Writers Den

For this
assignment select either your own organization or an organization about which
you know enough to review the supply chain processes and identify a process
that can be improved in your sphere of influence.

Phase I:
Improvement Opportunity

Write 500-750
words on improvement opportunity in your sphere of influence. Address each of
the following sections:

Quality Tool
Analysis

Identify your
problem statement and complete a root-cause analysis. Identify which quality
tools you used to identify and vet the problem. Explain the quantitative and
qualitative tools you used and provide a summary of how you arrived at your
problem.

Stakeholder
Analysis

Complete the
interactive “Stakeholder Analysis: Winning Support for Your
Projects,” located on the Mind Tools website. In Step 2, select the
“Interactive Screen App” hyperlink. Provide a Power/Interest Grid of your
completed chart (using either a picture format or a handwritten document). In
addition, provide a summary that includes considerations for all stakeholders.
These considerations will form your communication plan in Part II.

Prepare this
assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment
uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.

Phase II: Planning
and Implementation

In Phase IIof the
Process Improvement Project you will be creatinga project timeline to help you
implement the proposed solution to the problem statement defined in Phase I. As
a project leader, you will need to consider several things before you start the
project. The project leader must preplan, plan, and kickoff the project.

Planningof the
Project

As the project
leader, write 500-750 words that address these items:

1. Identify which methodologies and strategies
you will implement to meet your goals. Provide rationalefor why you did not
select some of the other methodologies and strategies.

2. Which business functions will be impacted
by your action plan? What tactics will you use to manage implementation across
business functions? What can you do to enhance
collaboration/cross-functionality to ensure the success of your plan?

3. Timeline:Create a timeline to implement the
proposed improvement to the problem and identify the critical path components.

4. Communication plan:Using your completed
quality tools analysis and stakeholder analysis, create a communication plan
for disseminating your action plan to all of the stakeholders. Which strategies
do you plan to utilize and why? Your plan should demonstrate how you plan to
use formal and informal communication channels to implement the plan. In
addition, explain how the communication plan addresses what you are hoping to
achieve with your goal.

Project Kickoff
and Implementation of the Project

Successfully
improving the value chain requires the willingness of required stakeholders to
participate. Imagine you are presenting your project plan in a meeting to all
the essential stakeholders for approval. Effective oral communication is
essential in the business setting so you will need to present your project plan
logically and comprehensively to the stakeholders.

Create a
PowerPoint presentation (7-10 slides) specifying the problem statement,
stakeholders, proposed solution, timeline, and communication plan to implement
the project. Record yourself presenting the plan and then post your video using
YouTube, Vimeo, or any other video site that allows you to post your video. Be
sure to address the “why” and “how” in your narrative.
Imagine you are presenting your strategic plan in a meeting with your superior
and other essential stakeholders for approval.

Phase III:
Evaluation

In the final step
for your plan, state in 250-300 words the metrics you will use to determine
project implementation success. Please justify why you have selected those
metrics. Include specific metrics that will be used to evaluate the success of
the implementation. How long will the project team monitor project
implementation?

This assignment
uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.

General Project
Requirements

While APA format
is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is
expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting
guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student
Success Center.

This assignment
uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required
to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.