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- Six Sigma Projects - Click-Through Demo (msi)
- This is a portable, interactive demo that closely simulates the UI and functionality of an actual solution. Installs to your Start menu and includes a presenter script. Scenario Summary: Six Sigma is a continuous process improvement methodology that helps companies reduce expenses and increase profits by streamlining operations, improving quality,...
- Tags: Continuous Process Improvement, Microsoft Corp., Six Sigma, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, It Operations
- Software downloads 2007-09-20
- Automating Continuous Process Improvement in the ITIL Framework
- IT organizations from every sector are facing the challenge of meeting exceedingly high standards for systems reliability, cost-effective operations, and customer service. To meet this challenge there are several industry-wide efforts to define approaches and standards for specifying best practices for IT management. Foremost among them is ITIL (Information Technology...
- Tags: Continuous Process Improvement, Information Technology, Best Practice, Cohesion Application Management System, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2004-11-03
- CMMi for Software Development Projects: Initiating a Process Improvement Program
- Continuous Process Improvement is the underlying principle behind most modern quality and process standards. In order to stay competitive in a global economy, organizations must systematically strive to improve their processes through sustained and disciplined efforts. This paper presents the fundamental steps leading to process improvement and suggests some practical...
- Tags: Software, Continuous Process Improvement, Software Development, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2004-04-30
Additional Resources
- A Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Program That Saves Cash: Link Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements to Business Improvement
- Successful quality - and compliance - is a continuous improvement process that demands a closed-loop control structure. Technology-enabled quality in the "Financial data factory" provides a significant ROI. Sarbanes-Oxley compliance becomes a dimension of overall quality. Continuous inspection solutions from Oversight Systems provide precise results and a leveraged environment for...
- Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Oversight Systems, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Financial Accounting, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2006-07-25
- MSF Process Template for CMMI Process Improvement (exe)
- Choose the MSF for CMMI Process Improvement process for projects with longer life cycles and that require a record of decisions made. Choose MSF for CMMI Process Improvement over MSF for Agile Software Development, if your organization is undertaking a broad quality assurance and process improvement initiative or your team...
- Tags: Process Improvement, Software Development, Quality, Business Operations, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-09-04
- Achieving CMMI Compliance Through Automated Process Management
- This white paper identifies how organizations may leverage automation towards achievement of improved levels of Capability Maturity Model Integration CMMI. For organizations that have undertaken CMMI efforts or achieved higher levels of CMMI maturity, this white paper unveils how to apply automation towards managing process definition and refinement, process deployment...
- Tags: Process Management, Capability Maturity Model, Automation, Capability Maturity Model (CMM), Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2005-01-10
- Recalibrating Lean: Enterprise Mobility and Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing
- The goal of this white paper is to detail the benefits of integrating enterprise mobility into your lean environment, especially when it comes to the fundamental components of calibrating, operating and improving. Enterprise mobility technology enables you to enhance your lean efforts without it becoming burdensome to continuous improvement processes....
- Tags: Mobility, Symbol Technologies Inc., Manufacturing, Enterprise Mobility Technology
- White papers
- Availability Management: A CA IT Service Management Process Map
- CA's IT Service Management ITSM Process Maps provide a clear representation of the ITIL best practice framework. One use the analogy of subway or underground system transport maps to illustrate how best to navigate a journey of continuous IT service improvement. Each map details each ITIL process track, the ITIL...
- Tags: Service Management, Computer Associates International Inc., ITIL, It Services, Service Level Management, Process Improvement, It Operations, It service Management, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Financial Management for IT Services: A CA IT Service Management Process Map
- CA's IT Service Management ITSM Process Maps provide a clear representation of the ITIL best practice framework. One uses the analogy of subway or underground system transport maps to illustrate how best to navigate a journey of continuous IT service improvement. Each map details each ITIL process track, the ITIL...
- Tags: Service Management, Financial, Information Technology, Financial Management, Computer Associates International Inc., ITIL, It Services, Service Level Management, Process Improvement, It Operations, It service Management, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-06-01
- Beef Up Your Scrum-Master Toolbox
- The purpose of Scrum is to help build great software through empirical process control. A healthy emphasis on continuous process improvement works naturally with Scrum because Scrum evolved from applying Lean-Agile manufacturing techniques to software development. The paper describes some Excel tools developed by the author to help manage teams...
- Tags: Jupitermedia Corp., Productivity, Software Development, Microsoft Excel, Tools & Techniques, Software/Web Development, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Management
- White papers 2007-04-11
- Configuration Management: A CA IT Service Management Process Map
- CA's IT Service Management ITSM Process Maps provide a clear representation of the ITIL best practice framework. The authors use the analogy of subway or underground system transport maps to illustrate how best to navigate a journey of continuous IT service improvement. Each map details each ITIL process track, the...
- Tags: Service Management, Configuration Management, Computer Associates International Inc., ITIL, It Services, Service Level Management, Process Improvement, It Operations, It service Management, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-06-01
- Process Improvement in ERP Implementations
- If executive leadership does not establish process improvement as a clear goal, many of the benefits listed in any preliminary cost/benefit analysis are likely to never be fully realized. Without knowing it, many organizations limit the value they can extract out of a software solution before they ever get started,...
- Tags: ERP, Process Improvement, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Quality, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-09-20
- Why does process improvement fail?
- It's clear, both anecdotally and objectively, that process improvement efforts have failed far more often than they have succeeded. This blog talks about why this is true. by Mark Lefcowitz
- Tags: Rule, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Mark Lefcowitz
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Enhancing the Success of Your Business With the Microsoft Accelerator for Process Improvement
- Process improvement methodologies such as the lean manufacturing, the Capability Maturity Model and Six Sigma optimize people, processes and technology. Using these methodologies, businesses can operate more efficiently and effectively. The Microsoft Office Solution Accelerator for Process Improvement is designed specifically for organizations utilizing process improvement methodologies and techniques. This...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations
- Webcasts
- Reinforcing Six Sigma in Project Management
- Six Sigma and Innovative thinking when used in conjunction with Project Management can be recognized as panacea for all ailments! Six Sigma is practiced as a methodology of process improvement to achieve business excellence. Six Sigma is a systematic method of using extremely rigorous data gathering and statistical analysis. It...
- Tags: Six Sigma, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process Improvement, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Quality, Business Operations, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- White papers 2004-05-01
- MSF for CMMI Process Improvement (EXE)
- MSF for CMMI Process Improvement includes the MSF for CMMI Process Improvement process guidance, which is a highly iterative, adaptive planning, agile software development process which meets the requirements for the Software Engineering Institutes SEI Capability Maturity Model Integration CMMI level 3. Version 4.1 provides new guidance for the Database...
- Tags: Guidance, Microsoft Corp., Capability Maturity Model (CMM), Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Storage, Databases, Software/Web Development, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-09-04
- Service Level Management: A CA IT Service Management Process Map
- CA's IT Service Management ITSM Process Maps provide a clear representation of the ITIL best practice framework. One uses the analogy of subway or underground system transport maps to illustrate how best to navigate a journey of continuous IT service improvement. Each map details each ITIL process track, the ITIL...
- Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., ITIL, Service Level Management, It Services, Process Improvement, Service Management, It Operations, It service Management, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-06-01
- Extending Your CleverPath Aion Business Rules Expert Investment With Business Process Management
- Running any business involves interplay between the processes that cause things to happen and the policies that govern what will and what will not happen. The business rules approach separates policy from process and each part makes use of specialized engines - a business rules engine for the policy and...
- Tags: Business Process, BPM, Investment, Computer Associates International Inc., CA CleverPath, CleverPath Aion Solution, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Webcasts
- VERITAS CommandCentral Service Process Automation: Process Automation in the Storage Supply Chain - A Different Approach to Storage Management
- For years, IT organizations have invested in enterprise software to automate business operations such as production, distribution and customer care. The result: Greatly improved quality and responsiveness of business execution. Managing the IT infrastructure that serves these systems however, remains a labor-intensive and fragmented process. Pursuing the same benefits accrued...
- Tags: Process Automation, Supply Chain, VERITAS Software Corp., Storage Management, Information Technology, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2005-06-03
- Oracle Workflow: Business Process Management and Integration for Your Enterprise
- This white paper presents an overview on Oracle Workflow which is a complete business process management system that supports process based automation, integration and collaboration. It enables the modeling, automation and continuous improvement of business process, routing information of any type according to user defined business rules. Oracle Workflow supports...
- Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., BPM, Workflow, Integration, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Management, Software
- White papers 2003-03-24
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