ABSTRACT

The new and improved process is finally ready to be developed. The Case for Action has been completed and the team is ready to move ahead with ideas and suggestions. The next step is designing the future state. Following are the tasks in this step:

Identify Process Owner

Responsibilities of a process owner

Characteristics of a process owner

Organize Redesign Sessions

Gathering the right people

Gathering the information

Develop New Process

Improve or reengineer the process

Brainstorming

Redesign techniques

Best practices

Future state flowchart

Validate New Process

Competing elements

Business factors

Efficiency and effectiveness

Issue Resolution

Risk analysis

Develop Process Documentation

The tasks are shown in Figure 8.1.