENTS UPDATED
PO, PRINTS, PART REQUIREMENTS
PROCESS CHANGES, TIMING, OPEN ISSUES
IN ADDRESSING THESE CHANGES
DO YOU NEED TO START WITH A NEW DOCUMENT
DID THE SUPPLIER MAKE AN APPROVED CHANGE
WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE
15. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
THERE IS A SOLUTION TO TRACKING PROJECTS
WITH VISUAL DESCRIPTIONS
WITH PRESET PHASES AND DATES FOR EACH
THAT SHOW THE PERCENT OF PROJECT COMPLETION
WITH KEY CONTACT INFORMATION
THAT INCLUDES COMPLETE TEAM INFORMATION
TITLES, NAMES, PHONES, EMAIL
THAT SHOWS NECESSARY INFORMATION
PART REVISIONS, CAD FILES , PO’S
PART REQUIREMENTS, GAUGE INFORMATION
HAVING GOOD INFORMATION IS KEY
WHERE IS THE PROJECT ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE
IS IT ON TRACK AND IF NOT WHY / WHAT IS BEING DONE
WERE THE GAUGE AND PART REQUIREMENTS REVIEWED
16. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
SOLUTIONS THAT SHOW DEFINED PHASES
WHEN WAS THE OFFICIAL KICK OFF
IS THE TOOL DESIGN COMPLETE
IS MATERIAL PURCHASED & ON TIME
IS IT BEING MACHINED & HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE
WHEN WILL IT BE ASSEMBLED
WHEN WILL IT BE READY FOR TRY OUT
WHEN WILL FIRST PARTS BE READY
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO DEVELOP
WHEN WILL IT BE DELIVERED
WHEN WILL IT BE READY FOR RUN OFF
IS IT APPROVED AND PRODUCTION READY
ARE THE PHASES UNDERSTOOD
UNDERSTANDING THE PHASES ARE KEY TO THE PROJECTS SUCCESS
KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT AND ELIMINATE DELAYS
DELAYS EARLY ON REDUCE TIME TO DEVELOP LATER
18. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
HOW DO YOU SUMMARIZE SEVERAL TOOLS AT ONCE
AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE AS YOU GO
ELIMINATE SCROLLING TO FIND THE RIGHT DOCUMENT
VISUALLY SHOW WHEN / WHERE ROAD BLOCKS ARE
SHOW RELEVANT “KEY INFORMATION” FOR EACH TOOL
BE PREPARED FOR MANAGEMENT / CUSTOMER REVIEWS
COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIAL
AFTER A MEETING THERE IS A NEED TO COMMUNICATE YOUR SUMMARY
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN YOUR PROGRESS TO CUSTOMER / MANAGEMENT
WHICH TOOL NEEDS IMMEDIATE FOCUS / WHY
20. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
SOLUTIONS FOR TRACKING OPEN ISSUES
VISUALLY PRIORITISE EACH ISSUE
COLOR CODE RESPONSIBILITIES
DATES AND COMMENTS
LIST ALL PENDING SOLUTIONS NEEDED
POST OPEN , DUE , AND CLOSURE DATES
CAPTURE PROOF OF CLOSURE
COMPLETE PART INFORMATION
REVISION LEVEL
PART NUMBER
OPEN ISSUES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR EACH PROJECT AND PART
YOU NEED TO TAKE GOOD NOTES
UNDERSTAND THE BUILD PHASES
ASKS THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND FOLLOW THROUGH
22. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
PROJECTS NEED NOT BE LATE IF YOU CAN:
COMMUNICATE BY VISUALIZING THE PROCESS
UNDERSTAND AND FOLLOW THE BUILD PHASE
COMMUNICATE AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES
SUMMARIZE AND INFORM
THIS IS PROVEN AND WILL WORK
WITH THE RIGHT TRACKING PROCESS
PROPER MAINTENANCE
ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND COMMUNICATION
23. TOOL TRACKING SOLUTIONS
IS YOUR TOOLING PROJECT ON TIME
CONTACT QSS FOR A SOLUTION
QSS, LLC Quality Support Service
706-773-3447
WRITTEN BY: RUSSELL FRAYER 3/25/2009