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Expert Author: Simon Buehring | Summary This article deals with the fifth of the OGC's eight causes of project failure: too little attention paid to breaking down the project into manageable stages. Strikingly, this was the only possible cause of failure identified by the NAO report as not a factor in the failure of the C-NOMIS project. Expert Author: Simon Buehring | Summary This article deals with the fourth of the OGC's eight causes of project failure: poor approach to project and risk management. The OGC, in consultation with hundreds of experienced management professionals and business experts, has developed best practice guidelines and frameworks for project management and risk management. PRINCE2, the project management methodology, has become the de-facto standard throughout the UK government, and is the most widely recognised industry qualification in Europe. M_o_R (Management of Risks) provides a similarly standardised approach for understanding and handling the risks to an organisation or a project. Expert Author: James D. Murphy | Summary Lean and Six Sigma, while effective business tools, possess certain gaps that lead to reductions in ROI; Flawless Execution, a simple, scalable continuous improvement process taught to fighter pilots in the world of military aviation, bridges the gaps found between the two, while encouraging development and promoting leadership and team building strategies to get the job done right. Expert Author: Lidia Miranovicova | Summary The article deals with the problem of using computer resources in translation processes. Some positive and negative sides listed and analysed. Starting from researching of the nature and principles of CATs the author comes to formulating of the CAT role in today’s translation processes. Several references to scientific works provided. Expert Author: Jennie Gandhi | Summary Six Sigma is basically a business process that allows companies to improve their profit margins. Six Sigma stands for Six Standard Deviations. Six Sigma methodology provides the techniques and tools to improve the capability and reduce the defects in any process. (Sigma is the Greek letter used to represent standard deviation in statistics) from mean. Expert Author: Kevin Eikenberry | Summary The ability to choose is one of the greatest gifts humans have. However, the gift is only yours when you choose to consciously use it. You make hundreds, if not thousands, of choices every day - often with no realization that you even made a choice. What to wear; what to eat; where to go; wear a coat; every single thing you do involves making a choice. However, making these choices - every day, more than once - will impact your future in very positive ways, if you choose. Expert Author: Kelvin Appleby | Summary PRINCE2 Foundation Qualification will be an asset to anyone who comes into contact with project management. Expert Author: Howard Brule | Summary Tracking assets is an important concern of every company, regardless of size. Assets are defined as any 'permanent' object that a business uses internally including but not limited to computers, tools, software, or office equipment. While employees may utilize a specific tool or tools, the asset ultimately belongs to the company and must be returned. And therefore without an accurate method of keeping track of these assets it would be very easy for a company to lose control of them. Expert Author: Sandy Tokola | Summary There are some companies out there as small as two people that are ISO certified. In terms of size, companies range from the very small, to under 100 employees, to between 200 - 300 employees. Expert Author: Sandy Tokola | Summary Once the manuals are done, processes are documented, and people trained, the company will contact a registrar to schedule their audit. Then they will go through a document review and assessment audit. Expert Author: Carl Wright | Summary Six sigma is now the most common continuous improvement tool in business. It is often combined with lean manufacturing to form the lean six sigma improvement method. Expert Author: Carl Wright | Summary Six sigma is gaining in popularity as one of the most business improvement initiatives. Major corporations such as GE and Motorola implemented six sigma principles for many years. However, in recent years, the six sigma methodology has gained widespread use in hospitals, banks, department store chains, call centers, and many other non-manufacturing businesses. Expert Author: Carl Wright | Summary Companies of all sizes are now implementing lean manufacturing. Businesses as small as a dentist office are blogging about using lean manufacturing techniques to improve the process and lower costs. Expert Author: Carl Wright | Summary Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma are wildly popular continuous improvement methodologies, utilized by thousands of corporations today.
Some companies decide to implement lean manufacturing, while others believe six sigma is the necessary initiative to improve their business. There is now a growing list of companies combining both methods under the initiative called Lean Six Sigma. Expert Author: Robert Pierre | Summary Profitability - to say the least, this is a very important aspect of business. Business owners strive to ensure profitability by trying to achieve certain levels of satisfaction among customers and to achieve end business goals. Expert Author: Carl Wright | Summary Lean manufacturing is one of the most widely utilized business improvement methodologies. There are hundreds of consultants and schools teaching lean manufacturing principles. Expert Author: John Ugoshowa | Summary Business process is the skeleton of a certain business activity. It involves the description of different tasks and possible outcomes that are associated with a specific business activity. It is essential in crafting the business goals of a certain corporate organization, which is clearly defined in the organization's business strategy. Expert Author: John Ugoshowa | Summary Try to imagine that you need a business process to be finished. You hire a professional in your country that charges about a hundred dollars to get the job done. This can prove to be too expensive for your company. What if you can get the job done, with the same quality made by a person with the same qualifications as the person you hired before, to do the particular business process at half the price? Expert Author: Tim Margeson | Summary People used to close business deals with a handshake. They looked one another in the eye. Today, more and more transactions are electronic, anonymous and, in too many cases, fraudulent. Expert Author: Ismael D. Tabije | Summary The term Business Process Management (or BPM) refers to activities performed by businesses to optimize and adapt their processes.
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