Project planning benchmarking

The link between quality planning and quality improvement is execution. The continuous improvement cycle (Fig. 5) starts with benchmarking and internal assessment to arrive at a gap analysis. From the gap analysis an action plan with assigned leadership, resources, timelines, and metrics is developed. From this quality plan, the plant s human resources must successfully execute the plan for improvement to occur. It is the leadership s responsibility to assure that the plan is do-able, appropriate and adequate resources are assigned, and that the culture of the plant supports change. This starts with the project leaders who must have not only the technical skills, but also the project... 

The plan o f the benchmark study was issued in Phschke (2008), gathering the results of a meeting in which the Project parmers agreed on a set of benchmark cases most of which were selected from Saltelh et al. (2000) and Saltelli et al. (2004). Since the exact results for the... 

Plischke, E. 2008. Plan for benchmark, including specification of synthetic PA cases. Milestone 2.1.D.S, PAMINA project. Sixth Framework Programme of the EU. 

Center of Excellence (COE) A formal or informal committee that focuses on benchmarking and continuous improvement. Has expertise in identifying project management tools. (Adapted from Strategic Planning for Project Management)... 

Following the benchmarking phase, suppliers met every quarter to formulate strategy, share market and product development information, and share plans for implementing best practice. The new plans were then deployed within individual supplier companies by training workshops. In turn, these plans spawned improvement projects aimed at achieving the competitive priorities. 

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