Goals and Process Relationships

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Question of the month: What is the difference between projection goals and position goals?

The highlight of this month was the release of yet another procedures manual – the AS9100 Aerospace Policies & Procedures Manual. Our articles this month also talked about setting goals and understanding process relationships to achieve improvement.

Setting Goals

Goals are something we are all familiar with in our work or personal lives. There are really two ways to set goals: they can be something we strive for or something we start from. Most people are familiar with goals we strive for — we call this projection. But when we set a goal that is something we start from what is this called?

Process Relationships
and Improvement Opportunities

There is line of thinking that says that the greatest improvement opportunities can be found in the relationship between processes or manufacturing cells and not in the processes or cells themselves. This is in line with lean thinking which looks at the difference between value added and non-value added work. It is not unusual to find over half of our waste directly related to process relationships.

Read more about process relationships…

The New AS9100 Procedures Manual

The newest addition to our broad range of product and service offerings, the AS9100 Procedures Manual addresses quality, safety and reliability with easily editable aviation quality procedures. It explains the AS 9100 quality standard in detail and provides guidance in producing, writing and implementing a Quality Management Manual.

Read the announcement of the AS9100 Procedures Manual…

Goals can be either something we strive for or something we start from. Looking at goals as something we strive for is easy, but something we start from? That’s where the idea of identifying process relationships becomes important. Making changes on the process interactions may not be as obvious as working within a process. But since the end results (product, service, project output) require all processes to work collectively, how they work with each other is also extremely important.

On That Note

Answer to this month’s question:

Projection goals are something we strive for and are based on the premise that we first set a goal and determine the actions necessary to achieve it. So, the way we define the goal pre-determines the actions necessary – more resources, more processing, more analysis etc. Position goals, on the other hand are based on a position that we start from. It’s about getting inside a situation and finding the natural flow. In other words, you determine the natural forces of flow or the starting point of the situation and use this flow to achieve the results you desire.

While position goal calls for identifying the situation’s potential or starting point, projection goal is about creating an action plan to achieve it.

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Regards,
Chris
Bizmanualz, Inc.

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