Operational Excellence

Question 1

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word summary in which you address the following points:

• Describe briefly at least two core elements of lean that you personally can use to improve your selected organization.
• Compare/contrast four operational excellence approaches (Six Sigma, TQM, Theory of Constraints, ISO, etc.) for a lean enterprise using the simple matrix.

Note: The matrix will need to be included in your paper.

• Evaluate how your selected organization’s vision statement supports lean. If the organization’s vision statement does not support lean, re-write it so that it does, and describe how your new version of the vision supports lean along with a comparison of the old and new forms.
• Assess how lean enterprises and/or other operational excellence initiatives/approaches can help lead an organization through change.

Use a minimum of three different references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Question 2

1.Explain how an organizational project management maturity model enables the project management office to manage projects.

2.Develop a cost alternative analysis summary report for having a Disaster Recovery infrastructure hosted in Microsoft Azure and Amazon.

3.Your organization has 20 servers running Windows 2016, 2 cores, 8 CPU, 32 GB of memory, and 10 TB of data storage requirement.

4.Ensure you provide the cost of each solution along with your recommendation of which cloud provider should host the Disaster Recovery site.