You can find many different books on Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma. This book is different because it addresses the relation between Lean and other improvement methods that have been proven to be successful over the past decades, such as TQM, Kaizen, TPM and Six Sigma. These methods, tools and techniques have been united in the ‘Continuous Improvement Maturity Model’ (CIMMTM).

CIMM is an open standard and is maintained by the ‘Lean Six Sigma Academy’ (LSSA).

The framework describe...

The Business Object Modelling (BOM) workbook treats the approach used to create and manage the BIAN Reference Data Architecture for the Financial Industry. It treats the added value this model can provide for the Financial Industry and its service providers.

However, the applicability of the approach used by BIAN to create and manage its Reference Data Architecture, and the added value of such “enterprise data model”, is not limited to BIAN and the financial industry. The workbook treats...

Summary Bedrijfsarchitectuur is een vak. Dat kun je leren. Dit boek biedt de kennis die nodig is om goede, bruikbare architecturen te ontwikkelen. De Novius architectuurmethode die in dit boek wordt beschreven sluit aan op nationale en internationale frameworks en standaarden voor het ontwerpen van bedrijfsarchitecturen. Daarbij worden theorie en praktijk samengebracht en wordt het vakgebied in volle breedte en op een toegankelijke manier beschreven. Met vele voorbeelden uit de praktijk en d...

Besides the courseware publication (ISBN: 9789401807999), you are advised to obtain the DAMA DMBOK publication (ISBN: 9781634622349). Optionally, you can use the publication Data management: a gentle introduction (ISBN: 9789401805506) as inspiration for examples and quotes about the field of data management.

This material is intended to prepare participants for the CDMP exam by DAMA International. The courseware can only be ordered by partners and is based on the current version of the DAMA ...

IPMA ICB Reference Guide for PMO. This standard is dedicated to the structures that support projects, programmes and portfolios to run them effectively and efficiently. These structures are called PMO – Project Management Offices. A PMO is defined as an organisational unit responsible for the administrative and specialists’ support of the responsible management in their management of a (set of) project(s), programme(s) or portfolio(s). PMO plays a very important role in designing, perform...

Note: This book is available in several languages: Dutch, English, French, Spanish.

Foundations of ITIL v3 has become the industry classic guide on the topic of ITIL. Over the years this authoritative itSMF guide has earned its place on the bookshelves and in the briefcases of industry experts as they implement best practices within their organizations.

This version reflects ITIL V3. Written in a concise way and covering all the facts, readers will find that this title succinctly covers the k...

The Open Group’s long awaited guidance on Cloud is now published!

Cloud Computing is the major evolution today in computing. It describes how the internet has enabled organizations to access computing resources as a commodity and when needed – in much the same way as households access household utilities.

For Enterprises with complex and expensive IT systems, the idea of paying on demand for someone else to provide IT services is attractive. This authoritative guide is specifically designed...

Demand Supply Governance is a skill in high demand because of the following:

* Ever faster technology advances, pressures on costs and service levels causes pressure on the IT departments to deliver.

* Outsourcing has made the market more competitive

* IT departments are poor at demonstrating and publicizing their added value.

The Demand Supply Governance discipline addresses these issues by focusing on:

* Encouraging services, as required by and agreed upon with the business, which are actually ...

Note: This book is available in several languages: Dutch, English.

Zelfevaluatie is het zelfstandig, systematisch beoordelen van de manier van werken en de resultaten die dit oplevert. Door het invullen van de BiSL Zelfevaluatie krijgt u inzicht in de mate waarin business informatie management en daarbij behorende processen/ activiteiten binnen uw organisatie zijn ingericht.

Belangrijk doel bij deze zelfevaluatie is niet alleen het verschaffen van inzicht in de mate waarin bepaalde processen z...