Research
This test based on the Jung - Myers-Briggs typological approach to personality, good for learning to communicate with others. http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
BrainWorks.exe - This program will help you to determine which hemisphere of your brain is dominant. It also determines whether you react in a more auditory or visual manner, another key factor in determining your learning style. Armed with the knowledge of how we use our brains, we are better equipped to know the style of learning most effective to us. http://www.rcw.bc.ca/test/personality.html
Edward de Bono - is regarded by many to be the leading authority in the world in the field of creative thinking and the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. He is the originator of lateral thinking which treats creativity as the behaviour of information in a self-organising information system - such as the neural networks in the brain. From such a consideration arise the deliberate and formal tools of lateral thinking, parallel thinking etc. The Six Thinking Hats. http://edwdebono.com/
PMI Tool - PMI stands for 'Plus/Minus/Implications'. It is a valuable improvement to the 'weighing pros and cons' technique used for centuries - Edward de Bono http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_05.htm
FacilitationFactory is a central location for tools and techniques. It allows members to test old and new philosophies and refine their skills - http://facilitationfactory.com
US Government Chief Information Officer's - http://www.cio.gov/
ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) is the most widely accepted approach to IT Service Management in the world. ITIL provides a cohesive set of best practice, drawn from the public and private sectors internationally. http://www.ogc.gov.uk/
OMG Model Driven Architecture - http://www.omg.org/mda/
Business Process Management, Business Rules
Ronald Ross – Business Rule Solutions, LLC is the recognized world leader in the advancement of the business rule approach. Our Principals, Ronald G. Ross and Gladys S.W. Lam, are internationally acclaimed as the foremost experts and practitioners of business rule techniques and methodology. The Internet's only vertical community for business rule professionals. http://www.BRCommunity.com
The BPMF Learning Framework is a program of BPM Development & Deployment courses incorporating best practices for BPM project delivery and supporting techniques from the very best thinkers in the industry.
Bookstore and Research Center for Process Thought Leadership
Information, books, papers and Digital Media on Business Process Management, Workflow and Information Technology
Tom Peters describes himself as a prince of disorder, champion of bold failures, maestro of zest, professional loudmouth, corporate cheerleader, lover of markets, capitalist pig ... and card-carrying member of the ACLU. His unconventional views led Business Week to describe him as business' "best friend and worst nightmare." http://www.tompeters.com/
Don Tapscott is an internationally sought consultant, entrepreneur, author and speaker on the topic of business strategy. "If you are trying to understand why some companies are flourishing and others are struggling under old-fashioned business models, Digital Capital is pure enlightenment." - Business Week http://www.dontapscott.com/
Hammer and Company is a management education and research firm that focuses on cutting-edge issues in operations, organization, and technology utilization. The central themes in our current work are business processes and advanced information systems. These allied phenomena are transforming both how companies do their work and how they are managed. By successfully implementing and managing integrated processes and the systems that support them, companies can achieve dramatic breakthroughs in their performance. http://www.hammerandco.com/
J.D. Power and Associates--a global marketing information services firm that provides clients with relevant and actionable market research, forecasting, consulting and training. Established in 1968, the firm has been the primary catalyst in bringing the language of customer satisfaction to numerous industries. http://www.jdpower.com
Dr. Michael Kelly - Michael is the Chairman and a Co-Founder of AMCi. He has a Ph.D. in Psychology and has developed techniques, programs, seminars and software for creative problem solving, team building, decision-making, and conflict and change management. AMCi is a national consulting company that specializes in the formation and execution of organizational strategy. Our fast paced, inclusive approach ensures effectiveness and efficiency in addressing issues and problems. http://www.amcinc.com
BPMI.org - The Business Process Management Initiative will standardize the managment of business processes that
span multiple applications, corporate departments and business partners, behind firewall and over the internet.
http://www.bpmi.org
WARIA Workflow And Reengineering International Association charter is to identify and clarify issues that are common to users of workflow, electronic commerce and those who are in the process of reengineering their organizations. http://www.waria.com
The Workflow Management Coalition - To Increase the value of customers' investment in workflow technology - Decrease the risk of using workflow products - Expand the workflow market through increasing awareness for workflow. http://www.wfmc.org
Enterprise Business Architecture
Chartwell Inc. Government Services Reference Model (GSRM)
Founded in 1984, Chartwell is in the business of enterprise and business transformation consulting with a long history of successful service to the Fortune 500 and all levels of the public sector. A Canadian leader in optimizing corporate information management services and planning functions, we partner with our clients and with complementary firms to provide successful solutions that achieve the desired results.
The Enterprise Architecture Center of Excellence (EACOE) is the independent industry-wide practitioner-based source for the purpose of advancing the implementation and understanding of Enterprise Architecture:
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To help business and information technology teams understand Enterprise Architecture;
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To help teams implement Enterprise Architectures, and
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To certify Enterprise Architects with consistent measures of success.
To this end, the mission of EACOE is to advance the professionalism, practitioning, and the body of knowledge related to Enterprise Architecture, and to provide its members with a professional exchange forum of knowledge and experience in the use, implementation, and advancement of Enterprise Architecture. The EACOE provides the Enterprise Architect with a full complement of foundational skills and tools for success.
Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) is an integrated system of process guidance that embraces both agile and formal methodologies and provides a framework to implement a customized solution for a wide variety of projects. http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/msf/
MSF for CMMI® Process Improvement, Beta
This download 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 Institute’s (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) level 3 and provides a smooth transition all the way to level 5. http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/msf/msfcmmi/default.aspx
Capability Maturity Model (CMM) - Carnegie Melon University, Software Engineering Institute - Through the SW-CMM, the SEI and community have put in place an effective means for modeling, defining, and measuring the maturity of the processes used by software professionals http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmm/cmm.html
CMU - Software Engineering Institute – Carnegie Melon University - The advent of smart, software-intensive systems is producing a true paradigm shift in system design. Software, long treated as the glue that tied hardware elements together, is becoming the center of system design and operation. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/
David Anderson AGILE MANAGEMENT is a personal site published by David J. Anderson for the purpose of promoting his book, Agile Management for Software Engineering - Applying the Theory of Constraints for Business Results. http://www.agilemanagement.net/index.html
Jim Highsmith, through his consulting, writing, organizing, and promotional activities is recognized as a leader in the Agile Project Management and Agile Software Development movements. http://www.jimhighsmith.com
It's high time project managers and sponsors start practicing what they preach by implementing project management's best practices. http://www.Gantthead.com
The originators of this site are all active in writing about, practicing, and evangelizing this movement towards fast, flexible, customer value driven approaches to managing projects of many types. http://agileprojectmgt.com
The IIBATM is the independent non-profit professional association serving the growing field of Business Analysis. Whatever your role—requirements management, systems analysis, business analysis, requirements analysis, project management, or consulting; the IIBA can help you do your job better. http://www.theiiba.org/
Volere is the umbrella that covers the collection of requirements resources, templates, process, consulting and training. Since its inception, Volere has been used by thousands of organisations around the world. http://www.volere.co.uk/template.htm
Intelligent Enterprise is the only magazine dedicated to the strategic business applications that deliver intelligence throughout an organization. http://www.intelligententerprise.com/
The IIBA is a international not-for-profit professional association for Business Analysis professionals. The IIBA will define the business analysis profession by providing certification and accreditation to its members, unifying its practitioners, and creating a voice for the profession as a whole. http://www.iiba.com/
The Quality Assurance Institute (QAI) is exclusively dedicated to partnering with the enterprise-wide Information Quality profession. QAI is an international organization consisting of member companies in search of effective methods for detection-software quality control and prevention-software quality assurance. QAI provides leadership and state-of-the-art solutions in the form of consulting, education services, and assessments http://www.qaiusa.com
Business Systems Analyst Books - http://businessanalysisbooks.com/
The Quality Assurance Institute (QAI) is exclusively dedicated to partnering with the enterprise-wide Information Quality profession. QAI is an international organization consisting of member companies in search of effective methods for detection-software quality control and prevention-software quality assurance. QAI provides leadership and state-of-the-art solutions in the form of consulting, education services, and assessments http://www.qaiusa.com/
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