REFINING to be Models and Initiating Quick-Hit Plans
There is no firm rule on how many days should be allocated to developing TO BE solutions.
The agenda item on Day Two is to initiate quick-hit plans, one or two projects that will deliver fast ROI with a minimum of cultural change. There are two guidelines for this activity. First, the design team needs to prioritize the TO BE material flow solutions in a way that allows a certain number of changes to surface that can be acted on immediately without disruption to the greater effort.
The second guideline for initiating quick-hit plans is to effectively move ownership of quick-hit implementations to extended team members and others in the organization by developing a mini-charter. It’s like the original project charter, but specific to the quick hits. Elements of the mini-charter include a summary of the issue and root cause analyses; recomended changes; action plans, responsibility, and timing, beneficts as calculated in the opportunity spreadsheets;an implementation leader; implementation resources; and an implementation sponsor.