April 22-23, 2012Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Rochester
Quality Improvement for Documentation
Case Study: CDO Product Delivery
CDO Technologies, Inc. 5200 Springfield St. Dayton, OH 45431 937-258-0022
Presentation Overview
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This presentation covers:• Who are we?• What is our quality improvement program?• How do we handle documentation?• How do we measure success for
documentation?• Results
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Who are we?
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Who are we?
Our company.
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Who are we?
Our department.
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Who are we?
Our stakeholders
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What is our quality improvement program?
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Why have a quality improvement program?
Goals
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What is our quality improvement program?
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
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How does our quality improvement program work?
CMMI Maturity Levels
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How do we measure success?
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How do we handle documentation?
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The Product Delivery Process Description
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The Product DeliveryManagement Procedures
Product Delivery Standards
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• Style Guide• Templates• Job Aids
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How do we measure success for
documentation?
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How do we measure success?
The Product Delivery Measurement Plan
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What data do we track?
For quality improvement, we track:• Number of pages• Planned versus actual hours• Type of work• Lessons learned
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Where do we store our the data?
The Product Delivery Metrics Log
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ROM and LOE Estimates
How do we use our data?
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How do we report performance?
The Product Delivery Performance Report
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Results
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Using standards saves CDO time
2008 2009 2010 2011 Overall0.0
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5.9 5.7 5.4
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2.0 2.63.7 3.2
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Average Pages Reviewed and Edited per Hour
Documents that comply with department standards.Documents that don't comply with department standards.Variance
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Using standards saves moneyExample: Cost to edit 100 pages.
Compliant Non-Compliant
Average pages per hour edited 5.4 PPH 2.6 PPH
Hours needed to edit 100 pages 18.5 38.5
x Hourly cost $50 $50
Editing cost per 100 pages $926 $1,923
Cost difference at $50/hour $997
Cost difference at $100/hour $1,994
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Using historical data enables accurate estimating
2008 2009 2010 2011 Overall-1000
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Estimating Accuracy
Planned Actual VarianceHours
Lessons Learned
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For quality outcomes, these are critical:• Communication• Schedules• Standards
Best Practices
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For quality outcomes, these are critical:• Project kickoff meetings• Entering documents in our scheduling tool• Following documentation standards
Questions?
Louise Tincher, Senior Technical Writer937-476-225
CDO Technologies, Inc. 5200 Springfield St. Dayton, OH 45431 937-258-0022
Supporting Materials
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Other quality improvement programs
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ISO Kaizen SixSigma
April 22-23, 2012Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
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