The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook: A Guide to Maximizing the Value of Your Limited People Resources
The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook: A Guide to Maximizing the Value of Your Limited People Resources

Author: Jerry Manas

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2014-08-29

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0071836195

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THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO MAXIMIZING LIMITED RESOURCES TO INNOVATE AND GROW Trying to accomplish too much with too few resources has become almost customary in business today. More often than not, though, all that we "accomplish" is delayed projects, mass confusion, and missed opportunities--not the achievement of business goals. The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook helps you tackle the critical challenges of resource management and capacity planning head on by providing a proven tool for making the leap from chaos to control: the Capacity Quadrant, a framework for addressing visibility, prioritization, optimization of existing resources, and integrated planning and governance. The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook demystifies the complexities of resource capacity and demand management and offers clear ways for maximizing your limited resources to drive business growth and sustainability. This groundbreaking guide includes: The latest benchmark data from a comprehensive study of resource management Case studies from organizations that have used the book's methods with great success Tools for overcoming common barriers and making decisions involving time capture, resource assignments, and competing priorities Recommendations on ownership of the organization's resource management and capacity planning functions Considerations for addressing the human side of resource management and capacity planning The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook gives you the information, insight, and proven methods to take your company where it has never been before. PRAISE FOR THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CAPACITY PLANNING HANDBOOK "There are lots of leadership books, scores of human resources books, and plenty of project and portfolio management books. This is the first book dedicated to what is essentially the drivetrain of organizations--the effective use of its people toward its most important activities. This is Manas's best and most ambitious book yet." -- Judith E. Glaser, CEO, Benchmark Communications, Inc.; Chairman of The Creating WE Institute; and author of the bestselling Conversational Intelligence "Jerry's book and the Capacity Quadrant model he outlines give you a realistic view of your workforce and an approach to maximizing the 'people power' in your organization that's easy to understand and apply. It could very well help transform your company and make you a hero in the process!" -- Dave Garrett, President and CEO, ProjectManagement.com "Unlike lifeless products, people skills and capacity are difficult to measure and vary widely between 'good' days and 'bad' days. Manas steps nimbly through this minefield with solid evidence and practical advice--all laced together in an easy-to-read style." -- R. Max Wideman FCSCE, FEIC, FICE, FPMI "It didn't take me too long into reading when I realized how much we really needed this book. I wish we had it when we started implementing Resource Capacity Planning and Investment Planning. I will make sure all of my staff members have copies." -- Gary Merrifield, PMP, Manager, IT Project Delivery and Quality Assurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana "A great guide to the most important topic in management: how to maximize your limited people resources." -- Hans Heuschkel, Senior Business Intelligence Analyst/Project Manager, Swiss insurance company

Effective Lifecycle Management of Healthcare Applications
Effective Lifecycle Management of Healthcare Applications

Author: Susan M. Houston

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-01-24

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 1000026183

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The rapid growth of software applications within healthcare organizations has made it essential to have defined methodologies and formal processes for the management of the entire Information Technology (IT) portfolio. Utilizing a portfolio management framework throughout an application’s lifecycle will provide the necessary structure to ensure that all new applications are properly evaluated, and, once implemented, remain relevant while continuing to meet organizational requirements. While an organization may have a few large "organization-wide" systems such as the Electronic Health Record (EHR), lab or radiology systems, they also have a large quantity of other clinical, administrative, and research systems. Some larger organizations now have hundreds of software applications to support and manage. The IT staff must be able to implement new requests while still maintaining the current application portfolio. Utilizing a standard repeatable process will help to manage these large portfolios of software applications. This book reviews the management of applications throughout their lifecycle, from initial request through disposition. Best practices dictate that every newly requested application undergoes analysis followed by an approval decision from the organization’s governance committee. The initial implementation project must include activities to prepare for ongoing support while ensuring the application is compliant with all security, privacy, and architecture requirements. An application spends years in operations and maintenance where changes occur regularly through configuration and release management, or additional projects. The cycle continues until disposition. Understanding when to dispose of an application is just as important as deciding when to implement a new one. A defined process for disposing of an application ensures all parts are properly removed or destroyed.

The Art of Capacity Planning
The Art of Capacity Planning

Author: John Allspaw

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2008-09-23

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 0596551835

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Success on the web is measured by usage and growth. Web-based companies live or die by the ability to scale their infrastructure to accommodate increasing demand. This book is a hands-on and practical guide to planning for such growth, with many techniques and considerations to help you plan, deploy, and manage web application infrastructure. The Art of Capacity Planning is written by the manager of data operations for the world-famous photo-sharing site Flickr.com, now owned by Yahoo! John Allspaw combines personal anecdotes from many phases of Flickr's growth with insights from his colleagues in many other industries to give you solid guidelines for measuring your growth, predicting trends, and making cost-effective preparations. Topics include: Evaluating tools for measurement and deployment Capacity analysis and prediction for storage, database, and application servers Designing architectures to easily add and measure capacity Handling sudden spikes Predicting exponential and explosive growth How cloud services such as EC2 can fit into a capacity strategy In this book, Allspaw draws on years of valuable experience, starting from the days when Flickr was relatively small and had to deal with the typical growth pains and cost/performance trade-offs of a typical company with a Web presence. The advice he offers in The Art of Capacity Planning will not only help you prepare for explosive growth, it will save you tons of grief.

Resource Capacity Planning a Complete Guide
Resource Capacity Planning a Complete Guide

Author: Gerardus Blokdyk

Publisher: 5starcooks

Published: 2018-10-07

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9780655425892

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In what ways are Resource Capacity Planning vendors and us interacting to ensure safe and effective use? How do your measurements capture actionable Resource Capacity Planning information for use in exceeding your customers expectations and securing your customers engagement? Is there any existing Resource Capacity Planning governance structure? What business benefits will Resource Capacity Planning goals deliver if achieved? What would happen if Resource Capacity Planning weren't done? This instant Resource Capacity Planning self-assessment will make you the assured Resource Capacity Planning domain veteran by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Resource Capacity Planning challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Resource Capacity Planning work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Resource Capacity Planning task and that every Resource Capacity Planning outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Resource Capacity Planning costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Resource Capacity Planning advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Resource Capacity Planning essentials are covered, from every angle: the Resource Capacity Planning self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Resource Capacity Planning outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Resource Capacity Planning practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Resource Capacity Planning are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Resource Capacity Planning self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard, and... - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation ...plus an extra, special, resource that helps you with project managing. INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

The Areas of My Expertise
The Areas of My Expertise

Author: John Hodgman

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1101653612

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In the great tradition of the American almanac, The Areas of My Expertise is a brilliant and hilarious compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom on all topics large and small. Although bestsellers such as Poor Richard’s Almanack and The Book of Lists were certainly valuable, they also were largely true. Here is a different kind of handy desk reference, one in which all of the historical oddities and amazing true facts are sifted through the singular, illuminating imagination of John Hodgman—which is the nice way of saying: He made it all up. John Hodgman brings his considerable expertise to bear in answering all of the questions book buyers have been asking: -What are the mottoes of the 51 United States? THE ANSWER IS PROVIDED -Who were the U.S. presidents who had hooks for hands? THE ANSWER IS PROVIDED -What role does the Yale secret society “Skull and Bones” play in the secret world government? THERE IS NO SECRET WORLD GOVERNMENT -What was the menu at the first Thanksgiving, and did it include eels? Technically, that is two questions, but do not apologize, for John Hodgman shall answer them both . . . LATER. -Aside from a compendium of fake trivia, what is the best kind of book to write? A SIMPLE TABLE OF THE 55 MOST DRAMATIC LITERARY SITUATIONS PROVIDES THE ANSWER, and John Hodgman is the author of that table. Imagine if The Book of Lists had been rewritten by Peter Cook and Jorge Luis Borges under the pseudonym of “John Hodgman” and then renamed The Areas of My Expertise, and you will only begin to have a sense of the dizzying, uproarious, sublimely weird, and strangely wise journey that is contained within this book (along with all the pages and words). Perfect for anyone who thirsts for knowledge, and especially for collectors of books of fake trivia, The Areas of My Expertise offers through absurdity a better understanding of the world we share—and recognizes that while the truth may be stranger than fiction, it is never as strange as lies . . . or as true. Look out for John Hodgman's latest book, Vacationland, available from Viking in Fall 2017.

Resource Management
Resource Management

Author: Fouad Sabry

Publisher: One Billion Knowledgeable

Published: 2024-01-26

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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What is Resource Management When it comes to organizational studies, resource management refers to the process of developing an organization's resources in a way that is both efficient and effective when those resources are required. The financial resources, inventory, human skills, production resources, in addition to natural resources and information technology (IT), are examples of the types of resources that fall under this category. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Resource management Chapter 2: Business Chapter 3: State-owned enterprise Chapter 4: Corporate governance Chapter 5: Resource allocation Chapter 6: Program management Chapter 7: State ownership Chapter 8: Economic system Chapter 9: Stakeholder (corporate) Chapter 10: Corporate transparency Chapter 11: Social peer-to-peer processes Chapter 12: Project portfolio management Chapter 13: Project management office Chapter 14: Economic planning Chapter 15: Natural resource management Chapter 16: Resource leveling Chapter 17: Resource Chapter 18: Strategic alignment Chapter 19: Natural resource Chapter 20: Voluntary disclosure Chapter 21: Spider Project (II) Answering the public top questions about resource management. (III) Real world examples for the usage of resource management in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Resource Management.

Handbook of Key Economic Indicators
Handbook of Key Economic Indicators

Author: R. Mark Rogers

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780070540453

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This text provides a thorough explanation of the non-financial economic indicators that are closely watched by the financial markets. It details how the indicators are compiled and what the statistical significance is for the economy, as well as presenting insights into interpreting the data.

Fulfilling Customer Needs
Fulfilling Customer Needs

Author: Harry K. Jackson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1998-06

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780471180920

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This volume is structured around the need to understand capacity, measure capacity, measure performance, and balance requirements and resources for production. All of these elements are combined in the book into an integrated model for optimizing the performance of the organization.

The Heights of Resource Capacity Planning, Management and Optimization
The Heights of Resource Capacity Planning, Management and Optimization

Author: MS Alicja Ruszala

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-12

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13:

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Today's organizations, in an effort to excel in the marketplace, may realize that resource capacity planning, management, and optimization can give them a competitive edge. Organizations need to constantly look at improving their internal resource management processes at their core, to stay competitive in the market place. When strategically aligned, resources will power up the company. Just like how an electrical power plant relies on a fine tuned power plant generator, an organization relies on its fine tuned resource pool to maximize performance and generate impressive results. ... Let's get "energized"Resource capacity planning is at the cornerstone of an organizational success. When executed well, it also becomes an uplift, a pedestal to the individual resources comprising the organization. The main challenge in reaching effectiveness in capacity planning, management, and optimization are the complexities embedded in the process of obtaining accurate, usable and timely resource capacity information. Approach to resource alignment and capacity management is key. The depth of understanding of the applicability of capacity planning, management and optimization, are the separators between marketplace gainers and losers. This book provides an insight into the resource capacity planning, management, and optimization, universally applicable to most organizations. The hope of the author is to increase the understanding of the resource capacity related implementation approach and adaptability of it. Best practices, underlying intricacies, resource capacity projections, and recommendations, are what may make the reader passionate about resource capacity. The reader will learn both practical and theoretical approaches as a groundwork for lifting organizations to higher levels of their resource capacity planning, management and optimization. The established framework can be further customized by individual organizations to accommodate their unique needs. Alicja Ruszala, PMP and MS in Management of Information Systems

Understanding Resource Management
Understanding Resource Management

Author: James A. Constantin

Publisher: Irwin Professional Publishing

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13:

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U.S. management seems to have fallen behind in its competition with managements in other countries. This book identifies the nature of the managerial problem--key oversights in managing crucial resources--and gives specific guidelines for identifyinf internal and external resources and maximizing these resources for the overall benefit of the firm.