Continuous Improvement/The Prototype
NOTOC {| 200px|left ||We work as a volunteer team, combining staff from the âcoordination communityâ and âagency programsâ, and staffed by NOAA Restoration Center. We operate a rudimentary continuous improvement effort with existing resources.
Our work involves four parts, that combine to enable the evolution of shared systems.
Local Teams, working in âgembaâ make âcomplaintsâ about âwasteâ in the âecosystem recovery systemâ. New complaints are integrated into a âbacklogâ of âclaimsâ by our coordinator community representatives (see our prototype Complaints Backlog), From this backlog, teams made of agency staff and local advocates form to develop and pursue a claim into an âimprovement effortâ using an âA3 processâ with opportunities for peer support. An A3 may be then be endorsed by âaffected institutionsâ and the ECB. Through shared advocacy among âfundersâ, a facilitator is supported to implement the improvement project, either operating funding or grants. The coordinator community and its facilitators, under the auspices of the ECB, in its support of the Leadership Council, track and evaluate complaints, our backlog of claims, and the efficacy of improvement projects.
Our focus in 2020 is on the Planning and Funding system. We are collaborating with the Align - Grant Coordination Workgroup which includes program managers that represent over $250 Million a year in state and federal grants and awards. We are working between Align and the Coordination Community to identify high value improvement targets from within our backlogâa strategic action plan. We are exploring the potential for streamlining the grant application process, building on the Conservation Project Budget Standards effort. We are examining the mechanisms that allow funding programs to easily aggregate funds to support improvements of shared interest.
Relationships
- related to: Marine Mammal Observations
- related to: align - grant coordination workgroup
- related to: conservation districts
- related to: continuous improvement
- related to: coordinated farmland protection
- related to: ecosystem services;forestry
- related to: lead entity coordinators
- related to: local integrating organizations
- related to: noaa restoration center
- related to: places
Source: Continuous Improvement/The Prototype on Salish Sea Wiki