Collaborative Process Improvement

Celeste LaBrunda Yeakley is an organizational leader with more than twenty years of experience in software/systems engineering and process improvement. Her career has spanned small to large companies including Motorola, Dialogic Corp. Dell Inc., and the University of Texas' Applied Research Laboratories. She is a broad-based team player with a proven skill set in focusing teams with creative and innovative business planning processes. She is accomplished in business strategy, business planning, team/project management (certificate in Software Project Management), software capability enhancements, and organizational leadership. Jeffrey D. Fiebrich is Software Quality Manager for Freescale Semiconductor. He is a member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and has received ASQ certification in Quality Auditing and in Software Quality Engineering. During his twenty-year career, he played significant roles in leading organizations in ISO, Capability Maturity Model, and Capability Maturity Model Integrated efforts in the United States, Europe, Mexico, Romania, Asia, and India.

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• List of Figures. Preface.How to Read This Book.Introduction.Special Thanks and Acknowledgments.Chapter 1. Your World-Understanding Your Situation and Preparing First Steps.Chapter 2. Welcome to the World-Establishing Advocates and Champions.Chapter 3. Drawing Your Map-Initiating your CPI Program.Chapter 4. World Vision-Training the Organization.Chapter 5. World Views-Addressing the Capital Q.Chapter 6. Around the World-Acknowledging Cultural Diversity.Chapter 7. Move Your World-Managing Change.Chapter 8. Rock Your World-Encouraging Process Perpetual Motion.Chapter 9. Your World of Influence-Sneezing and Spreading the Improvement Virus.Chapter 10. World Climate-Checking for Vital Signs.Chapter 11. World Health-Evaluating Progress.Chapter 12. World News-Rewarding and Recognizing Work.Chapter 13. Modern World-Building Meaningful Quality Pictures.Chapter 14. One World-Uniting Your Change Maps with the New World View.Definitions.Acronyms.References and Resources.Index.