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Implementing Process Change in Crime Laboratories: Basing Change on Process Mapping Analyses

October 14–15, 2008
Ames, Iowa

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The Midwest Forensics Resource Center offers the NIJ-sponsored course Implementing Process Change in Crime Laboratories. The course is designed for public crime laboratory managers and administrators, quality managers and others responsible for laboratory or section operations.

What You’ll Learn

Learn how process mapping works as part of crime laboratory management, and understand the steps required to increase efficiency in your lab.

You will learn:

  • How a process management cycle works.
  • How to map out a laboratory process.
  • How common process mapping tools are used.
  • How to collect and assess process-performance data.  
  • How to analyze process mapping data.
  • How to identify process improvement opportunities.
  • How to plan, test and implement a process improvement.
  • How to track process change.
Date Entered: August 14, 2008