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Yearly Archives: 2005
Design of Experiments in Advertising
How Two Guys From the Gold Country Are Changing Advertising Forever [the broken link has been removed] by Robert X. Cringely James Kowalick and Mario Fantoni, two guys who say they can show you how to use science to design … Continue reading
Posted in Design of Experiments, Management
Tagged Design of Experiments, marketing, sales
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What Business Can Learn from Open Source
What Business Can Learn from Open Source by Paul Graham As usual Paul Graham’s new article is a great read. I think the most important of the new principles business has to learn is that people work a lot harder … Continue reading
Posted in IT, Management, Software Development
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Deming’s Seven Deadly Diseases
Topic: Management Improvement Dr. Deming noted seven deadly diseases in chapter 3 of Out of the Crisis, 1986. Below his words from pages 97-98 are bolded. As with Deming’s other thoughts, his list of deadly diseases was continually modified as … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Economics, Management
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Six Sigma at Jaguar
Six Sigma at Jaguar interview with David Brunson, Powertrain Quality & Reliability, Jaguar Cars Limited by onesixsigma.com. Are there particular tools you want to focus on using more in the future? Yes, it’s very important to focus on the tools … Continue reading
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Curious Cat Travels: Olympic and Mt. St. Helens
Topic: Travel I have posted pictures from my recent trip to the Pacific Northwest: Olympic National Park photos and Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument photos. Previous travelogues include: Rocky Mountain National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Paris and Egypt.
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Bezos on Lean Thinking
Topic: Management Improvement and Investing 10 Questions for Jeff Bezos, time.com via Lean Manufacturing Blog Time: Here’s a question you probably hear all the time: read any good books lately? Bezos: [Laughs.] I read a book recently about Toyota’s lean … Continue reading
Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
Topic: Management Improvement Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation: ““The purpose of the Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation is to find the innovators, whether small or large, to recognize and celebrate their example, and to inspire others.”” … Continue reading
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Estate Tax Repeal
Topic: Economics – Estate Tax The estate tax is the most capitalist tax that exists. Capitalism, which some seem to think is based on people inheriting assets from their relatives, is not. Capitalism is based on the concept that each … Continue reading
Stretching Agile to fit CMMI Level 3
Topic: Management Improvement Stretching Agile to fit CMMI Level 3 by David J. Anderson. I highly recommend reading this article. My work happens to straddle both the management improvement and software development areas that this article covers. But, if you … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Quality tools, Software Development
Tagged agile management, management, Software Development
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Online Lean Manufacturing Tutorials
Tutorials on Lean Production / Lean Manufacturing [the broken link was removed] from the Defense Acquisition University. The site includes five short online videos by James Womack [the broken link was removed]. The site provides a nice introduction to lean … Continue reading
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