Business Cost Optimization A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition
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Business Cost Optimization A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition - Gerardus Blokdyk
Business Cost Optimization
Complete Self-Assessment Guide
The guidance in this Self-Assessment is based on Business Cost Optimization best practices and standards in business process architecture, design and quality management. The guidance is also based on the professional judgment of the individual collaborators listed in the Acknowledgments.
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You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria:
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•The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard, and...
•Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation
•In-depth specific Checklists covering the topic
•Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation
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Purpose of this Self-Assessment
This Self-Assessment has been developed to improve understanding of the requirements and elements of Business Cost Optimization, based on best practices and standards in business process architecture, design and quality management.
It is designed to allow for a rapid Self-Assessment to determine how closely existing management practices and procedures correspond to the elements of the Self-Assessment.
The criteria of requirements and elements of Business Cost Optimization have been rephrased in the format of a Self-Assessment questionnaire, with a seven-criterion scoring system, as explained in this document.
In this format, even with limited background knowledge of Business Cost Optimization, a manager can quickly review existing operations to determine how they measure up to the standards. This in turn can serve as the starting point of a ‘gap analysis’ to identify management tools or system elements that might usefully be implemented in the organization to help improve overall performance.
How to use the Self-Assessment
On the following pages are a series of questions to identify to what extent your Business Cost Optimization initiative is complete in comparison to the requirements set in standards.
To facilitate answering the questions, there is a space in front of each question to enter a score on a scale of ‘1’ to ‘5’.
1 Strongly Disagree
2 Disagree
3 Neutral
4 Agree
5 Strongly Agree
Read the question and rate it with the following in front of mind:
‘In my belief,
the answer to this question is clearly defined’.
There are two ways in which you can choose to interpret this statement;
1.how aware are you that the answer to the question is clearly defined
2.for more in-depth analysis you can choose to gather evidence and confirm the answer to the question. This obviously will take more time, most Self-Assessment users opt for the first way to interpret the question and dig deeper later on based on the outcome of the overall Self-Assessment.
A score of ‘1’ would mean that the answer is not clear at all, where a ‘5’ would mean the answer is crystal clear and defined. Leave emtpy when the question is not applicable or you don’t want to answer it, you can skip it without affecting your score. Write your score in the space provided.
After you have responded to all the appropriate statements in each section, compute your average score for that section, using the formula provided, and round to the nearest tenth. Then transfer to the corresponding spoke in the Business Cost Optimization Scorecard on the second next page of the Self-Assessment.
Your completed Business Cost Optimization Scorecard will give you a clear presentation of which Business Cost Optimization areas need attention.
Business Cost Optimization
Scorecard Example
Example of how the finalized Scorecard can look like:
Business Cost Optimization
Scorecard
Your Scores:
BEGINNING OF THE
SELF-ASSESSMENT:
Table of Contents
About The Art of Service8
Included Resources - how to access8
Purpose of this Self-Assessment10
How to use the Self-Assessment11
Business Cost Optimization
Scorecard Example13
Business Cost Optimization
Scorecard14
BEGINNING OF THE
SELF-ASSESSMENT:15
CRITERION #1: RECOGNIZE16
CRITERION #2: DEFINE:23
CRITERION #3: MEASURE:35
CRITERION #4: ANALYZE:52
CRITERION #5: IMPROVE:64
CRITERION #6: CONTROL:75
CRITERION #7: SUSTAIN:87
Business Cost Optimization and Managing Projects, Criteria for Project Managers:135
1.0 Initiating Process Group: Business Cost Optimization136
1.1 Project Charter: Business Cost Optimization138
1.2 Stakeholder Register: Business Cost Optimization140
1.3 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix: Business Cost Optimization141
2.0 Planning Process Group: Business Cost Optimization143
2.1 Project Management Plan: Business Cost Optimization145
2.2 Scope Management Plan: Business Cost Optimization147
2.3 Requirements Management Plan: Business Cost Optimization149
2.4 Requirements Documentation: Business Cost Optimization151
2.5 Requirements Traceability Matrix: Business Cost Optimization153
2.6 Project Scope Statement: Business Cost Optimization155
2.7 Assumption and Constraint Log: Business Cost Optimization157
2.8 Work Breakdown Structure: Business Cost Optimization159
2.9 WBS Dictionary: Business Cost Optimization161
2.10 Schedule Management Plan: Business Cost Optimization164
2.11 Activity List: Business Cost Optimization166
2.12 Activity Attributes: Business Cost Optimization168
2.13 Milestone List: Business Cost Optimization170
2.14 Network Diagram: Business Cost Optimization172
2.15 Activity Resource Requirements: Business Cost Optimization174
2.16 Resource Breakdown Structure: Business Cost Optimization176
2.17 Activity Duration Estimates: Business Cost Optimization178
2.18 Duration Estimating Worksheet: Business Cost Optimization180
2.19 Project Schedule: Business Cost Optimization182
2.20 Cost Management Plan: Business Cost Optimization184
2.21 Activity Cost Estimates: Business Cost Optimization186
2.22 Cost Estimating Worksheet: Business Cost