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OAS – 07 – 001 (3W) Project Title : Enhancing the Effectiveness of the OAS e-NewsletterChampion : Mr. Larry S.H. SimTeam Leader : Cathy Reyes-AngusAsst. Team Leader: Alice LimMembers : Philip Gutierrez, Sheila Lyn Sanga, Edzen Garcia, Danny Santos, Julie Mendoza
Project Charter DEFINE BUSINESS CASE One of the targets set in the 2007 Departmental Scorecard is to ensure that OAS objectives and programs are understood and appreciated (T14). How do we hit this target? By continuously enhancing strategic communications and promoting OAS branding (SP14). How do we enhance departmental communication and the OAS brand? By enhancing the effectiveness of our departmental communication tools, one of which is the OAS e-Newsletter: the official internal newsletter of the department. Taking off from the BSC strategic objectives, it is critical to evaluate the effectiveness of the e-Newsletter and find out if it’s meeting its primary objective of keeping OAS staff informed and updated. For purpose of this project, we shall focus on the effectiveness, which will be measured based on the visit duration recorded for the 8 and 22 June 2007 issues of the OAS e-Newsletter.
Project Charter DEFINE PROBLEM STATEMENT Data were collected for the last 2 issues of the e-Newsletter – i.e., 8 and 22 June. Visit duration was monitored and generated by WebTrends – a software used to monitor the user’s online activity. On 8 June issue, 73% of the population registered a visit duration of 0-1 minute. On 22 June issue, 67% of the population registered a visit duration of 0-1 minute. The data indicate that majority of the population do not view the e-Newsletter longer than 1 minute. This also shows that they do not read the entire content of the e-Newsletter and that the activity level by length of visit is low.
Project Charter DEFINE • The data gathered during those periods showed that there is no • problem in terms of staff interest and awareness (i.e., staff opening the • e-Newsletter) about the e-Newsletter. • 8 June issue = 168 visits or 94% • 22 June issue = 146 visits or 82% • However, opening the e-Newsletter does not necessarily mean that the • tool is read or is read thoroughly. This also does not serve as a good • basis to measure the tool’s effectiveness in meeting its objectives of • keeping the staff informed and updated of the department’s activities. • Hence, we focused on visit duration or the length of time that the staff • member reads the entire e-Newsletter page.
Project Charter DEFINE 8 June 2007 Issue – 73%
Project Charter DEFINE 22 June 2007 Issue – 67%
Project Charter DEFINE GOAL STATEMENT • To evaluate the effectiveness of the e-Newsletter by monitoring the population’s visit duration. • To enhance the effectiveness of the e-Newsletter by increasing the visit duration to > 2 minutes. • To identify other creative ways to enhance the effectiveness of the e-Newsletter while ensuring its alignment with the departmental BSC objectives.
Project Charter DEFINE OPERATIONAL DEFINITION Effectiveness– the length of visit registered per issue of the e-Newsletter. Visit duration– the number of minutes the e-Newsletter was viewed.
Highlevelprocessmap DETERMINING CONTENT: Collates inputs from OAS Divisions Week 1 ENCODING: Notes version is prepared. Week 2 DEFINE START PREPARATION OF 1ST DRAFT: for PD, OAS’ initial comments / edits. COLLECTION OF GRAPHICS, PHOTOS and LINKS: Images and other documents are collated. REVISION 1: Second/edited draft prepared for OAS Directors and Head, PCU final review /inputs REVISION 2: Notes version prepared for PD’s final review/edits. REVISION 3, if any PUBLICATION: Approved e-Newsletter is published END
CTQ Matrix DEFINE
SIPOC Diagram DEFINE
MEASURE Data Collection Plan
Pareto chart 22 June 2007 MEASURE
Histogram Histogram of Duration of Visit MEASURE
Graphical Summary Non-Normal MEASURE
MEASURE Process Capability
ANALYZE RESULTS OF THE FGD CONDUCTED ON 11 MAY 2007
ANALYZE RESULTS OF THE FGD CONDUCTED ON 11 MAY 2007
ANALYZE RESULTS OF THE FGD CONDUCTED ON 11 MAY 2007
ANALYZE RESULTS OF THE FGD CONDUCTED ON 11 MAY 2007
ANALYZE RESULTS OF THE FGD CONDUCTED ON 11 MAY 2007
ANALYZE RESULTS OF THE FGD CONDUCTED ON 11 MAY 2007
ANALYZE RESULTS OF THE FGD CONDUCTED ON 11 MAY 2007 Why are they not staying on the e-Newsletter for more than 1 minute? • Text heavy/long articles – hard to read online • Small font size • Lack of human interest features/stories • Lack of graphics/images/photos • Lack of links to articles or websites about professional/personal improvement
ANALYZE FORM & CONTENT PROCESS Lack of human interest features Long news articles News items are not easily identified Small font size Inconsistent time of publishing Hard to read online Newsletter title is not catchy Lack of manpower Perceived duplication of content Lack of work-related links Lack of images Lack of staff with right skills Lack of photos No awareness campaign BG on online publishing Unbalanced layout “why” read the newsletter Readers stay for < 1 minute No time to read Server is not available Staff is busy with other matters Existence of system bug Heavy network traffic WORKLOAD SYSTEM & EQUIPMENT
ANALYZE FORM & CONTENT PROCESS C Lack of human interest features N C Long news articles News items are not easily identified C Small font size C Inconsistent time of publishing C Hard to read online N Newsletter title is not catchy Lack of manpower C Perceived duplication of content Lack of work-related links Lack of images N C Lack of staff with right skills Lack of photos No awareness campaign C BG on online publishing Unbalanced layout “why” read the newsletter Readers stay for < 1 minute C N N No time to read Server is not available Staff is busy with other matters N Existence of system bug N Heavy network traffic WORKLOAD SYSTEM & EQUIPMENT
ANALYZE FORM & CONTENT C Lack of human interest features C Long news articles Small font size C C Hard to read online Newsletter title is not catchy C Lack of work-related links Lack of images C Lack of photos Unbalanced layout Readers stay for < 1 minute C C Inconsistent time of publishing C No awareness campaign “why” read the newsletter PROCESS
IMPROVE Initial Results of Brainstorming of Proposed Solutions
ANALYZE RESULTS OF THE TEAM’S BRAINSTORMING Why are they not staying on the e-Newsletter for more than 1 minute? • Text heavy/long articles – hard to read online • Small font size • Lack of human interest features/stories • Lack of graphics/images/photos • Lack of links to articles or websites about professional/personal improvement
ANALYZE RESULTS OF THE FGD CONDUCTED ON 11 MAY 2007 Why are they not staying on the e-Newsletter for more than 1 minute? • Text heavy/long articles – hard to read online • Small font size • Lack of human interest features/stories • Lack of graphics/images/photos • Lack of links to articles or websites about professional/personal improvement
IMPROVE BEFORE AFTER PROBLEM #1. Text heavy/long blurbs
IMPROVE PROBLEM #2. Small fonts
IMPROVE PROBLEM #3. Lack of human interest features
IMPROVE PROBLEM #4. Lack of graphics/photos
IMPROVE PROBLEM #5. Lack of links to articles/websites about professional development.
IMPROVE Readers’ Feedback “This is really a beautiful issue and would attract readers to read from top to bottom! Congratulations. I like the cartoons...because it's true!” “OAS-Newsletter - nice issue! :)” “It's good to see that the inputs given in the FGD you conducted have been implemented in the latest OAS newsletter. The new layout and the incorporation of just the right mix of business news and "slice of life" items makes it an easy(ier) read. Am looking forward to see the forthcoming issues.” “Great work on the new layout. The expanded screen layout, looks better.” “I like that new feature wherein I can change the size of the font. Very user-friendly. But you may want to inform others of this great feature.”
IMPROVE Readers’ Feedback
IMPROVE Redesigned issue #1 20 July issue Note the shift of the majority from (0.75 = 0 to 1 min) to (1.50 = 1 to 2 min). However, it is still below the target of > 2 minutes.
Redesigned issue #1 20 July issue IMPROVE
IMPROVE Redesigned issue #1 20 July issue Z.Bench = 0.09
IMPROVE Redesigned issue #2 3 August issue Bar Chart of Duration of Visit The visit duration for the second redesigned issue (3 August) also increased. It shows an improvement over the baseline (i.e. -0.13).
IMPROVE Redesigned issue #2 3 August issue
IMPROVE Redesigned issue #2 3 August issue Z.Bench = 1.00
IMPROVE Redesigned issue #3 17 August
IMPROVE Redesigned issue #3 17 August