DMADV is an acronym for Define, Measure, Analyze, Design and Verify. The last 2 stages of the DMAIC process are replaced with Design and Verify to indicate that you design the best process and verify that it is the best process. A lot of companies will not use this acronym and prefer to keep DMAIC clearly stated.
There are two basic types of roles and responsibilities that employees should be expected to assume and to be evaluated on. The first role is that of technical expert. The employee must be able to do the work well. The second type is the social role that involves the management of the processes of the team. Both roles are important to the team's success and performance improvement. In his book, Building Productive Teams, Glenn H. Varney explains the importance of clarifying the roles of team members.
Duties and roles are diversifying Administrative professionals still perform much of the conventional duties that have long been part of the profession, but many more tasks have been added to the mix.