due on 09/21/2016- 1000 words essay with graphic- APA style - Use rubric and Sample

Criteria Description Summary

Novice (0 pts.): No effort evaluating how to apply lessons learned or follow directions

Developing

Proficient

Advanced

1.  Select One Process to Map - Do not pick a huge project nor a process outside ability control to support later implementation of at least one improvement or change to the process.

(+0.6 pt.) Picked a project that may be too overwhelming (should reduce the scope and have more control)  .

(+1.3) Picked a project within the scope, but may struggle with implementation (may need to only make recommendations).

(+2) Picked a project to support the scope of this class.  Have the ability to implement changes to the process.

2. Assign Ownership and Roles - Identify family, co-workers, or other stakeholders. Explain project to them for approval (share specific steps and timeline).  Obtain agree to provide support on necessary input to complete the assignments.

(+1 pt.) Missing key stakeholders and key details on each role.  Did not explain efforts to get their agreement and support.

(+2) Defined each stakeholder and their role (may have missed 1 or 1 vital detail).  Or did not explain efforts to get their agreement and support well.

(+3) Clearly defined stakeholders and explained efforts to get their agreement and support.   Clearly defined each stakeholder role.

3. Analyze Process Boundaries – Identify where this process starts and stops, as well as other processes that interface with this process.   

(+1 pt.) Weak  understanding of process boundaries and interfaces (too general)

(+2) Defined process start and stop boundaries, but missed some key interfaces or limitations.

(+3) Clearly explained the project boundaries or limitations for this improvement project.

4. Map Process - select any of 1 tool. Map should be detailed enough that others could follow your process and have the same result.

(+3.3) Did not visually map the process (provided an outline or written summary).  Or may have lacked sufficient detail. Or may have not provided any measures or metrics for the current process.

(+6.7) Covered the advanced requirements but may have missed 1 key output/customer, input/supplier, or tasks/decisions.  May have not used tool correctly.  May have only collected 1-2 measures or metrics.

(+10) Clearly illustrated process:

1. a.  outputs and customers

b. inputs and suppliers

1. c.  tasks and decisions to transform inputs into the outputs

d. 3 objectives with actual measures or metrics for current process

5. Verify Accuracy - Walk through the process definition and metrics with other process owners or stakeholder to verify and update for submission.

(+0.6 pt.) Weakly explained effort to verify and finalize with stakeholders (agreement vital).

(+1.3) May have missed 1 stakeholder (had issues in criteria 2 that may have impacted this).

(+2) Clearly explained how process was verified with other process owners or stakeholders.

6. Identify Lessons Learned - Include challenges and experiences (generalize what you learned for use in later process improvement projects). 

(+0.6 pt.) Very limited reflection of lessons learned.

(+1.3) Reflected on challenges and experiences, but missed some generalization to support future process improvement projects.

(+2) Clearly reflected on assignment challenges and experiences generalizing for future process improvement projects.

7. APA Format - Considered punctuation, grammar, spelling, paragraph/sentence structure, citations, references.  Ideally followed example paper using section/sub-sections, figure/table number/title, 1.5-2 line spacing, 1 in. margins, running header with page number, etc.

(+1 pt.) Weakly demonstrated APA format missing many of the expectations shown in the example paper.

(+2) Demonstrated APA format fairly well, but missed a couple of the expectations as shown in the example paper.

(+3) Effectively demonstrated APA format.  Included further expectations similar to example paper for format.

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