Systems Thinking A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition
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What happens when the design conditions change? What is collaborative systems thinking? What kind of thought process did you go through? How do you better integrate research and practice? Where are you on the journey to systemsness ?
This astounding Systems Thinking self-assessment will make you the accepted Systems Thinking domain authority by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Systems Thinking challenge.
How do I reduce the effort in the Systems Thinking work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Systems Thinking task and that every Systems Thinking outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Systems Thinking costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Systems Thinking advice instantly with structured going-forward plans?
There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Systems Thinking essentials are covered, from every angle: the Systems Thinking self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Systems Thinking outcomes are achieved.
Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Systems Thinking practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Systems Thinking are maximized with professional results.
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- Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation
- In-depth and specific Systems Thinking Checklists
- Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation
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Systems Thinking A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition - Gerardus Blokdyk
Systems Thinking
Complete Self-Assessment Guide
The guidance in this Self-Assessment is based on Systems Thinking best practices and standards in business process architecture, design and quality management. The guidance is also based on the professional judgment of the individual collaborators listed in the Acknowledgments.
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Unless you’re talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions.
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You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria:
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•The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard, and...
•Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation
•In-depth specific Checklists covering the topic
•Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation
INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES
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Purpose of this Self-Assessment
This Self-Assessment has been developed to improve understanding of the requirements and elements of Systems Thinking, based on best practices and standards in business process architecture, design and quality management.
It is designed to allow for a rapid Self-Assessment to determine how closely existing management practices and procedures correspond to the elements of the Self-Assessment.
The criteria of requirements and elements of Systems Thinking have been rephrased in the format of a Self-Assessment questionnaire, with a seven-criterion scoring system, as explained in this document.
In this format, even with limited background knowledge of Systems Thinking, a manager can quickly review existing operations to determine how they measure up to the standards. This in turn can serve as the starting point of a ‘gap analysis’ to identify management tools or system elements that might usefully be implemented in the organization to help improve overall performance.
How to use the Self-Assessment
On the following pages are a series of questions to identify to what extent your Systems Thinking initiative is complete in comparison to the requirements set in standards.
To facilitate answering the questions, there is a space in front of each question to enter a score on a scale of ‘1’ to ‘5’.
1 Strongly Disagree
2 Disagree
3 Neutral
4 Agree
5 Strongly Agree
Read the question and rate it with the following in front of mind:
‘In my belief,
the answer to this question is clearly defined’.
There are two ways in which you can choose to interpret this statement;
1.how aware are you that the answer to the question is clearly defined
2.for more in-depth analysis you can choose to gather evidence and confirm the answer to the question. This obviously will take more time, most Self-Assessment users opt for the first way to interpret the question and dig deeper later on based on the outcome of the overall Self-Assessment.
A score of ‘1’ would mean that the answer is not clear at all, where a ‘5’ would mean the answer is crystal clear and defined. Leave emtpy when the question is not applicable or you don’t want to answer it, you can skip it without affecting your score. Write your score in the space provided.
After you have responded to all the appropriate statements in each section, compute your average score for that section, using the formula provided, and round to the nearest tenth. Then transfer to the corresponding spoke in the Systems Thinking Scorecard on the second next page of the Self-Assessment.
Your completed Systems Thinking Scorecard will give you a clear presentation of which Systems Thinking areas need attention.
Systems Thinking
Scorecard Example
Example of how the finalized Scorecard can look like:
Systems Thinking
Scorecard
Your Scores:
BEGINNING OF THE
SELF-ASSESSMENT:
Table of Contents
About The Art of Service7
Included Resources - how to access7
Purpose of this Self-Assessment9
How to use the Self-Assessment10
Systems Thinking
Scorecard Example12
Systems Thinking
Scorecard13
BEGINNING OF THE
SELF-ASSESSMENT:14
CRITERION #1: RECOGNIZE15
CRITERION #2: DEFINE:25
CRITERION #3: MEASURE:38
CRITERION #4: ANALYZE:51
CRITERION #5: IMPROVE:63
CRITERION #6: CONTROL:80
CRITERION #7: SUSTAIN:91
Systems Thinking and Managing Projects, Criteria for Project Managers:131
1.0 Initiating Process Group: Systems Thinking132
1.1 Project Charter: Systems Thinking134
1.2 Stakeholder Register: Systems Thinking136
1.3 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix: Systems Thinking137
2.0 Planning Process Group: Systems Thinking139
2.1 Project Management Plan: Systems Thinking141
2.2 Scope Management Plan: Systems Thinking143
2.3 Requirements Management Plan: Systems Thinking145
2.4 Requirements Documentation: Systems Thinking147
2.5 Requirements Traceability Matrix: Systems Thinking149
2.6 Project Scope Statement: Systems Thinking151
2.7 Assumption and Constraint Log: Systems Thinking153
2.8 Work Breakdown Structure: Systems Thinking155
2.9 WBS Dictionary: Systems Thinking157
2.10 Schedule Management Plan: Systems Thinking160
2.11 Activity List: Systems Thinking162
2.12 Activity Attributes: Systems Thinking164
2.13 Milestone List: Systems Thinking166
2.14 Network Diagram: Systems Thinking168
2.15 Activity Resource Requirements: Systems Thinking170
2.16 Resource Breakdown Structure: Systems Thinking172
2.17 Activity Duration Estimates: Systems Thinking174
2.18 Duration Estimating Worksheet: Systems Thinking176
2.19 Project Schedule: Systems Thinking178
2.20 Cost Management Plan: Systems Thinking180
2.21 Activity Cost Estimates: Systems Thinking182
2.22 Cost Estimating Worksheet: Systems Thinking184
2.23 Cost Baseline: Systems Thinking186
2.24 Quality Management Plan: Systems Thinking188
2.25 Quality Metrics: Systems Thinking190
2.26 Process Improvement Plan: Systems Thinking192
2.27 Responsibility Assignment Matrix: Systems Thinking194
2.28 Roles and Responsibilities: Systems Thinking196
2.29 Human Resource Management Plan: