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The ISO 20700 Checklist: A Game-Changer for Management Consultants

Effective Managers

By using the checklist, consultants can clearly articulate the scope, objectives, and methodologies of the project, aligning expectations and reducing the likelihood of misunderstandings. It’s designed to be flexible, suitable for a wide range of projects, irrespective of size, complexity, or industry.

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How Avaya Turned Around Its Customer Ratings

Harvard Business

In particular, I’d like to focus on three things Avaya did that other companies can learn from: Treat Innovation as a Risk-Management Exercise. Avaya embraced innovation as a risk management exercise. The key to this transformation was an innovation approach common in the software industry: agile invention methodology.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

The authors Bob Sproull and Bruce Nelson suggest combining TOC with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies for achieving better project management and business results and provide substantiation for that. Getting Things Done is both the title of the book and a productivity methodology developed by the author ( GTD ).

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You Can’t Secure 100% of Your Data 100% of the Time

Harvard Business

This represents a completely different type of threat than what the security industry has been prepared for in the past. User education is a long-term industry effort, but educating a society and then creating consistent behavior change is a multi-decade solution to a problem that needs to be fixed now.

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A 4-Step Process to Help Senior Teams Prioritize Decisions

Harvard Business

Consider the experience of one of the world’s largest footwear manufacturers, whose leaders engaged in an exercise that others can use to revamp the way they make decisions. In its fast-changing industry, big challenges loomed on many fronts. It consists of these four steps: 1. Compile a list.

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The “Smart Society” of the Future Doesn’t Look Like Science Fiction

Harvard Business

For example, internet-of-things sensor applications are envisioned to deliver a wide range of services , from smart water to industrial controls to e-health. Methodology. The outcomes of this exercise are shown in the exhibits below. The potential for technologies to enable smart societies is rising. trillion by 2020, and $3.5