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Measuring the Software Process: Statistical Process Control for Software Process Improvement
Author Anita D. Carleton , William A. Florac
"While it is usually helpful to launch improvement programs, many such programs soon get bogged down in detail. They either address the wrong problems, or they keep beating on the same solutions, wondering why things don't improve. This is when you need an objectiv....
Release Date 1999/07 -
Author John Ullmen , Samuel Culbert
The boss/subordinate relationship is an age-old problem cited in almost every management book and on-the-job survey as an area rife with dishonesty and inefficiency. All too often, subordinates spin the truth for those above while bosses fail to establish the c....
Release Date 2001/01 -
Business Process Management: Profiting From Process
Author Roger T. Burlton
Business processes are the production lines of the new economy. When they fail us, our products and services fail our customers, and our business fails its owners. The more businesses change, the more they must concern themselves with their stakeholder relationships....
Release Date 2001/05 -
Author Margo Murray
Many managers believe that effective mentoring is most often the lucky result of personal chemistry between two people. But in this book, author Margo Murray lays that myth to rest. Her guide gives you all the expert advice, tools, and case studies you'll need to ....
Release Date 2002/02 -
Making Process Improvement Work: A Concise Action Guide for Software Managers and Practitioners
Author Mary E. Sakry , Neil S. Potter
“This book hits the mark for three important issues:How to keep focused on real improvementsHow to develop an implementable improvement planHow to develop meaningful and useful measurementsI will definitely recommend it to my clients who are just beginning or are ha....
Release Date 2002/03 -
Software Requirements Using the Unified Process: A Practical Approach
Author L. Rene Abreo , Daniel R. Windle
Effective requirements development: An end-to-end process that works.How to build requirements that can easily be transformed into high-quality softwareEasy-to-apply, start-to-finish methodology based on the Unified ProcessPractical solutions for requirements gather....
Release Date 2002/08 -
Building J2EE™ Applications with the Rational Unified Process
Author Wojtek Kozaczynski , Kelli Houston , Peter Eeles
Two of the most significant technological development trends of the past few years have been the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), a platform specifically geared to the needs of enterprise systems, and the Rational Unified Process (RUP), a comprehensive de....
Release Date 2002/08 -
Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles (Includes Unit Operations) Fourth Edition
Author Christie John Geankoplis
The comprehensive, unified, up-to-date guide to transport and separation processesToday, chemical engineering professionals need a thorough understanding of momentum, heat, and mass transfer processes, as well as separation processes. Transport Processes and Separat....
Release Date 2003/03 -
Author Martyn A. Ould
Businesses need to adapt constantly, but are often held back by static IT systems. The ‘Riva approach to Business Process Management’ is a way of analysing the mass of concurrent, collaborative activity that goes on in an organisation, providing a solid basis for de....
Release Date 2005/01 -
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management
Author Robert I. Sutton , Jeffrey Pfeffer
The best organizations have the best talent. . . Financial incentives drive company performance. . . Firms must change or die. Popular axioms like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management “wisdom” isn’t wise at all—but, instead, flawe....
Release Date 2006/03 -
Business Process Management and the Balanced Scorecard: Using Processes as Strategic Drivers
Author Ralph F. Smith
Business Process Management and the Balanced Scorecard shows managers how to optimally use the balanced scorecard to achieve and sustain strategic success even as the business environment changes. It exceptionally fills the gap between theory and application to faci....
Release Date 2006/12 -
Author Ernest H. Forman , Peter C. Patton , Bijay K. Jayaswal
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is an advanced technique that supports decision makers in structuring complex decisions, quantifying intangible factors, and evaluating choices in multiobjective decision situations. It is a comprehensive and rational decision-ma....
Release Date 2007/03 -
What Were They Thinking?: Unconventional Wisdom About Management
Author Jeffrey Pfeffer
Every day companies and their leaders fail to capitalize on opportunities because they misunderstand the real sources of business success.Based on his popular column in Business 2.0, Jeffrey Pfeffer delivers wise and timely business commentary that challenges conven....
Release Date 2007/07 -
Business Process Management with JBoss jBPM
Author Matt Cumberlidge
A Practical Guide for Business AnalystsMap your business processes in an efficient, standards-friendly wayUse the jBPM toolset to work with business process maps, create a customizable user interface for users to interact with the process, collect process execution ....
Release Date 2007/07 -
Author V. Narayana , N. S. Sreenivasan
Continual Improvement Process focuses on the continual improvement process, providing contemporary tools and methods for achieving optimum quality and process improvement. It is immensely practical for manufacturing, service, and non-profit enterpr
Release Date 2007/10 -
Create a Management Development Program
Author Jim Stroup
Management development is defined as a planned learning process that may include mentoring, training, college courses, and job rotations to prepare employees with the skills required to manage the day-to-day work of an organization. This process enables employees to....
Release Date 2008/02 -
The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing it All" Gets Nothing Done
Author Dave Crenshaw
In a compelling business fable, The Myth of Multitasking confronts a popular idea that has come to define our hectic, work-a-day world. This simple yet powerful book shows clearly why multitasking is, in fact, a lie that wastes time and costs money. Far from being e....
Release Date 2008/08 -
Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL
Author Matjaz Juric , Kapil Pant
In Detail Modeling business processes for SOA and developing end-to-end IT support has become one of the top IT priorities. The SOA approach is based on services and on processes. Processes are focused on composition of services and in that sense services become pro....
Release Date 2008/08 -
Author Dr. Sharm Manwani
The high profile failure of major IT-related projects in both private and public sectors underlines the need for stringent change management. This book examines the types of business change processes that involve the use of IT, from the reasons organisations change ....
Release Date 2008/09 -
Not Everyone Gets a Trophy: How to Manage Generation Y
Author Bruce Tulgan
This book will frame Generation Y (children born between 1978-1991) for corporate leaders and managers at time when the corporate world is desperate to recruit and retain worked in this age group. It will debunk dozens of myths, including that young employees have n....
Release Date 2009/03 -
Discovery-Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity
Author Ian C. Macmillan , Rita Gunther McGrath
You've been charged with growing your business. Incremental growth can no longer deliver the results you need. You need truly dynamic growth - and you need to achieve it without risking a hugely expensive gamble. How can you encourage innovative new ventures and pu....
Release Date 2009/03 -
Process Identification and PID Control
Author In-Beum Lee , Jietae Lee , Su Whan Sung
Process Identification and PID Control enables students and researchers to understand the basic concepts of feedback control, process identification, autotuning as well as design and implement feedback controllers, especially, PID controllers. The first The first tw....
Release Date 2009/04 -
Dynamic SOA and BPM: Best Practices for Business Process Management and SOA Agility
Author Marc Fiammante
Achieve Breakthrough Business Flexibility and Agility by Integrating SOA and BPM Thousands of enterprises have adopted Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based on its promise to help them respond more rapidly to changing business requirements by composing new solut....
Release Date 2009/07 -
The Process of Software Architecting
Author Peter Cripps , Peter Eeles
A Comprehensive Process for Defining Software Architectures That Work A good software architecture is the foundation of any successful software system. Effective architecting requires a clear understanding of organizational roles, artifacts, activities performed, an....
Release Date 2009/07 -
The Power of Business Process Improvement
Author Susan PAGE
Every business process in every organization can be improved—made better, faster, more efficient, more cost-effective, and more flexible to changing business needs. Business process improvement (BPI) can drive substantial bottom-line increases, ultimately acce....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Business Process Change, 2nd Edition
Author Paul Harmon , Business Process Trends
Every company wants to improve the way it does business, to produce goods and services more efficiently, and to increase profits. Nonprofit organizations are also concerned with efficiency, productivity, and with achieving the goals they set for themselves. Every ma....
Release Date 2010/07 -
Author Harvard Business School Press
In challenging times, companies must serve their customers faster and more efficiently. This makes improving your business processes more critical than ever. In this book, you'll learn key steps for carrying out a business process improvement initiative, including ....
Release Date 2010/08 -
Combining Business Process Management and Enterprise Architecture for Better Business Outcomes
Author Martin Owen , Owen Cline , Claus T. Jensen
This IBM® Redbooks® publication explains how to combine business process management (BPM) and Enterprise Architecture (EA) for better business outcomes. This book provides a unique synergistic approach to BPM and EA, based on a firm understanding of the life cycles ....
Release Date 2011/03 -
Harvard Business Review on Greening Your Business Profitably
Author Harvard Business Review
Protect the earth and your bottom line.If you need the best practices and ideas for turning sustainability into competitive advantage--but don't have time to find them--this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place.This colle....
Release Date 2011/05 -
Process Mapping and Management
Author Sue Conger
Process Mapping & Management is a 10-chapter book comprised of three sections: Process mapping mechanics, process improvement analysis, and process redesign and justification. Written for executives and graduate students the text offers practical techniques for ....
Release Date 2011/06