Author: Dan Madiso
Publisher: Paton Pre
Keywords: process, management, mapping, improvement
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2005-08-12
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1932828044
ISBN-13: 9781932828047

Map Your Way to Process Excellence At last, a simple, well-written survey of process redesign that will help you transform your organization into a world-class competitor. Author Dan Madison explains the evolution of work management styles, from traditional to process-focused, and introduces the tools of process mapping, the roles and responsibilities of everyone in the organization, and a logical ten-step redesign methodology. Thirty-eight design principles allow readers to custom-fit the methodology to the particular challenges within their own organizations. Additional chapters by guest wri

Authors:William A. Florac, Anita D. Carleto,
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Keywords: process, software, improvement, control, statistical, measuring
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1999-07-25
List price: $69.99
ISBN-10: 0201604442
ISBN-13: 9780201604443

Explains specifically how quality characteristics of software products and processes can be quantified, plotted, and analyzed so the performance of software development activities can be predicted, controlled, and guided to achieve both business and technical goals. DLC: Software measurement.

Author: Thomas Kent
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Pre
Keywords: process, paradigm, writing, theory, post
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1999-08-20
List price: $29.50
ISBN-10: 0809322447
ISBN-13: 9780809322442

This volume contains contributions on post-process theory, which endorses the fundamental idea that no codifiable or generalizable writing process exists or could exist. Theorists hold that the practice of writing cannot be captured by a generalized process or a "big" theory.

Author: Ben B. Graham
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: process, language, speaking, charting, detail
Number of Pages: 187
Published: 2004-08-02
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 0471653942
ISBN-13: 9780471653943

Providing a brief introduction to the history of information process, this helpful book offers a common sense approach to data gathering that involves following the path of the process with a clipboard. It defines the elements of a process flowchart (symbols, conventions and words) and explains how each is applied.

Author: Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)
Publisher: Wiley-AIChE
Keywords: maintenance, operations, process, safe, guidelines
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1995-03-15
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 0816906270
ISBN-13: 9780816906277

First-line managers have to maintain the integrity of facilities, control manufacturing processes, and handle unusual or emergency situations, as well as respond to the pressures of production demand. On a daily basis, they are closest to the operating personnel who may be injured by a process accident, and they are in the best position to spot problem conditions and to act to contain them. This book offers these managers "how-to" information on process safety management program execution in the operations and maintenance departments, recommending technical and administrative process safety ac

Authors:Alexander Grosskopf, Gero Decker, Mathias Weske,
Publisher: Meghan-Kiffer Pre
Keywords: process, bpmn, using, modeling, business
Number of Pages: 182
Published: 2009-02-28
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0929652266
ISBN-13: 9780929652269

The Process, unlike most explanations of BPMN, captures both the practical value and the excitement that results from putting this powerful technique to work. Skip the dull training. Give people the right tools and pass around copies of this book. Process diagrams will start growing like ivy. --Dan Woods, CTO and Editor of Evolved Media. __________ Houston, we’ve got a problem. Business process management is clearly recognized as the key to competitive advantage, especially during economic downturns. But the needed tools and techniques for process modeling and design have been arcane. Ev

Authors:John K. Halvey, Barbara Murphy Melby,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: process, contracts, strategies, outsourcing, business
Number of Pages: 600
Published: 2007-04-06
List price: $175.00
ISBN-10: 0470044837
ISBN-13: 9780470044834

Many corporations are currently restructuring their business processes in order to become more competitive and cost effective. Once the decision has been made to outsource, a corporation must structure the deal. This book will show them how to request proposals and negotiate and close the agreement--creating the outsourcing strategy.