Can Your Business Run Without You?
What would happen to your business if you became ill for an extended period of time? Could someone else man the shop for you easily? Would you be more relaxed on vacation (or at the very least, take a vacation!) if you knew that the business could be better taken [...]
One of the best ways to plan for future success is to conduct a postseason analysis. I’ll explain how to perform a postseason analysis of your center as a baseline for customer service, process improvement and cost reduction.
Here’s a step-by-step guide to the postseason analysis.
1. Form a postseason review team. Because your efforts are directed [...]
The way we criticize others’ behaviors, decisions, and ideas impacts them either positively or negatively, and it tells a lot about us. Most of us don’t do it well. Most of us botch it more often than we’d like to admit. In fact, we dread it and try to avoid it, even when it absolutely [...]
The depth and scope of operational responsibilities within an organisation can greatly vary, yet there is one constant. Leaders are needed to integrate the vision or mission of the organisation with the day-to-day activities. It is fine to have a well-defined mission, but the only way true value can be reached is if the organisation [...]
Six Sigma helps improve product design by providing a measured value based on customer input and supplier capability.
Here are some points to keep in mind when utilizing Six Sigma to improve any product design.
Evaluate Needs
In order to design a better product, companies should concentrate their research on finding out their target customers’ needs. They should [...]
Capturing requirements can be the most challenging part of a software development project. If you don’t get the requirements right, or miss key requirements, your project is in vain. Even if you do meet budget and schedule objectives, your project will fail to deliver the benefits your sponsors envisioned for it.
Here are some simple tips [...]
