This document comes out of a course I recently taught a at the INSEAD business school on how to create, evaluate and improve business ideas. Think of it as a two page summary of a 4 week MBA course.
This is a collection of methods and strategies to make income from an Open Source project while keeping it thriving and freely available. The methods take into account project brand strength, and the real opportunities available while owning your project'
The first time you try to fill an open position, if you’re like most people, you place some ads, maybe browse around the large online boards, and get a ton of resumes.
The main reason IT people are unhappy at work is bad relations with management, often because geeks and managers have fundamentally different personalities, professional backgrounds and ambitions.
„Entweder erkennst du selbst, was du vollbracht hast und dann hast du meine Anerkennung nicht nötig. Oder du erkennst es nicht, dann aber erreicht dich auch meine Anerkennung nicht. Also warum verlangst du Anerkennung?“ (Lehrer jap. Schwertkampf)
Substitute a standard web services interface for a speaking tube, a business rules management system for his encyclopedic knowledge of policies and regulations, data mining or predictive analytics for his customer knowledge and adaptive control for his experimentation and you have Decision Management. The Answerer but on an industrial scale.
Rob sees three key areas where rules can help:
Tighter warranty controls
Claims processing is improved because financial limits, detailed coverage types, materials return and more can be automated and rapidly changed when necessary. The rules also allow “what-if” testing and impact analysis.
Better built vehicles
The decision making is tracked very closely thanks to rules so you can analyze specific repair types, specific VINs and so on. More effective parts return and generally better information also contribute.
Lower cost repairs
Rules allow goodwill repairs, labor-only repairs and specific kinds of repairs to be managed very precisely. Rules-driven decisioning can reduce the variation of costs between dealers and help intervene, rejecting or editing claims that seem overly expensive. The ability of rules to deploy data mining and predictive analytics can also really help here.
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This paper presents a critical review of some of the claims made for CoPs. It will address questions such as "Are CoPs really suitable for use in a business setting?" and "Can a CoP ever be truly virtual?"
The "Modalis Tango" Theme is a simple but clear design for Moodle. It provides a new icon set based on the Tango project, a color scheme with several blue and green tones and a layout with a little more whitespace than the moodle standard layout.
The "Modalis Tango" Theme is a simple but clear design for Moodle. It provides a new icon set based on the Tango project, a color scheme with several blue and green tones and a layout with a little more whitespace than the moodle standard layout.
For those of you that could not make it, I wanted to give you the gist of what I presented. This presentation covers the evolution of the business rules technology focusing first on the drivers that forced the market to shift its focus from Business Rules Engines (BRE) to Business Rules Management Systems (BRMS). In a nutshell, the main ideas are summarized below. In a few days, the recording will also be posted on our community site for your convenience.
Vergleichbar mit BPMS werden nicht alle Anwender diese komplexe Funktionalität eines BRMS in gleichem Umfang nutzen. Entscheiden für einen Einsatz eines komplexen Management von Geschäftsregeln ist die Komplexitiät der Regeln. Grundsätzlich entscheidend für den Einsatz von regelbasierten Prozessen ist ja immer noch, wieviele Prozesse automatisierte werden können/müssen, wie komplex diese Prozesse sind und wie “teuer” es ein Unternehmen kommt, diese Prozesse nicht zu automatisieren. Entscheidend für den Einsatz eines ausgewachsenen BRMS ist deshalb immer noch, wie schnell ein Unternehmen auf Veränderungen am Markt reagieren können muss, wie agil ein Unternehmen sein muss.
Joel on SW article, one argument is quite useful regarding the ongoing outsourcing discussion. Anyway, the most funny thing is, that Mozart did NOT write the whole Requiem, only Inroitus and Kyrie, the rest is Eybler and Süßmayr.
"Use The Network To Find An Expert Or Locate Implicit Knowledge Only a fraction of an organization’s "knowledge" exists in databases. Another fraction exists in the form of explicit documents and reports that may be found on an organizational intranet
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TOWS analysis is method of the strategic analysis, involving systematic and comprehensive assessment of external and internal factors that determine current competitive position and growth potential of the company. TOWS analysis is closely related to more popular SWOT analysis.
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Projektarbeit im Team heisst, täglich mit unzähligen E-mails, Messages, Dokumenten in verschiedenen Versionen, Aufgaben, Notizen und Freigaben konfrontiert zu werden.
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Vor einigen Tagen fand ich einen Artikel, der auf sehr anschauliche Weise erklärte, weshalb der Business-Rules-Ansatz so wichtig ist. Es sind immer noch wenige Experten, die von jener Relevanz des Business Rules Managements (BRM) ausgehen. Drei entscheidende Fragen werden sich all jene stellen, die ernsthaft über einen Einsatz von BRM sprich automatisierbaren Geschäftsregeln nachdenken:
1. Was sind die Vorteile von Business Rules, die ein zusätzliches Investment rechtfertigen?
2. Warum sollte man nicht nur die Regeln codieren?
3. Werden die Regeln verlässlich funktionieren und vor allem sich reibungslos in das System integrieren lassen?
EDM ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil eines umfassenden Enterprise-Architektur-Management. Technologien wie BRMS können heute das EDM unterstützen und bei dessen Automatisierung helfen. Voraussetzung dafür ist allerdings ein erfolgreicher Umgang mit Entwurf und Inbetriebnahme komplexer Business-Rules-Modelle. Die Enterprise-Architektur-Methodik ist eine wichtige Vorgehensweise für das gesamthafte und erfolgreiche Entwerfen und implementieren des Rule Lifecycles. Das Management und die Gestaltung reibungsloser Iterationen ist hierfür von großer Bedeutung. Die Wiederverwendung von Architektur-Blue-Prints und Regel-Templates unterstützt dabei, den gesamten Prozess straff zu gestalten. Es gilt, die voneinander abhängigen Aufgaben des Business und der IT im Entwicklungsprozess zu identifizieren, um die Ressourcen aktiv planen zu können und Terminabweichungen zu vermeiden – und letztendlich allen zu ermöglichen, von Projektbeginn an ihre Verantwortlichkeiten voll wahrnehmen zu können. Wie ein BRMS die Phasen des Rule Lifecycles unterstützt, muss bei der Tool-Auswahl bewertet werden, und zwar unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Benutzerfreundlichkeit wie auch der technischen Funktionskriterien. Im nächsten Schritt sollte explizit im Prozess der Regelentwicklung modelliert und implementiert werden – vor allem mit der Komponente, die für die Änderung von Entscheidungen verwendet werden soll. Die Kombination von Enterprise-Architektur, einschließlich Decision Management, SOA, des BRLC und hoch entwickelter BRM-Tools ist ein ausgereifter und historischer Quantensprung in der Produktivität und Qualität von Business und IT.
Im Bundesverband der Frau in Business und Management e.V., kurz: B.F.B.M., sind über 300 Geschäfts- und Karrierefrauen bundesweit organisiert und unterstützen sich gegenseitig in Geschäfts- und Karrierefragen.
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"Use The Network To Find An Expert Or Locate Implicit Knowledge Only a fraction of an organization’s "knowledge" exists in databases. Another fraction exists in the form of explicit documents and reports that may be found on an organizational intranet
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There are many reasons to let geeks work the way they want to work. Today they work in every industry. They are the knowledge base, blood and sweat equity of many businesses. They work harder than most. They work longer than most. Their job isn’t a sepa
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