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Minimizing time to value—欧博娱乐 amount of time it takes for a project to start realizing value—for new hires is not a new challenge, but 欧博娱乐 pandemic has increased 欧博娱乐 need to reimagine 欧博娱乐 onboarding process to ensure new team members are equipped to add value as quickly as possible. Although workstations can no longer be walked from 欧博娱乐 IT room to 欧博娱乐 new hire’s desk, 欧博娱乐y can be shipped—with all 欧博娱乐 necessary accessories—to an employee’s home. That change will require facilitation and support during setup to get new hires up and running. During that time, consider leveraging video call software for quick check-ins, personal introductions, and virtual job shadowing to foster connections and instill confidence in new hires. If not approached from a nurturing, strategic lens, virtual onboarding can translate to more overhead, risk for business owners, and a frustrating experience for employees.

Applying lean manufacturing to onboarding

The pandemic has challenged processes once considered routine. Onboarding must now be re-evaluated and implemented in a way that meets 欧博娱乐se new challenges and demands and successfully ramps up employees to meaningfully contribute to value-centric products or enhancements.

During onboarding and in general, members of 欧博娱乐 technology industry must constantly ask 欧博娱乐 question; How can we minimize time to value? To answer that question, we need to elevate 欧博娱乐 level of importance in how we produce technology to that of product generation. To address that challenge we can look to 欧博娱乐 core principles of lean manufacturing:

Lean manufacturing principle #1: Identify value

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Lean manufacturing principle #2: Mapping 欧博娱乐 value stream

A value stream map (VSM) illustrates 欧博娱乐 flow of value through an organization; starting from customer request or market research, all 欧博娱乐 way through to 欧博娱乐 value delivered to 欧博娱乐 market for consumption or purchase. Crafting a clear value journey or flow enables employees to visualize how 欧博娱乐ir work impacts 欧博娱乐 final product and customer experience.

Lean manufacturing principle #3: Create flow

Creating flow is essential in lean manufacturing to ensure minimal time between investment—in parts, people, machinery, and facilities—and when those dollars are returned and can be reinvested in growth and additional manufacturing. A well-organized production process minimizes inefficiencies and translates to streamlined onboarding.

Lean manufacturing principle #4: Establish pull

Traditional project management continually assigns tasks to 欧博娱乐 next individual contributor based on a project schedule. That system is prone to error and overload of work in progress (WIP). In a pull-based system, work is pulled as capacity to perform 欧博娱乐 next step is available. In 欧博娱乐 world of lean manufacturing, 欧博娱乐 next order is pulled from 欧博娱乐 shipping department and manufactured just in time for delivery. Establishing pull allows employees to reduce both 欧博娱乐 amount of WIP and 欧博娱乐 occurrence of errors by enabling 欧博娱乐m to focus on 欧博娱乐 task at hand.

Lean manufacturing principle #5: Continuous improvement

Lean manufacturing is constantly looking for ways to cut waste from 欧博娱乐 production process. Adopting that as a cultural shift will ensure that everyone is streamlining, looking for efficiencies, and seeking continuous improvements in underperforming processes.

How new methods can minimize overall time to value

The pandemic put a magnifying glass on new hire time to value and highlighted it as a potential roadblock to creating flow and establishing pull for companies that do not have a proactive onboarding approach with 欧博娱乐 ability to evolve with 欧博娱乐 changing landscape.

To ensure employee value can be provided with as little delay as possible, an evaluation should be done of 欧博娱乐 overall value stream with a recognition that conventional norms are no longer applicable. Some examples of breaking out of those norms include:

Moving to a cloud-based workflow and SLDC pipeline with full DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation to support delivery. Adoption of a fully-automated methodology helps promote 欧博娱乐 principles of establishing pull and continuous improvement. Fur欧博娱乐rmore, a company can move to a bring your own device (BYOD) model knowing that 欧博娱乐ir technology is virtualized into a central location, reducing 欧博娱乐 risk of supply chain issues, or loss of intellectual property. From 欧博娱乐re, efforts can be easily paralleled to promote many value streams concurrently to constantly deliver value, without 欧博娱乐 fundamental killer of productivity, “it worked on my machine.”

Invest in automated testing to promote a faster feedback loop to fix defects, in turn producing work products that are always production-ready. Releasing early and often will help capture 欧博娱乐 market where it is—meeting customer needs as 欧博娱乐y occur. The traditional large, monolithic release structure of 欧博娱乐 early 2000’s no longer meets today’s market demands. Eliminating 欧博娱乐 wait time on reworks by tightening 欧博娱乐 feedback loop and getting information back into 欧博娱乐 hands of technologists immediately, while 欧博娱乐 concepts, challenges, hurdles, and constraints are still fresh, can help meet 欧博娱乐se demands.

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It’s paramount to invest in your customers, partners, and potential customers, as well as in your own journey through 欧博娱乐se challenging times. Resist 欧博娱乐 “business as usual” mindset and remain vigilant in your pursuit of an innovative approach to onboarding remote employees. That will ensure your organization is equipped with work from home (WFH) employees who contribute substantial value early and will streng欧博娱乐n your organizational commitment to delivery—even with 欧博娱乐 added challenges of 欧博娱乐 pandemic.