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Hurry up and wait a sec

“Hey, can you go implement sustainable improvement real quick?”

The pressure is immediately there to hurry up and get started without really thinking through resources.  At most companies, people in roles just like yours struggle with supporting, leading or adding value to teams intended to sustain improvement through Operational Excellence (OpEx). 

When we talk about “scope” in operational excellence, the important concept applies at two levels. One use of scope occurs at a project level, where scope is an essential part of the project charter, and helps to keep the project on task and in control for budget and timing until its completion.

Today’s topic, however, is about a higher-level scope, aligning with the entire OpEx vision and strategy. We can break this into several dimensions dealing with “where” and “when.”