Approaches to Process Performance Modeling: A Summary from the SEI Series of Workshops on CMMI High Maturity Measurement and Analysis Robert W. Stoddard II Dennis R. Goldenson January 2010 TECHNICAL REPORT CMU/SEI-2009-TR-021 ESC-TR-2009-021 Software Engineering Measurement and Analysis Unlimited distribution subject to the copyright. http://www.sei.cmu.edu This report was prepared for the SEI Administrative Agent ESC/XPK 5 Eglin Street Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2100 The ideas
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“Listening to customers must become everyone’s business. With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen and respond more intently”. -Tom Peters, Thriving on Chaos Chapter 1: Conceptual Framework for CRM What is Customer Relationship management? Before we begin to examine the conceptual foundations of CRM, it will be useful to define what is CRM. A narrow perspective of customer relationship management
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COST AND VALUE MANAGEMENT IN PROJECTS Ray R. Venkataraman and Jeffrey K. Pinto John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or
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marketing type. The firm is not performing very well, and faces large seasonal swings in business. The student is tasked with solving the dilemmas posed by the case. SUGGESTED TEACHING APPROACH We suggest assigning this case after coverage of a) financial statement analysis and b) opportunity cost of failing to take a cash discount. While collections of receivables and improving payments are implied as a solution to this situation, the real issue is the opportunity cost of failing to take a cash
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extend our gratitude to Ross Meacher for his immaculate attention to detail in the technical editing of this solutions manual. Table of Contents PART I PLANNING FOR THE TRIP Accounting Communication – An Introduction......................... 1 Financial Statements and the Annual Report .......................... 22 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 PART II GETTING BASIC TRAINING Processing Accounting Information ......................................... 40 Accrual Accounting, Adjusting Entries, and Accounting
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accounts 14–16 Cost projections 29–33 Finding a breakeven point 33–41 Calculating NPV 57–62 Calculating NPV for production capacity decision 58–62 Portfolio management 173–178, 345–346, 387–394, 442–444, 689–691 Pension fund management 178–182 Financial planning 210–214, 676–681, 734–735 Arbitrage opportunities in oil pricing 215–219 Currency trading 220 Capital budgeting 290–295 Estimating stock betas 396–401 Hedging risk with put options 407–408 Stock hedging 407–408 Asset management
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# 2004 University of South Africa All rights reserved Printed and published by the University of South Africa Muckleneuk, Pretoria SDLANG-T/1/2005±2008 LADLAN-A/1/2005±2008 DLL301-Q/1/2005±2008 LLL301-E/1/2005±2008 97636509 3b2 SDLANG style CONTENTS FOREWORD xii STUDY UNIT 1 _______________________________________________________________________ OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE TEACHING 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 2 1.2 WHY DID SOUTH AFRICA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM
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presence and nature of international monetary flows of non-declared origin and their relation to deviant knowledge, the thesis determines that both terrorism and organised crime are nurtured by a constant trickle from minor sources rather than by large financial transfers; and that anti-money laundering provisions are misapplied, taken too far, too expensive, and incapable of demonstrating their effectiveness. In lieu of more traditional policy recommendations, the thesis develops a complexity-theory based
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Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary……………………………………..……………………………………………………2 2. Introduction…...………………..……………………………………………………………………….……3 3. Case Study………………………….................................................................................................................4 4. Situation Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………….…6 4.1 Historical Context……..…………..………………………………………………………………6 4.2 Industry Analysis………………………………….………………………………………………7 4.3 Market Analysis………………………………………………….………………………………
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