Personal Improvement Project QC HSCI 586 Fall 2005

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Project Goal  To curb my television viewing hours on a daily basis – Specifically, I would like to limit my television viewing to no more than 3 hours in a given 24 hour time period, for a total of 21 hours or less in a week

Process Owner Checklist Following is a checklist that I reviewed in determining if there were other process owners involved in this effort.  Do you share entertainment media with this person on a daily basis?  Do you see this person daily or live with this person?  Do you need to consider this person’s timetable as you think through yours?  Does this person accompany you in watching television?  Can this person’s decisions affect time of, equipment for, or other resources needed for your entertainment?  If you changed your environment (e.g. discarded your TV), would it affect this person?  Have you implicitly or explicitly given this person permission to make certain decisions on your behalf?  Does this person affect how and when you socialize with others?

Improvement Team  Based on the answers to the previous questions, I determined that there are no other individuals that are process owners  As I currently reside by myself, the solitary participant in this personal improvement effort is me  I am the only process owner involved in this project, and as a result, I am singularly accountable for any successes and failures.

Daily Routine (Monday) 12:30p -7a Sleep 7a – 8a Wake Up, Dress, & Shower 8a – 9a Drive to Work 9a – 5p Work 5p – 6:00p Drive to School 6:15p – 7:15p Study hour 7:20p – 10p HSCI p – 10:30p Drive Home 10:30p – 12:30a Watch TV

Daily Routine (Tuesday) 2:00a – 7:00a Sleep 7a – 8a Wake Up, Dress, & Shower 8a – 9a Drive to Work 9a – 5p Work 5p – 5:45p Drive to 2 nd Job 5:45p – 12:00a Work 12:00a – 12:45a Drive Home 12:45a – 2:00a Watch TV

Daily Routine (Wednesday) 12:30p -7a Sleep 7a – 8a Wake Up, Dress, & Shower 8a – 9a Drive to Work 9a – 5p Work 5p – 6:00p Drive to School 6:15p – 7:15p Study hour 7:20p – 10p HSCI p – 10:30p Drive Home 10:30p – 12:30a Watch TV

Daily Routine (Thursday) 12:30p -7a Sleep 7a – 8a Wake Up, Dress, & Shower 8a – 9a Drive to Work 9a – 5p Work 5p – 6:00p Drive to School 6:15p – 7:15p Study hour 7:20p – 10p PUAD p – 10:30p Drive Home 10:30p – 12:30a Watch TV

Daily Routine (Friday) 4:30a – 11:00a Sleep 7a – 8a Wake Up, Dress, & Shower 8a – 9a Drive to Work 9a – 5p Work 5p – 5:45p Drive to 2 nd Job 5:45p – 2:00a Work 2:00a – 2:45a Drive Home 2:45a – 4:30a Watch TV

Daily Routine (Saturday) 11a – 11:30a Wake Up, Dress, & Shower 11:30a – 4p Watch TV 4p – 5p Drive to 2 nd job 5p – 2a Work 2:00a – 2:45a Drive Home 2:45a – 5:00a Watch TV 5:00a – 10:30a Sleep

Daily Routine (Sunday) 9:45p – 6:00a Work 1030a – 11a Wake Up, Dress, & Shower 11a – 11:30a Drive to Church 11:30a – 2p Church 2p – 2:30p Drive Home 2:30p – 6:00p Study 6:00p – 9:00p Watch TV 9:00p – 9:45p Drive to Work

Possible Changes  In order to create success in my process improvement project, the following changes have been implemented: – Obtaining a second job – Working longer hours on my primary job – Increasing my study hours

Evaluation of Change In evaluating if the aforementioned changes were systemic environment changes, the checklist shown below was engaged.

Progress Monitoring – Time- between failures UCL LCL

Progress Monitoring – Tukey Chart UCL (pre-intervention) LCL UCL (post intervention)

Future Plans for Improvement To continue my success with this personal improvement effort, I will do the following. – Continue to occupy my time with the non- television related activities used in the project (i.e., work, studying, etc) – Engage in other activities that will divert me from watching too much television (i.e. exercise, dog walking, etc.)