OS Flashcards
How will an operating model make teams more efficient?
Teamwork.
Become world class teams.
Consistency and agility.
What is consistency?
Enables basic and repeatable tasks to work seamlessly.
What is agility?
Respond quickly to business dynamics and customer needs.
Agility enables innovation and problem-solving activities, so that each team can make the most of opportunities and being powered to solve challenges locally.
Why is standardization good?
Processes and metrics can be bad for any business, if they are excessive or inappropriate.
Companies are getting more and more complex. They are more system taking place and this company is quickly become internally focused with people working harder and harder but it’s spending a lot of their time or no value adding activities.
Our operating model has a target to achieve the correct balance of standardization versus uniqueness .
Is a standard operating model applicable to all the divisions, and does one size fits all?
Well, one size does not fit. All we must recognize the common elements of the breaking model framework such as a standard organization, process ownership and digital enablement. Variations will have to be considered.
What is the metro map?
It is high-level representation of our operating model, showing organizational responsibilities colors, and the key workflows performed in the company. The metro stop.
It is the starting point to align everyone and organization on the same level of understanding and vocabulary related to our operations
What are key processes?
Keep processes are the next level of the tail under the metro map. They represent the minimum level of the tail needed to describe how a team of people work together on transactional and executional activities. They provide job description, as well as a complete picture of how the job interfaces with all other members of the team.

What are the key responsibilities as a process owner
Process owners are responsible for managing the key processes from end to end
Who owns the PL
 the division owns the PNL
Do the functions represent all employees
Yes, every employee will either belong to a function or a general manager
What are delivery functions?
Direct sales, PSDTLM tech project, engineer and tech delivery
What are enablement functions?
HSC, IT, FIEN, OS, HR, legal, P, and SC, SC, OI, marketing, and general management
What is the delivery function?
It is a function that is focused on delivering product and services to our clients, and it sits within a division, for example, PSD and direct sales
What is an enablement function?
It is a function that is focused on supporting the business, and may side within the division or outside the division at the basin. for example, HSE, IT, HR
How can we assess the organizational and process health of a Geo unit?
By the operating model maturity. ProCat audits.