Deploy Improvements (Epic)

Purpose:

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Objective:

Measurable improvements to the organization’s processes and technologies are deployed and evaluated using statistical and other quantitative techniques.

Description:

Once improvements are selected for deployment, a plan for deployment is created and executed. The deployment of improvements is managed and the effects of the improvements are measured and evaluated as to how well they contribute to meeting quality and process performance objectives.

Inputs:

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Outputs:

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Controls:

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Task/User Story and Instructions:

Plan the Deployment

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   2. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for identifying strategies that address the potential barriers to deploying each improvement that was defined in the improvement proposals.
   3. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for identifying the target project population for the deployment of the improvement.
   4. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for establishing measures and objectives for determining the value of each improvement concerning the organization’s quality and process performance objectives.
   5. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for documenting the plans for deploying selected improvements. 
   6. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for reviewing and getting an agreement with relevant stakeholders on the plans for deploying selected improvements. 
   7. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for revising the plans for deploying selected improvements as necessary.

Manage the Deployment

1. 1. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for monitoring the deployment of improvements using deployment plans.
   2. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for coordinating the deployment of improvements across the organization.
   3. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for deploying improvements in a controlled and disciplined manner.
   4. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for coordinating the deployment of improvements into the projects’ defined processes as appropriate.
   5. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for providing consulting as appropriate to support the deployment of improvements.
   6. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for providing updated training materials or developing communication packages to reflect improvements to organizational process assets.
   7. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for confirming that the deployment of all improvements is completed in accordance with the deployment plan.
   8. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for documenting and reviewing results of improvement deployment.

Evaluate Improvement Effects

1. 1. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for measuring the results of each improvement as implemented on the target projects, using the measures defined in the deployment plans.
   2. Using the <?>, [the ?] with support from <?> is responsible for measuring and analyzing progress toward achieving the organization’s quality and process performance objectives using statistical and other quantitative techniques and taking corrective action as needed.