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.
The role of tacit andexplicit knowledge inthe workplace Elizabeth A. Smith Introduction People have always passed their accumulatedknowledge and commercial wisdom on tofuture generations by telling stories abouttheir thoughts, work and experiences.ompanies that dealsuccessfully with this tension use the varioustypes of tacit and explicit knowledge to their318 The role of tacit and explicit knowledge in the workplace Elizabeth A. Smith Journal of Knowledge ManagementVolume5.Number4.2001.311Â±321.