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The business of software improvement
IEEE Software, 2002Leading software practitioners have an ongoing responsibility: the education of nontechnical software project stakeholders. Software practitioners sometimes perceive upper management and other nontechnical staff to be blocking the use of better practices. We complain that they fall to support better practices or even undermine them.
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Business impact of process improvements
Companion Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Software Engineering, 2008The topic of the workshop "Business Impact of Process Improvements" is achieving tangible and sustainable business impact from process improvements. Focus is on approaches that are both practical and quantifiable. The kinds of process improvements addressed include, but are not limited to, the introduction of iterative, agile or "lean" approaches ...
Frances Paulisch, Christof Ebert
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Improvement of a Clinical Business Process
2008 Second UKSIM European Symposium on Computer Modeling and Simulation, 2008The purpose of this work was to study the possibility of connecting two effective techniques (activity table and simulation) for carrying out business process modeling and improvement. The activity table is a technique for process modeling and improvement.
Nadja Damij, Talib Damij
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Business Process Improvement: The Retailers' Perception
2011 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2011This paper uses the theoretical lenses of Stakeholder Theory and Organisational Capabilities Theory to shed light on two factors that can lead to higher levels of improvement. We report on the results of a case study of a major Australian retail organisation where we explore the impact of the proposed factors.
Feras Abou Moghdeb +2 more
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Improving Business Communication [MicroBusiness]
IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2007Communication at the most basic level consists of three components. The first component is you, the sender or transmitter of the information. What do you want to say? The second component is the intended receiver or audience. Talk all you want, or write reams of documentation, but if the intended audience does not understand the message, then your ...
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Improving the Business Value of IS
2014This review surveys recent study on the business value of Information Systems (IS). The topics covered include theoretical and empirical evidence on the business value of IS, the productivity using Information Technology (IT), the firm value with IT, IT and firm boundaries, IT outsourcing, and supply chain with IT.
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An integrated business improvement methodology to refocus business improvement efforts
Business Process Management Journal, 1996Describes the development of an applied business process improvement methodology which will enable existing business improvement related initiatives to be integrated and refocused on business/ customer needs. Discusses the need for such a methodology, showing how existing business improvement efforts/initiatives can easily become fragmented and lose ...
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Shadow Testing for Business Process Improvement
2018A fundamental assumption of improvement in Business Process Management (BPM) is that redesigns deliver refined and improved versions of business processes. These improvements can be validated online through sequential experiment techniques like AB Testing, as we have shown in earlier work. Such approaches have the inherent risk of exposing customers to
Suhrid Satyal +4 more
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Improving Business Intelligence
International Journal of Business Intelligence Research, 2010Business Intelligence has never been examined with the same rigor as demanded for any other organization investments. Although global investment in Business Intelligence has reached over 6 billion dollars, business managers continue to follow tradition and leave the management of business intelligence to the technocrats.
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2009
For a process-centric organization, the management and improvement of its business processes is an essential factor in organizational advancement. From the same perspective, the implementation and change of these processes has all the facets of Change Management - including managerial disputes about the nature of advancement; a socio-cultural challenge
Avraham Shtub, Reuven Karni
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For a process-centric organization, the management and improvement of its business processes is an essential factor in organizational advancement. From the same perspective, the implementation and change of these processes has all the facets of Change Management - including managerial disputes about the nature of advancement; a socio-cultural challenge
Avraham Shtub, Reuven Karni
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