When Improving Performance: Managing the White Space on the Organization Chart was published in 1990, it was lauded as the book that launched the Process Improvement revolution. This was the book that first detailed an approach that bridged the gaps between organization strategy, work processes and
White Space Revisited: Creating Value Through Process
β Scribed by Rummler, Geary A(Contributor);Ramias, Alan;Rummler, Richard A
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- Pfeiffer
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- 2009
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- English
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- 280
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β¦ Synopsis
WhenImproving Performance: Managing the White Space on the Organization Chartwas published in 1990, it was lauded as the book that launched the Process Improvement revolution. This was the book that first detailed an approach that bridged the gaps between organization strategy, work processes and individual performance. Two decades later,White Space Revisitedgoes beyond a mere revision of that groundbreaking book and refocuses on the ultimate purpose of organizations, which is to create and sustain value.This book picks up where Improving Performance left off and shares what we have learned about process in the past 15 years since it was published and how the reader (primarily practitioners) can capitalize on these notions in their own pursuit of process excellence.White Space Revisitedis a comprehensive resource that offers process and performance professionals a conceptual foundation, a thorough and proven methodology, a set of remarkable working tools for doing process work in a more significant way, and a series of candid observations about the practice of Business Process Management (BPM). The book's time-tested methods, models, tools, and guidelines serve to align people, process, and technology
White Space Revisitedincludes information on a wealth of vital topics and
Describes the difference in impact of focusing on single processes vs. large scale improvements Provides an integrated step-by-step blueprint for designing, implementing, and sustaining process management Offers a detailed methodology for strategic and tactical process definition and improvement Spells out how to leverage the power of IT to optimize organizational performance Shows how to integrate the energy and value of Six Sigma, Process Improvement and Process Management into an effective Process Excellence Group
β¦ Table of Contents
White Space Revisited: Creating Value Through Process......Page 1
Contents......Page 9
List of Figures and Table......Page 11
Foreword......Page 15
Preface......Page 19
Acknowledgments......Page 21
About the Authors......Page 23
Introduction......Page 29
OUTLINE AND PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK......Page 30
WHO THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN FOR......Page 31
Part One: White Space Revisited......Page 33
CIRCA 1985......Page 35
MILESTONES SINCE 1990......Page 39
GENERAL RESULTS......Page 45
CLOSING POINTS......Page 49
Chapter 2: Process in a Value Perspective......Page 51
BASIC PREMISE: THE ORGANIZATION AS A SYSTEM......Page 52
THE VALUE MACHINE......Page 55
THE VALUE CREATION PERSPECTIVE......Page 57
OVERVIEW OF THE VALUE CREATION HIERARCHY......Page 58
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS OF THE VALUE CREATION HIERARCHY......Page 62
CLOSING POINTS......Page 66
A DEFINITION OF PROCESS......Page 67
VCS MILESTONES......Page 69
NOW, A SECOND TRIP DOWN THE VCH......Page 70
LEVEL 1: ENTERPRISE/BUSINESS......Page 74
LEVEL 2: THE VALUE CREATION SYSTEM (VCS)......Page 76
LEVEL 3: PROCESSING SUB-SYSTEMS......Page 84
LEVEL 4: PROCESS......Page 91
LEVEL 5: SUB-PROCESS/TASK/SUB-TASK......Page 96
POTENTIAL PITFALLS IN CURRENT PRACTICES......Page 98
CLOSING POINTS......Page 104
MAKING THE VALUE DIMENSION VISIBLE......Page 105
A CLOSER LOOK AT VALUE CREATION ARCHITECTURE......Page 107
THE BELDING ENGINEERING VALUE CREATION ARCHITECTURE......Page 111
WHY BOTHER DEVELOPING A VCA?......Page 115
DEVELOPING THE VCA......Page 116
CLOSING POINTS......Page 122
Chapter 5: Process Management in the Value Creation Context......Page 125
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT MODELS......Page 126
BASELINE BELDING ENGINEERING SERVICES......Page 131
CLOSING POINTS......Page 142
Part Two: Designing or Improving the Value Machine......Page 145
Chapter 6: A Framework and Methodology for VCS Design......Page 147
MAJOR REQUIREMENT: A METHODOLOGY FOR THE VALUE CREATION SYSTEM......Page 148
EVOLUTION OF THE METHODOLOGY......Page 149
THE EFFECTIVE PROCESS FRAMEWORK (EPF)......Page 150
RUMMLER PROCESS METHODOLOGY OVERVIEW......Page 159
DESIGN DIMENSIONS......Page 161
RPM ASSUMPTIONS......Page 163
RPM ROLES......Page 165
RPM CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS......Page 166
CLOSING POINTS......Page 168
Chapter 7: RPM Project Walk-Through: Align, Analysis, Design......Page 169
STERLING PUBLISHING......Page 170
CLOSING POINTS......Page 203
Chapter 8: RPM Project Walk-Through: Commit, Build, Enable, Adopt......Page 205
CLOSING POINTS......Page 213
Chapter 9: Other RPM Applications......Page 215
RPM AND OTHER PRACTICES......Page 220
CLOSING POINTS......Page 226
Chapter 10: Designing Improvement Capability......Page 227
INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT CHANGE......Page 228
THE ROLE OF THE PERFORMANCE ARCHITECT......Page 235
CLOSING POINTS......Page 236
Chapter 11: Process and the IT Department......Page 239
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IT IN A PROCESS WORLD......Page 240
BARRIERS TO SEIZING OPPORTUNITY......Page 241
IMPLICATIONS......Page 248
WHY THIS BOOK......Page 257
RPM METHODOLOGY......Page 258
IMPLICATIONS......Page 259
Afterword......Page 263
List of Acronyms......Page 265
Notes......Page 267
Index......Page 273
About Performance Design Lab......Page 279
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