PrOH Tool^© User Instructions

A. Filling in the MS Excel SIPOC table with process data

1. Once downloaded make column widths of the SIPOC table suitable for your own use
2. The top row of the SIPOC table contains the heading of the SIPOC table and does not become part of the PrOH Model
3. The second row down forms the core process statement of the PrOH Model
4. Add further lines to the SIPOC table to add your data
5. Decision bubbles should be written as seen below. See Figure 1 where words in ( ) brackets become sub-nodes
6. Blank lines means that blank cells are the same as the cells above and so data does not need to be repeated
7. All outputs should also be shown as inputs so that there are no loose ends in the logic of the SIPOC table.

A simple example about making a car is given in Figure 1. Once ready upload the completed SIPOC table to the PrOH Tool^©. Some personal formatting of the SIPOC table is okay but do not merge any cells as this will prevent PrOH Tool^© reading your file.

Figure 1: Example of filled in SIPOC table with personal formatting preferences

Further changes can be made to your SIPOC table data by returning to your SIPOC table and uploading the SIPOC table again. It is not necessary to start with a new empty SIPOC table template but remember to press the ‘New’ button on PrOH Tool^© before re-uploading.

B. Completing the PrOH Model drawing from the downloaded draft PowerPoint Model

1. Open the downloaded MS PowerPoint file. Figure 2 is an example showing elements from Figure 1 spread across five different slides.
2. Cut and paste elements onto a single slide removing any duplicated elements
3. Create a title which needs to be the same as the central part of the core process statement
4. Add connecting arrows – thicker ones for the core process statement and thinner ones for the non-core process arrow links and place verb phrases on the arrow links
5. Adapt text to make a meaningful model that meets with PrOH Modelling rules and guidelines
6. Finesse your model to make it look appealing. Figure 3 is an example created from elements in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Downloaded draft of PrOH Model elements

Figure 3: Finessed PrOH Model produced from PrOH Model elements