Project Manifesto –

How to Select a Project?

A TLS Continuum Guide to

Process Improvement

You only have so much time

2400 minutes per week

124,800 minutes per year

Choose your projects wisely

Which project do I go with?

Is it customer demand based?

Is it doable?

Do you have the required resources?

10 Commandments of Project

Selection

Guidelines to successful projects

Ten words to consider when selecting projects

10 Commandments of Project

Selection

Commandment 1: Thou Shalt become one with the customers

Customer involvement is criticalTheir wants, needs and schedules are your lifelineThey are your primary goal as a businessYou need to know them as if they were you

10 Commandments of Project

Selection

Commandment 2: Thou Shalt align all projects with corporate values, missions and goals

Corporate values are the rock of your organizationYour mission should produce the organizational roadmapYour goals are where you are trying to get toProjects need to be in sync with all three

10 Commandments of Project

Selection

Commandment 3: Thou Shalt seek total organizational alignment with project outcomes

Need total buy in within the organizationFrom managementFrom customersFrom stakeholdersFrom rank and file employees

10 Commandments of Project

Selection

Commandment 4: Thou Shalt seek a positive return on investment on all projects

Not every project should be attemptedFailure should be rewardedLoss on investment in the end should notProjects need to result in better bottom line

10 Commandments of Project

Selection

Commandment 5: Thou Shalt ensure that all resources are in place

All resources must be in place at the beginning of the projectMight not be needed at that momentItems to be ready when neededInvolve stakeholders

10 Commandments of Project

Selection

Commandment 6: Thou Shalt ensure that all projects are concentrated on true causes

Not every reason for a problem are true causesNeed to look for the root causesCauses should not be one time events

10 Commandments of Project

Selection

Commandment 7: Thou Shalt ensure that all projects will be implemented

DO NOT enter into a project unless you are committed to the outcomeFalse improvement efforts do no one any goodImplementation needs to be timely and precise

10 Commandments of Project

Selection

Commandment 8: Thou Shalt ensure that all projects re based in urgency

Human beings like to procrastinateContinuous Process Improvement demands the nowGE Workout – Complete the project to improvement in 90 days

10 Commandments of Project

Selection

Commandment 9: Thou Shalt strive to have all projects based on evidence-based metrics

Avoid thinking you have all the answersSolutions must be based on evidence-based metricsMetrics must show th reason for the solution

10 Commandments of Project

Selection

Commandment 10: Thou Shalt strive to have all projects based on evidence-based metrics

Avoid thinking you have all the answersSolutions must be based on evidence-based metricsMetrics must show the reason for the solution

10 Commandments of Project

Selection

Commandment 10: Thou Shalt strive to have all projects deliver the end result cheaper, fastreand better

All projects must be centered around 3 goalsDeliver solutions cheaperDeliver solutions fasterDeliver solutions with less rework

Project Selection Guidelines

Projects are your lifeline to a better organization

Choose them wiselyChoose them based on validated reasoningChoose them based on being one with the customer

Project Selection Guidelines

Project selection must be founded in what the customer

NeedsWantsDemandsWilling to pay for

NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS

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Daniel Bloom

SPHR, Six Sigma Black Belt

Chief Executive Officer

Daniel Bloom &Associates, Inc.

PO Box 1233

Largo, FL 33779

(727) 581-6216

dan@dbaiconsulting.com

http://www.dbaiconsulting.com