SIPOC DIAGRAM - High Level

Cost Data Integrity Project

SIPOC Help

Supplier

Input

Employees
Contractors

Employee Setup Data

Contractor Setup Data

Employees & Contractors

Contracting Officer

Planning Meeting
Statement of Work

Payroll Department
Contractors

Employee Pay Rates

Contractor Pay Rates

Employees
Contractors (Time & Materials)

Timesheets
Timesheets

Contractors (Fixed Priced)

Invoices

Project Management System

Timesheet & Invoices

Process

Setup Resources

Assign Activities to
Resources
Assign Rates to
Resources

Enter Time Sheets

Enter Vendor Invoices

Summarize and
Report Costs

Instructions for Preparing the SIPOC Diagram:

1. Go through the process step by step, describing the major activities. List each of this activities under the Process column.
2. Add two columns, one to the left of the Process column Input and one to the right of the Process column Output.
3. Work to the left of each activity in the Process and describe the Input into this Activity.
4. Now work to the right of the activity in the Process and describe the Output from this Activity.
5. Add two more columns, one to the left of Inputs labeled Supplier and one to the right of Ouput labeled Customer.
6. Now work down the Input column and describe each source or supplier of the Input.
7. Do the same for the Output column and work down, describing who gets the output.
Some points to consider:
1. The SIPOC Diagram should describe the existing process and not the "to be" process.
2. Have some Subject Matter Experts who know the process review the SIPOC Diagram for accuracy and completeness.

3. Include Sub-Processes and other key system interfaces within your SIPOC Diagram.
4. You can include additional descriptive information where appropriate such as applications involved, functional owners, etc.
5. If you need more detail, then create lower level SIPOC Diagrams.

SIPOC Example

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rity Project

Output

Customer

Active Employee Record

Active Contractor Record

Project Manager and Team

Project Manager and Team

Project Schedule
Project Schedule

Project Manager and Team

Project Manager and Team

Rate Table
Rate Table

System Administrator
System Administrator

Labor Cost Report

Labor Cost Report

Project Manager and Team

Project Manager and Team

Contractor Cost Report

Project Manager and Team

Monthly Performance Reports

CIO, Program Managers, VP Finance

under the Process column.

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