Discussion: Workflow Analysis Aims
Discussion: Workflow Analysis Aims
Question Description
Workflow analysis seeks to identify workflow patterns that maximize the efficient use of resources while minimizing activities that add no value. A variety of tools are available to analyze process workflow and identify potential waste elimination avenues. Flowcharts are a basic and widely used workflow analysis method that can help identify areas that need to be streamlined.
In this Assignment, you choose a common event that occurs frequently in your organization and draw a flowchart to represent the workflow. You examine the process diagram and make suggestions for improvement.
To get ready:
Determine a common, simple event that occurs frequently in your organization and that you would like to evaluate.
Consider creating a flowchart to represent the current workflow.
Consider what metrics you would use to assess the efficacy of the current workflow and identify waste.
To finish:
Create a 3- to 5-page paper that includes the following information:
Make a simple flowchart of the activity you’ve chosen. (For an example, see the Sample Workflow of Answering a Telephone in an
Office document in this week’s Learning Resources.)
Following that, in your paper:
Explain the process you’ve drawn.
Determine the following for each step or decision point in the process:
Who is responsible for this step? (It could be a group.)
What technology is employed?
What policies and rules govern how, when, why, and where the step is carried out?
What information is required to carry out this step?
Describe the metric that is currently used to assess the workflow’s soundness. Is it efficient?
Describe any areas where improvements could be made and propose changes to the workflow that would result in these improvements.
Explain why it is critical to be aware of the flow of an activity.
For your paper, remember to include a cover page, introduction, and summary.
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You should proofread your paper. However, do not rely solely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part, and your grade will suffer as a result. Papers with a high number of misspelled words and grammatical errors will be penalized. Before submitting your paper, go over it in silence and then aloud, and make any necessary changes. It is often beneficial to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Uncorrected mistakes are preferable to handwritten corrections.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point typeface (10 to 12 characters per inch). Smaller or compressed type, as well as papers with narrow margins or single spacing, are difficult to read. It is preferable to allow your essay to exceed the recommended number of pages rather than attempting to compress it into fewer pages.
Large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are also unacceptable, waste trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced, and have a one-inch margin on all four sides of each page. When submitting hard copies, use white paper and print with dark ink. It will be difficult to follow your argument if it is difficult to read your essay.