Comments on: Some recommended books http://rivamethod.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/some-recommended-books/ A website for the community of users of the Riva business process management method Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:45:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Steve Yates http://rivamethod.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/some-recommended-books/#comment-26 Steve Yates Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:45:23 +0000 http://rivamethod.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-26 Hi David, I have not read this blog for a while but I am interested in your experience of applying lean thinking to the process architecure and units of work in RIVA. I have worked with Martyn who has helped me adopt RIVA into our organisation and I would like to build on this work by applying lean concepts to the RIVA work. Are you able to say more? Hi David,

I have not read this blog for a while but I am interested in your experience of applying lean thinking to the process architecure and units of work in RIVA. I have worked with Martyn who has helped me adopt RIVA into our organisation and I would like to build on this work by applying lean concepts to the RIVA work. Are you able to say more?

]]> By: steveyates1 http://rivamethod.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/some-recommended-books/#comment-23 steveyates1 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:15:50 +0000 http://rivamethod.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-23 David, Sorry not to have been around for a while. I have worked with Martyn in implementing RIVA in my organisation. I would be interested to know more about how you are applying lean thinking using the Process Architecture and UOW diagrams. I would have thought you may have neeed to got RADs to do this? David,

Sorry not to have been around for a while. I have worked with Martyn in implementing RIVA in my organisation. I would be interested to know more about how you are applying lean thinking using the Process Architecture and UOW diagrams. I would have thought you may have neeed to got RADs to do this?

]]> By: David Madigan http://rivamethod.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/some-recommended-books/#comment-17 David Madigan Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:02:17 +0000 http://rivamethod.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-17 This is exactly how we are beginning to apply the Riva method. The process architecture diagrams are an excellent tool for looking at the flow of value through an organisation and in particular for ensuring that all work done by an organisation can be connected to value demand. We do however struggle with the distinction between essential and designed units of work. Initially, we tend to take the view that if the organisation feels that the work is essential then we will accept this position. By applying the ideas of Lean Thinking to the resulting unit of work and process architecture diagrams we can then search for and engineer out units of work that on more rigorous analysis no longer appear to be fundamental. Similarly, the unit of work diagrams and process architecture diagrams can be used to determine how much work is created by failure demand and start to understand the root causes of the failure demand to engineer out this non-value adding work. This is exactly how we are beginning to apply the Riva method. The process architecture diagrams are an excellent tool for looking at the flow of value through an organisation and in particular for ensuring that all work done by an organisation can be connected to value demand.
We do however struggle with the distinction between essential and designed units of work. Initially, we tend to take the view that if the organisation feels that the work is essential then we will accept this position. By applying the ideas of Lean Thinking to the resulting unit of work and process architecture diagrams we can then search for and engineer out units of work that on more rigorous analysis no longer appear to be fundamental.
Similarly, the unit of work diagrams and process architecture diagrams can be used to determine how much work is created by failure demand and start to understand the root causes of the failure demand to engineer out this non-value adding work.

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