Old habits die hard. I've always been interested in system analysis and in particular, business process mapping. This isn't the same as mind mapping.
I was looking for a reference to IDEF design methodology. The topic had come up in a meeting last week. In the process I found a good site that had some basic descriptions of LEAN and Six Sigma. The description of IDEF wasn't that great but the LEAN discussion was.
I did find some IDEF descriptions in a paper. Figure 3 is a nice view of the basic IDEF0 diagram.
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Have enjoyed reading some of your entries. Your blog has a really nice layout - clean, attractive, and easy to navigate.
I'm the owner of a small business that does environmental field monitoring and consulting. We've grown to the point that "flying by the seat of our pants" just isn't cutting it anymore. There are just way too many details that keep falling through the cracks and we find ourselves solving the exact same problems over and over again. Yeah, I know. These problems all point to a basic lack of systems and processes in our business.
Identifying the problem is the easy part. Knowing how to fix it is quite another matter. We want to start process mapping but just don't know where to start. I'm familiar with the basic mechanics of a process map but am not sure what the next steps are or how it's supposed to fit into the bigger picture.
Can you recommend any good resources (books, papers, websites, etc) on process mapping that give a good description of the OVERALL process? I'm especially interested in knowing what to do after the process is mapped. Thannks much.
Hiram
www.cam-enviro.com
hiram.perez@cam-enviro.com
Thanks for the comment on the blog. I had very little to do with the design, just a good template from the collection at Blogger.
Process Mapping (and Re-engineering) could fill a lot of posts and blogs, and does.
A good starting point is: The Six Sigma Way Field Teambook by Pande, Neuman, and Cavanagh. Chapter 21 is a pretty good overview.
I'm going to post more general observations as a new thread.
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