5.12 Implement continuous improvement procedures
Business Strategy And Product Management
Continuously improve projects through regular reviews and iteration, integrating technical debt and security management, determining if new or existing functionality is required.
Criteria
- Continuous improvement: Human-testable
Establish policies and practices to enable continuous improvement and resource practices appropriately to support these efforts over time.- 6 stages of continuous improvement and why it is important
- Continuous Improvement Toolkit
- Cradle to Cradle
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 1.4 – Strategy (Regular Reviews)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 2.6 – Specifications (Design Review)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.1 – Architecture (Impact Reduction)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.4 – Architecture (Supplied Updates)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.5 – Architecture (Patch Updates)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.6 – Architecture (Incremental Updates)
- GR491 – 1-3006 – Planned Sustainability Improvements
- GR491 – 2-3012 – Iterative Validation Process
- GR491 – 5-3031 – Decision Making
- GR491 – 7-3053 – Continuous Improvement
- How B Corp Certification Guides Rituals on a Journey of Continuous Improvement
- Measuring Web Performance
- Measuring Web Performance in 2023
- The overlooked environmental footprint of increasing Internet use
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 8 – Economics & Work
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 16 – Sustainable Society
- What Is Continuous Improvement? The Complete Guide
- Retrospectives conducted: Human-testable
Review deliverables and update frequency to ensure project teams have enough time to conduct user research, identify technical debt, and produce high-quality output as well as share what they learned.- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 1.4 – Strategy (Regular Reviews)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 2.6 – Specifications (Design Review)
- GR491 – 2-3012 – Iterative Validation Process
- GR491 – 5-3031 – Decision Making
- How Often Are Sprint Reviews Conducted? A Guide to Timing and Best Practices
- SCRUM Guide
- Sprint length in Scrum
- The Impact Of Agile Methodologies On Code Quality
- Iterative consideration: Machine-testable
Display a track record of continuous improvement (iteration) processes to analyze the digital product or service. Simultaneously address any potential consequences of ongoing experimentation, such as technical debt, product performance, and emissions. Analytics are limited to strictly necessary features that aid decision-making, encouraging user feedback, and comparing performance against business goals and user needs.- An Introduction to Growth Driven Design (PDF)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.4 – Architecture (Supplied Updates)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.5 – Architecture (Patch Updates)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.6 – Architecture (Incremental Updates)
- GR491 – 1-3006 – Planned Sustainability Improvements
- GR491 – 2-3012 – Iterative Validation Process
- GR491 – 5-3031 – Decision Making
- GR491 – 7-3053 – Continuous Improvement
- Growth Driven Design
- On Long Term Software Development
- The Design Process
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 8 – Economics & Work
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 16 – Sustainable Society
- Functionality decisions: Human-testable
Justify and prioritize the retention of existing features, the creation of new functionality, and the decommissioning or elimination of unused functionality or low-traffic content throughout the product’s life cycle on a case-by-case basis.- A guide to feature sunset and product decommissioning
- Demystifying digital dark matter
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 1.4 – Strategy (Regular Reviews)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.1 – Architecture (Impact Reduction)
- GR491 – 5-3032 – Functionality Use Policy
- GR491 – 5-3036 – Necessary Analytics
- GR491 – 7-3049 – Behavior and Feedback
- Kill unused features
- The Sustainable UX Design Toolkit
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 8 – Economics & Work
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 16 – Sustainable Society
- Using UX Design to Build a Sustainable Future
- When and How to Sunset a Product or a Feature Gracefully
- Security updates: Machine-testable
Provide corrective security and policy updates during the product or service life cycle. These should be distinguished from more extensive evolutionary updates.- Best Practices for Material Updates to Your Privacy Policy
- Device security guidance
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 1.4 – Strategy (Regular Reviews)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.1 – Architecture (Impact Reduction)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.4 – Architecture (Supplied Updates)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.5 – Architecture (Patch Updates)
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 3.6 – Architecture (Incremental Updates)
- GR491 – 7-3053 – Continuous Improvement
- How to Design a Sustainable Data Strategy
- Vulnerability management
- Web Almanac: Sustainability
- Skills and maintenance: Human-testable
Develop sustainable product and data strategies using appropriate training techniques. These should help your team build capacity and learn new skills to manage and maintain products and services over time.- An Introduction to Corporate Sustainability Training
- GPF – General Policy Framework (PDF) – 1.4 – Strategy (Regular Reviews)
- GR491 – 2-3015 – Reference Materials
- GR491 – 1-4002 – Sustainable Commitment
- Green Upskilling
- How to Facilitate More Sustainable Design Workshops
- How to Motivate People Toward Sustainability
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 4 – Education
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 8 – Economics & Work
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 12 – Consumption & Production
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 13 – Climate Change
- United Nations SDGS – Goal 16 – Sustainable Society
Benefits
- Accessibility
Adopting an iterative approach supports inclusive design, providing the agility and adaptability for organizations to expand their accessibility. - Conversion
Providing a reliable user experience boosts user trust, encouraging repeat business. - Economic
Ensuring agility and continuous improvement helps organizations be more resilient in the face of disruption and a changing climate. Long-term, these practices save the organization time, money, and resources. - Environment
Focusing on continuous improvement reduces waste and energy use by iteratively identifying opportunities to improve the product or service. - Operations
Fostering a culture of experimentation encourages innovation. This supports team building and improves overall organizational resilience and efficiency. - Performance
Establishing good review processes reduces buildup of technical debt. Focusing on continuous improvement rather than large single-scale releases means bottlenecks can be resolved, and they become apparent. This is helpful as new third-party tools, and software can affect performance without adaptation. - Privacy
Having a high-quality, regularly updated product or service will reduce the chances of a data breach, which improves privacy. - Security
Ensuring products or services are maintained and updated over time reduces risk and improves security.
GRI
- Materials: High
- Energy: High
- Water: High
- Emissions: High