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“The Value of Theory is the Ability to Predict”

 

Milton Friedman, Clayton Christensen

 

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 Consulting In Dallas Since 1998…

 

 

$300 million+ in Sales Gains,

 

$75 million+ in Cost Savings for Clients*

 

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Tom Ingram, PMP

tom@tomingraminc.com

 

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“How to Turn Computer Problems Into Competitive Advantage”

 

Published by The

Project Management Institute

 

Book Review by

Philip Crosby, Quality Pioneer

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(formerly Tycho Electric Connectors)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forgotten Software Fundamentals

 

(Examples Below)

 

Lean / Continuous Improvement Core Concepts

Fix The PROCESS First (Before & After)  

Touch Reduction

Value Stream Mapping

Touch Time

Use Cases – Top 5 Define 60%+ of Value

Rigorously Define Outcomes and Work to Be Done

Feature Cost-Benefit Triage

Eliminate Waste through Value Focused view of Value Stream

Requirements, Prototype, Minimum Viable Product

 

Rapid Prototyping

Experiment to Make Decisions

Architecture Mapping  See Newsletter #663  Link  

 

Visual Management

Make Invisible Visible – Especially Critical Problem Areas

Visual WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE (WBS)

GANTT Chart View – Makes Agile Understandable to Executives

Visual Management

Make Invisible Visible – Especially Critical Problem Areas

Agile Kanban Board / “TO DO, DOING, DONE”

Visual Management

Kanban

Release Plan / Product Road Map

Visual Management

Make Invisible Visible – Especially Critical Problem Areas

Disciplined Agile Requirements / Design / Develop / Test / Fix / Cyber Security / Deploy

Optimized Work Cells

Eliminate Waste

Eliminate Overproduction Demands

Earned Value – Best Method for “Software As Promised”

Small Batch Sizes, Value-Based (Pull) Acceptance, Lean Contracting, Lean Accounting

“PSPATICDAUBB” Reminder for AI Code Generation and No Code / Low Code Solutions

Streamlined Checklist Applied to “AI Vibe Coding” and “No Code / Low Code” User Programming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fix The PROCESS First

 

 Our Best “BEFORE and AFTER” Results

 

 

 

Before:  153 Steps to Create Legally Approved Default and Collection Notice

After:  153 Steps Reduced to 89 Steps.  $1,000,000 Upgrade of Old System Deferred for Years.  $500,000 in Cost Savings*.

After:  Cost per Default Notice Down from $600 to $90, Touches per Notice Down from 40 to 10*

 

 

 

Before:  300+ Step “Mega Process” Resulting from Nine Acquistions.  Dozens of Handoffs Between Systems and Departments, Angry Customers, Frustrated Employees…

 

After:  “Mega Process” Broken into 12 Primary Processes with Owners*

 

After:  $10 Million in Cost Savings Plus $30 Million Increased Revenue over Five Years.  Optimizing this Single Primary Process Created 80% of Savings and Revenue Gains.* 

 

 

 

 

Before:  81 Step Process Complex Quality / Nonconforming Materials Manual Process

 

After:  81 Step Process Reduced to 46 Steps. Process Mapped and Workflow Software Prototype Developed within 60 days.*

 

 

Before:  Order Processing Takes Five Days

 

After:  Order Processing Reduced to 1 ½ Days*

 

 

 

Before:  Enormous, Inefficient Audit / Compliance Mega Process

 

After:  Mega Process Broken into 18 Primary Processes

 

After:  Audit / Compliance Optimized Resulting in Five Year Payback of $1,750,000 for only $150,000*  

 

 

Before:  A “Black Hole” Technical Project for Video-Related Product

 

 

After:  Flailing Internet Project Brought Under Control, Capital Spending Reduced by $14 Million in Three Months.  Outside Services Bill Reduced from $700,000 to $400,000 in Three Weeks.*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use Cases – Top 5

 

Simple Example:

 

   (HMD=Helmet Mounted Display)

 

 

Complex Example:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature Cost-Benefit Triage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requirements, Prototype, Minimum Viable Product

 

(1,000 lines in spreadsheet to define requirements vs. PROTOTYPE =  FEEDBACK ON WHAT NOT WORKING, WHAT NEEDED)

 

Before:  42 Steps to Process a “Hot Lead”

After:  42 Steps Reduced to 5 Steps.  $30,000 Cost Results in $9 Million Expected Gross Profit Over 5 Years*.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Architecture Maps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visual WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE (WBS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gantt Chart View of Complex Work – Helps Executives Understand Scope and Dates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kanban Board / “TO DO, DOING, DONE” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Release Plan / Product Road Map

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disciplined Agile Design / Develop / Test / Fix / Cyber Security / Deploy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earned Value – Best Method for “Software As Promised”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Us in Dallas, Texas, USA at 972-503-9287 or tom@tomingraminc.com 

*Success stories, client quotes, estimated costs and benefits, names, faces, etc. are derived from actual projects

but may have been altered for simplicity, teaching purposes or to protect confidential information.

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