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So You Wanna Be A Telecommuter Learn from an expert how to analyze and evaluate the possibilities of working from home.  more...

Starting A Business How To Develop An Effective Business Plan You will learn how to develop, analyze and sell an effective business plan for your company or organization.  more...

LBD: Methods of Academic Assessment and Instruction Focuses on the information teachers need in order to develop, analyze, and interpret tests for planning and monitoring instruction.  more...

NET Solution Vision and Requirements To establish the steps and techniques needed to define a solution vision and gather and analyze requirements A wide range of IT professionals, including system architects, systems analysts, developers, consultants, and those wishing to learn more about designing solutions  more...

Cisco Designing Networks Part 2: Designing a Network Structure This second course in the DCN curriculum teaches the learner how to design a network structure appropriate to the existing network and needs of a customer. It provides a number of guidelines for provisioning hardware and media for a LAN or WAN. It also covers Network Layer Addressing and Naming Models and how to analyze and select routing and bridging protocols.  more...

Project Management: Risk Management Participants become familiar with the four phases involved with project risk management. They develop the skills they need to identify and analyze common sources of risk. They become familiar with the basic types of risk response and learn how to develop a risk management plan.  more...

Financial Management: Budgeting Essentials In Financial Management: Budgeting Essentials, participants learn how to create and enforce a budget by analyzing financial statements, setting objectives, and monitoring performance.  more...

Microsoft Excel 2000 Expert User This course provides participants the knowledge to use the advanced features of Microsoft Excel 2000. At the completion of this course, students will learn how to create and use templates; retrieve, sort and manipulate data from a list; create and modify shared workbooks; and analyze data by using Data Map, Pivot Table, Data Table Scenario and Data Analysis tools.  more...

Microsoft Windows 2000 Designing a Directory Services Infrastructure Part 1: Naming and Delegation Microsoft Windows 2000 Designing a Directory Services Infrastructure Part 1: Naming and Delegation Strategy is the first course in this series. Its focus is showing the learner how to analyze company's organizational requirements. It also covers how to design for the common architectural elements of Active Directory. It also covers the design considerations in relation to Naming strategy, Domain  more...

Microsoft Windows 2000 - Designing a Network Infrastructure Part 1: TCP/IP and Addressing This is the first course in a four-part series of the Microsoft Windows 2000 - Designing a Network Infrastructure curriculum which prepares participants for Microsoft Exam 70-221. This course provides participants with an opportunity to learn how to design a network infrastructure strategy to implement TCP/IP, DHCP and name resolution services on a network and a multiprotocol strategy using the  more...

Microsoft Windows 2000 - Designing a Network Infrastructure Part 4: Growth Microsoft Windows 2000 - Designing a Network Infrastructure Part 4: Growth provides students with an opportunity to learn how to design security into corporate networks. Particular attention will be paid to matching the technical capabilities of IPSec and Shared Access with specific business requirements for security. Finally, designs which block IP traffic going to and from the corporate network  more...

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0: System Administration - Part 5 This is the final course in a five part series that will provide students with the knowledge to install, configure, administer and troubleshoot Microsoft SQL Server 7.0.  more...

Designing and Implementing Web Sites with Microsoft FrontPage 98 - Part 3 This is the final course in a three-part series that will show Web developers how to create static and dynamic HTML pages.  more...

Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0: Planning a Web Application This is the first course in a five part series that will help students prepare for the Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-152, Designing and Implementing Web Solutions with Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0. At the completion of this course, students will learn to plan a Web site; analyze the planning guidelines and the performance and maintenance factors that need to be considered while  more...

CIW Security Professional Part 5: Intrusion Detection and Threat Analysis This is the final course in a five part series that teaches students how to automate intrusion detection, how to conduct a log analysis, and how to analyze the results of a security audit and implement solutions to problems identified by the audit.  more...

Framing the Problem When you frame a picture, you intend for the viewer to examine everything within that border. Problem framing is similar in that you must not only consider what objectively makes up the problem itself but also what subjective tendencies influence your view of the situation. This course is designed to help you effectively frame problems so that you're sure your line of sight is aimed straight  more...

Win2000 Netwk Sec Design Analyzing an Org Sec Reqts ...analyze an organization's business models, processes, organizational structures, and IT management structure. You will learn the various network roles and responsibilities and will analyze the impact of security design on an organization. After learning about the different types of network security risks, you will learn to plan secure boundaries through firewalls and firewall components, such  more...

Microsoft Excel 97 Intermediate ...work with formulas and functions, automate tasks, use and analyze list data, enhance charts and worksheets, and work with Excel and the Internet. Performance-based Pre- and Post-Assessments create a custom course path for each learner covering only the topics not yet mastered. A searchable index and online glossary make the CBT a great reference tool long after course completion. This course is  more...

Microsoft Excel 97 Advanced This highly interactive CBT contains five units that cover advanced Excel skills. Through step-by-step instruction within a realistic simulation of Microsoft Excel 97, students learn how to perform "what-if" analysis, create PivotTables, exchange Excel data with other programs, control worksheet properties and calculations, and program with Excel. Performance-based Pre- and Post-Assessments create  more...

Upper Layer Protocols This WestNet e-Learning module briefly highlights some common processes found above the Transport Layer in the protocol suites.  more...

Launching Successful On-site and Virtual Teams One factor that defines team success is the way in which a team is launched. Quickly moving an on-site or a virtual team into high-performance mode takes planning, strategizing, and a seamless launch. In this course, you'll learn techniques for setting up a successful team that can be applied to an on-site or a virtual environment. First, you'll learn strategies for selecting high-performing team  more...

Conducting Effective Sales Research Meetings Researching your target accounts is important for understanding your customer's business. But only by conducting research meetings will you learn the "inside" information you need to truly understand the business fit between your company and your customer. In this course, you'll learn about bringing your research and communication skills together in strategic account sales (SAS) research meetings.  more...

Delivering High-Impact Sales Presentations The most important meeting you'll have with your client is when you show the decision makers that you have the right business fit for their needs. You've done a lot of hard work, so when the curtain goes up on your sales presentation, you want an award-winning performance. In this course, you'll learn about the third major component of the strategic account sales (SAS) approach--presentation.  more...

Delivering High-impact Territorial Account Sales TAS Presentations In this course, you'll learn about the third major component of the territorial account sales approach--presentation. Your presentation is the most important meeting you'll have with your client. This is when you show the decision makers that you have the right product and business fit for their needs. You've done a lot of hard work, so when you make your sales presentation, you want it to  more...

Planning Your Field Sales Approach What factors mark the difference between mediocre and great field sales performance? One characteristic of highly effective field sales representatives is their ability to efficiently plan their sales approach for both existing customers and prospects, as well as managing their time and territories effectively. Planning Your Field Sales Approach provides practical tools for determining call and  more...

Field Sales Foundations Many field sales representatives are set loose on their assigned territories armed only with a few sales tips and some information about the products and services they're selling. This course builds the foundation for a strategy that changes the customer's perception of the salesperson from a mere vendor to a consultant and true business resource. Field Sales Foundations introduces you to the  more...

Sales The Selling Cycle The Selling Process: The Selling Cycle, is the fourth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to list the steps in the selling cycle, match the steps in the selling cycle to the buyer-focused selling model, calculate the key ratios in the selling cycle, and analyze the key ratios in the selling cycle. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales  more...

Call Center Operations Workforce Management This course describes forecasting, scheduling, occupancy and staffing principles, and explains their impact on the life of an agent and the success of a call center. Agents who want to progress to an understanding of call center operations, including workforce management, technological applications and performance measurement for both agents and call centers.  more...

The Contact Center and Technical Support Agent In the last few years, organizations have realized that it is easier to generate revenue from an existing customer base than to find new customers. Retaining customers has become paramount, and technical support has become a valuable resource. Driven by Customer Relationship Management (CRM) principles, this course explains how the role of the technical support agent (TSA) has changed as  more...

Technical Support Essentials These days, technical support agents (TSAs) can't provide world-class technical service and support unless they understand contact center technology. They also need to understand the various elements and stages of a call--and what to do with the information gained. This course explains contact center technology and TSA activities. It covers the technology that links the TSA to the customer and to  more...

Technical Support Agent Survival Skills Coping with stress is an everyday issue for the Technical Support Agent (TSA). The focus of this course is specifically directed to the situations that TSAs encounter. The course will help the TSA avoid burnout and manage job responsibilities by identifying the causes of stress, prevention methods, and time management skills. Technical Support Agents seeking to acquire new skills or improve the  more...

Performance Metrics for an Inbound Call Center ...ceive the best service possible. But where do you look to analyze performance? Is performance quantifiable? Yes it is Call center performance metrics outlines the path to improved operations. This course will explore the full range of call center performance metrics. It will look at where the metrics come from, what they reflect on, and how they can be analyzed to improve performance. This  more...

Bridge The Expectations Gap You have to be prepared to walk a mile in their shoes to understand more fully what customers experience when they deal with your company. There's nothing more effective in emphasizing the gap between what you believe their experiences to be and their realities than thinking and acting like a customer. This course takes you through several processes for doing exactly that, and you'll be shown how  more...

Discovering What Your Customers Want The data are in, and there's no doubt about it: The return on customer loyalty goes directly to your company's bottom line. Too often, however, organizations seeking to improve customer satisfaction and loyalty begin with a survey. To build a successful customer satisfaction system, you have to begin with the basics. When customer satisfaction programs begin with a survey, and not a plan, the  more...

Developing Customer Satisfaction Surveys By the time most people have the chance to develop their first survey, they've seen so many that it seems like developing one will be a piece of cake. To an extent, they're right. Developing a GIGO (Garbage In/Garbage Out) survey is a no-brainer. Developing a survey that gets valid, reliable data, however, is both science and art. In this course, you'll learn to use the principles of survey design  more...

The Client-Consultant Relationship Getting to know your clients and their needs are the vital first steps to establishing productive working relationships. Understanding more about their organizations and what they expect from you will be essential if you are to provide a high-quality service that will excite them. You will also need to know how to recognize all the stakeholders and the real decision makers within an organization,  more...

Essentials of External Consulting You may already have a reputation as something of an area specialist or problem solver. You may have a number of years of general management experience, or you may have recently acquired a management qualification. Perhaps you've now been asked to deploy your knowledge in an external consulting role. What do external consultants really do? Although they may work in a variety of disciplines,  more...

Evaluating Internal Assignments So, is it success or failure? It's crucial that you take time to review your project and confirm outcomes on completion. What has been achieved, and what didn't go as planned? And how have you performed personally? Of course, success depends on your ability as an internal consultant to continually develop in the role, increase your skills, and make overall improvements in your performance. This  more...

Consulting with the External Client Simulation ...l consultants gather information using proven techniques, analyze current business situations with specific diagnostic methods, and make recommendations based on those processes. In this simulation, you are a consultant at LocoMotion Think Tank. Your assignment is to advise Automation Control Inc., a technology management company, on the possible acquisition of Data Query Limited, a database  more...

Evaluation and Review So, is it success or failure? It's crucial that you take time to review your completed project and confirm the outcomes. What has been achieved, and what didn't go as planned? And how have you performed personally? Of course, success depends on your ability as an external consultant to continually develop in the role, increase your skills, and make overall improvements in your performance. This  more...

Diagnosing and Planning Your success as a consultant depends on your ability to diagnose each situation correctly. You need to use your previous experience, and bring fresh ideas to every new contract. Frameworks and models help you to make an effective diagnosis. They help you to evaluate the strategic position of the client organization, which is vital. To deliver solutions that are relevant and appropriate to the  more...

Establishing a Relationship with Internal Clients Even if your clients are internal to your organization, you still need to spend time getting to know them, and understanding what it is they require from you. When you are dealing with internal clients, there may be a temptation to think you know everything about them, and about the project. This course will stop you from making that mistake. It will enable you to understand your clients' needs  more...

Creating Effective Contracts When you hear the word "contract", you may think of a written, legal document. However, when it comes to consulting relationships, contracts are more about setting expectations and involving the right people instead of setting legal parameters. In this course, you'll examine how to approach contracting, the considerations that are most important, and how you should approach the contracting  more...

Preparing to Negotiate Know the Opposing Position Preparing to Negotiate: Know the Opposing Position, is the fourth of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to assess your opponents before a negotiation and identify what to research to achieve a desired outcome from a negotiation. The Negotiation Strategies curriculum helps today's busy professional identify and implement proven methods for moving  more...

Selecting Your Strategy Legal and Ethical Concerns Selecting Your Strategy: Legal and Ethical Concerns, is the last of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify legal constraints to consider while negotiating, recognize how ethical standards vary between individuals and analyze unethical tactics to defuse improper behavior. The Negotiation Strategies curriculum helps today's busy  more...

The Role of Critical Thinking in Organizations ...olving, and decision-making activities. Employees who can analyze and reason consistently and proficiently furnish a cost-efficient resource that results in a distinctive competitive advantage. Workers who are skeptical of quick fixes and operational dogma pay attention and generate productive ideas. They are intellectually competent to chart new directions. This course introduces the basic  more...

Developing Fundamental Critical Thinking Skills ...rdless of position or industry, you do need to be able to analyze, reason, and communicate effectively. These and other critical thinking skills are increasingly consequential as organizational planning and decision making become more distributed and reliant on written and verbal communication factors. Developing Fundamental Critical Thinking Skills coaches you through the acquisition of an  more...

Organizational Scope of Critical Thinking In any complex environment systems are necessary, but they must serve an organization rather than become its masters. This is how Ralph S. Larsen, chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson & Johnson, describes both the need for systems and their inherent risk. Organizational systems, with complex and intricately interrelated components, demand the application of critical thinking to avoid  more...

Presenting to Succeed There are a number of basic types of presentations, but all presentations have four things in common: a presenter, an audience, a venue, and a message. This course concentrates on showing how each of these vital elements has to be taken into account when preparing a presentation. Presenting is a skill that needs to be learned and practiced, starting with how you prepare, and you will be shown a  more...

Leadership Without Authority Lily Tomlin said, "I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody." Tomlin could have been speaking on behalf of many employees in the corporate world who, despite having little authority, take it upon themselves to become leaders nonetheless. Becoming a leader, and getting results, without authority is especially important in today's corporate  more...

Presenting Your Case Have you ever attended a presentation that failed because the presenter was ill prepared or ineffective in his approach? A successful presenter must possess the proper skills to plan and deliver an effective business case presentation and employ strategies to establish and maintain the audience's attention. This course examines the careful planning and delivery of a business case presentation. It  more...

The Process of Interpersonal Communications It is almost impossible to be productive in today's business environment without being an effective communicator. This is particularly true if achievement of your goals depends on your ability to influence others. You need to be able to communicate your ideas, instructions, thoughts, and feelings accurately. This is not as easy as it may seem, and ineffective communication is often at the core of  more...

Virtual Team Management Developing Virtual Teams In Virtual Team Management: Developing Virtual Teams, you will learn about the nature of virtual teams, including the characteristics and types of virtual teams. You will also learn what needs virtual team members have, as well as the types of technology virtual teams use to communicate. In addition, you will learn how virtual teams can overcome trust and communication barriers, as well as how to  more...

Creating Successful Solutions Identify the Core Issues This course introduces techniques to help learners quickly analyze situations by identifying the root cause, investigating the contributing factors, and prioritizing the solution requirements. All levels of professionals who supervise the performance of other staff members.  more...

Cultivating Great Teams Resolve Conflicts Positively This course provides techniques to analyze and resolve conflict in a manner that produces a positive solution for all involved. All levels of professionals who supervise the performance of other staff members.  more...

Understanding Technical Professionals As a manager, have you felt that technical professionals are sometimes difficult to understand? Do you find that the usual management models are not as effective as they could be? This course explains the ways in which these employees differ from other workers and how you can apply more appropriate and effective management techniques. You will also learn how business has responded with new  more...

Attracting Motivating and Retaining Technical Professionals If you're having problems finding and keeping technical professionals, you're not alone. In our financially competitive and technologically advanced business world, technical professionals are in great demand. Managers need to find ways to attract top-performing technical employees and keep them once they're on the job. In fact, surveys show that managers list attracting, motivating, and retaining  more...

Developing Career Plans for Your Technical Professionals Why should you be interested in career development for the technical professionals you supervise? Because it's good for them, good for your company, and good for you. One of your major challenges as a manager of technical people is retaining them. And you may also need to recruit technical people to fill higher-level positions in your company. This course will help you use career development as a  more...

Management Development for Technical Professionals ... to your efforts to become an effective manager. You will analyze the traits and skills you currently possess. Then you will determine which skills need enhancement and which skills require development. Various avenues for development will be presented ranging from on-line personality inventories to classes in the development of management skills. With this preparation, you will create an  more...

Communication Skills for Successful Management Effective communication is a crucial component of your success as a manager. As a technical professional, you developed various communication skills that helped you to succeed. But, as a manager, you will need additional communication skills to be effective. This course will examine various aspects of successful communication strategies and skills. You will analyze the strategies of nonverbal  more...

e-Mentoring Rapid changes in the way organizations look and do business have generated a new business tool: e-Mentoring. Here's an opportunity to examine the challenges and advantages of e-Mentoring and explore how to adapt communication skills to electronic media. Learn how to grow and manage e-Mentoring relationships by effectively selecting and matching e-Mentors and proteges, developing trust, using  more...

Preventing Problem Performance Obviously, one of the starting points for managing problem performance is to prevent it from becoming so. This is a general part of effective management, focusing on those aspects of the managerial task specific to preventing problem performance. This means employing an effective selection procedure that is based on an accurate identification of the job requirements, and then using the first  more...

Leading Generations X and Next This course deals with the characteristics and needs of the two youngest generations in the work force--Generations X and Next. These two generations have quite different attitudes toward work and career development. The first lesson identifies the needs of younger people with regard to their unique position in modern markets, desire for flexibility, desired work rewards, and career development  more...

Making Cross-generational Teams Work Teams in the modern workplace may include members from as many as four different generations. For a team to work effectively, its manager must understand generational distinctions. Individual team members may subscribe to different values, practice different work habits, or seek different goals. Lessons in this course cover the benefits and challenges of teaming silent generation, baby boom  more...

Cross-generational Workers in the 21st Century This course deals with preparing the work force generations (silent generation, baby boomers, Generation X, and Generation Next) for the workplace of the 21st century. The course's first lesson identifies the contributions each generational group makes to the workplace today. Contributions will center on the concepts of outlook, work ethic, and preferred leadership style. The second lesson in the  more...

Initiating a Succession Plan Simulation ...ly skilled research and production staff to collate data, analyze markets and write reports with extremely short turnaround times. More often than not, these studies are pre-marketed, so late deliveries or aborted projects can be quite costly. You are a VP and Principal Analyst for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Services. Two team leaders report to you: one responsible for the drug  more...

Implementing a Succession Plan Simulation ...ly skilled research and production staff to collate data, analyze markets, and write reports with extremely short turn-around times. More often than not, these studies are pre-marketed, so late deliveries or aborted projects can be quite costly. URG has experienced dramatic growth over the past three years. Through aggressive hiring, production staff has been increased by 50 . However, due to  more...

Mindsets Emotions and Coaching What makes coachees receptive to your advice? What makes them willing to listen? Much of your success depends on the mindset, moods, and emotions of the people you coach. If they are feeling negative about the coaching experience or overcome with anxiety about poor workplace performance, they are unlikely to be receptive--no matter how valuable your insight may be. Getting in tune with your  more...

Selecting the Best Applicant ...and choosing the best applicants. It will show you how to analyze the information from the interview--by working in a focused framework--and how to compare candidates. You will examine and avoid the most common problems with decision making, and confirm and ratify your decision with other people who know the candidate. Put that all together, and you will have the best possible recipe for  more...

Non-union Work Environments HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including those affecting employee and labor relations. The HRCI certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professional's competencies. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for  more...

Managing Yourself and Those Around You Successful administrative support professionals must be good managers. This means managing their own time and energies, as well as cooperatively working with their boss and co-workers. This course teaches successful strategies for dealing with the myriad demands on the time, resources, communication skills, and organizational powers of administrative assistants. Administrative support  more...

Master Budgets Will you be able to expand? Will you be able to afford that new piece of equipment? What kind of profit can be expected if you do? To answer these questions about your business will not require a fortune teller. It will require the creation of a master budget. No matter the size of your company, if you are to succeed and continue to grow, you must carefully plan for your company's future. Master  more...

Introduction to Advanced Finance Don't be intimidated by corporate finance and choosing appropriate investment projects. If you are a corporate manager faced with choosing between different investment projects, this course will be helpful. You will review Time Value of Money concepts, and learn how to choose corporate projects using accounting models and cash flow models. This course is designed specifically for business  more...

Investment Project Analysis and Selection Don't be intimidated by corporate finance and choosing appropriate investment projects. If you are a corporate manager faced with choosing between different investment projects, this course will be helpful. You will learn how to choose corporate projects based on the different project analysis models and advanced analysis tools. This course is designed specifically for business managers, financial  more...

Raising Capital and Financing Decisions The goal of every financial manager is to maximize firm value and shareholder wealth. How does a manager reach this objective? To be successful, financial managers must be aware of the financing options available to them, and the procedures they must follow to begin financing. Most important, managers must be able to choose the best financing mix for their company. This course is designed  more...

Managing Working Capital Working capital management influences both a firm's risks and its expected returns. As such, it is an important determinant of firm value. Investment and financing decisions are interconnected, thus they cannot be made independently. Financial planning will make you think systematically about the relationships among your goals for growth, investment, and financing. After completing this course,  more...

Corporate Restructuring Corporate restructuring is frightening, but it doesn't have to scare you to death This course will show you how to initiate successful mergers or resist hostile takeovers. As well, it will improve your chances of surviving financial distress. Whatever your restructuring situation, you will be prepared to handle it by taking this course This course is designed specifically for business managers,  more...

Financial Risk Management Do you like to take risks or do you prefer to avoid them? Do you only take a risk if you know you will be compensated for it in the end? Everyone is exposed to risk at some time--it is unavoidable. Having the proper tools to deal with risk can save you money and help you avoid financial hardship. This course familiarizes you with the strategies and products used to manage corporate risk. You will  more...

International Finance Perhaps you have wondered how one can successfully navigate the maze of options and opportunities offered by the international financial markets. Are there ways to maximize profits while effectively minimizing risk when it comes to dealing on the global level? This course will demonstrate why you would want to transform your purely domestic firm into a multinational corporation; how you decide  more...

Taking Systems Thinking into Your Personal Life Have you tried to change a habit over and over only to face defeat again? Do you look at your relationships and see the same problems coming up and feel incapable of changing them? Does it feel like you're butting your head up against the same wall with no relief in sight? Using systems thinking in your personal life can be a new and effective way to tackle and change issues at their core. It is  more...

Managing from a Global Viewpoint The process of managing on a global scale requires a step up from domestic management. In this course, you'll learn what it takes to be a global manager or team leader. You'll start with establishing a global mind-set and learning about the attributes of a global manager. Then, you'll explore cross-cultural communication and ways to effectively support and work with a globally based team.  more...

Redesigning Your Organization Part II What do you do after you've created an idealized design for your organization? This course will provide you with the skills you'll need to successfully implement an idealized design in your organization. You'll study the groundwork for learning, including how to use adaptive learning and how to be an advocate for adaptive learning. You'll learn about democratic hierarchies, decision-making  more...

Six Sigma--Lean Tools for Control Two key methodologies for improving operations in the manufacturing world are lean manufacturing and Six Sigma . Both are designed to reduce variation, yet each takes a different track. While Six Sigma utilizes data and statistical analysis to measure and improve a company's operational performance, lean manufacturing collocates all of an organization's processes in sequential order, restructuring  more...

Six Sigma and Critical Customer Requirements ...e of Quality, the graphical expression of QFD, and how to analyze the information you build into it. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola Corporation, and all rights, title, and interest in Six Sigma belongs to Motorola. Candidates for Black Belt certification; managers/executives overseeing personnel involved in the implementation of Six Sigma in their organization; consultants  more...

Scoping the Six Sigma Project Six Sigma Black Belts are called upon to solve problems that have no known solutions. This is a risky endeavor. Yet Six Sigma deployment has a track record of success. One of the keys to its success is proper project scoping. No one wants to try to do it all with a single opportunity. Six Sigma projects need to be selected mindfully and scoped appropriately. Yet, without known solutions,  more...

Analyzing Process Capability ...ix Sigma Black Belts the process capability techniques to analyze current output and project expected value. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola Corporation, and all rights, title and interest in Six Sigma belongs to Motorola. Candidates for Black Belt certification; managers/executives overseeing personnel involved in the implementation of Six Sigma in their organization;  more...

Six Sigma Reducing Variation to Improve Quality What, do you expect everything to be perfect? How would you respond if one of your employees said that to you? You might consider saying, "Well, yes " In fact, striving for near perfect quality is reasonable and achievable. It's a matter of reducing variation through the use of Six Sigma. "Variation," or deviation from what the customer wants, may be inherent in the business world, yet by  more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Analyzing the Data There's one thing that doctors, mechanics, and detectives sometimes share in common--getting to the source of something that's gone wrong in a system. Things go wrong in business systems too, and to get at the source of the problem, you have to dig down deep. This course is all about making sure Six Sigma Green belts and team members dig deep enough, to where the solutions are simplest. In order  more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Analyzing the Process ...(or consistency) for your product or service, you have to analyze and "map" the process to eliminate any defect from the system. Mapping the process that creates the defects--for example, a cup of coffee that's "off" in flavor or temperature--and analyzing it, is the focus of this course. Specifically, the course offers methods for Six Sigma Green Belts and team members to put simple flowcharts  more...

Quality Management Quality Management Tools ...ent Tools offers the student an overview of tools used to analyze a company's current performance and problem causes, as well as tools used to generate ideas and organize data. The program details the purposes of and steps for creating flow charts, check sheets, histograms, run charts, control charts, cause-and-effect diagrams, Pareto charts, scatter diagrams, interrelationship diagrams,  more...

Lean Value ...tomer-driven value is not a new activity. You've probably analyzed processes, conducting customer surveys, and used audits to determine what customers want. Yet, according to lean thinkers these techniques don't go far enough. They still departmentalize the value concept. Lean experts propose a more holistic view of value that stretches beyond organizational boundaries and stream from  more...

Financial Analysis for Successful Marketing ...ve approach to help you master the numbers game. You will analyze typical financial parameters associated with setting up a financial budget as part of an overall marketing strategy. This includes assessing financial resources, the development of a financial schedule and an allocation plan, the calculation of important financial ratios, pricing and evaluating and testing the marketing plan  more...

Communication Skills and Project Management ...mines how various project management tools can be used to analyze project risk, feasibility, and priority. The course is aligned with the Quality Management Division of the American Society for Quality's Certification Handbook, and is designed to assist learners as part of their preparation for the ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence certification exam. Corporate  more...

Quality-minded Management The ISO 9000:2000 family of standards structures its Quality Management System (QMS) model into four major clauses: Management Responsibility, Resource Management, Product Realization, and Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement. This course provides an overview of the clause "Management Responsibility." It details management's role in establishing a quality policy and its responsibility to support  more...

Customer Satisfaction Through Resource Management The ISO 9001:2000 standard structures its Quality Management System (QMS) model into four major areas: Management Responsibility; Resource Management; Product Realization; and Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement. Resource Management is one important component of the QMS. This course examines the management of human, material, and environmental resources that are necessary to maintain an  more...

Lean Techniques Imagine that you're shopping at a local furniture store when you see a lamp that you must buy. It's exactly what you've been looking for at the right price. But the lamp model is out of stock and the only one left is the floor sample. Naturally, you inquire about purchasing the sample, but the sales person tells you that the store has a policy of prohibiting this. Why? Wouldn't it make sense to  more...

Building Brand Equity ...se will answer each of these questions in depth. You will analyze the components of brand equity. You will utilize the psychology of a consumer's perceptions and apply helpful techniques to build your brand equity. Finally, you will construct a marketing support program with the aim of appealing to your consumers and improving their perceptions of your brand. This is all done in an effort  more...

Introduction to Brand Management There are three ingredients every company needs for branding success: a brand manager, a brand, and the consumer. But how do these ingredients relate and what are they comprised of that makes them so important? This course will demonstrate how each ingredient reacts to the other in order to create a valuable, long-lasting brand. First, you will learn about the responsibilities of a brand manager,  more...

Developing a New-product Strategy Product development is not a mystery. Nor is it only the concern of your research and development department. One of your main responsibilities as a product manager is to create a new-product strategy. This means that in addition to developing new-product goals, you also need to develop a plan for reaching those goals. In this course, you'll explore the tools and techniques to help you create a  more...

Design Concepts for Web Sites To describe, explain, and equip students to use the basic techniques of web site design and development Web authors, webmasters, marketing and communications professionals, PR professionals, graphic designers, desktop designers, technical writers, and library scientists  more...

Fundamentals of Microsoft Visual InterDev 6 0 This course gives an overview of the fundamental concepts of Visual InterDev 6.0. It teaches how to create simple web projects using the Web Project Wizard, as well as how to create site diagrams, manage links between pages, apply links, style sheets, and themes to a project. In addition, it prepares students to take the Microsoft certification exam: Designing and Implementing Web Solutions with  more...

System Analysis and Design ...ifies the types of feasibility analysis and the method to analyze the cost and benefit of a project. Further, the course introduces the concept of system design and the documentation tool required for the structured design of a system. Finally, the course discusses the need and methods for system testing, quality assurance, project maintenance, and software maintenance. End users who want to be  more...

The Iterative Process in User-Centered Design To design usability tests and surveys, organize focus groups, and analyze feedback and implement findings for improving product design This path is targeted primarily at software architects and project managers working on high level design. This path will also target programmers and developers looking to improve their skills in user centered software design.  more...

Testing and Instrumenting C Applications To introduce the concepts of software testing and debugging and to describe the use of the Debug and Trace programmatic classes in the .NET Framework class library and the Visual Studio .NET and SDK interactive debuggers Windows developers seeking to update their knowledge of and skills in developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing MCAD or MCSD .NET  more...

Web Application Maintenance in C To introduce and describe techniques for monitoring web applications using the .NET performance monitoring API, the .NET Windows event log API, and Visual Studio Analyzer Web developers seeking to update their knowledge and skills when developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing MCAD or MCSD .NET certification  more...

Web Application Maintenance in VB NET To introduce and describe techniques for monitoring web applications using the .NET performance monitoring API, the .NET Windows event log API, and Visual Studio Analyzer Web developers seeking to update their knowledge and skills when developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing MCAD or MCSD .NET certification  more...

Testing and Instrumenting VB NET Applications To introduce the concepts of software testing and debugging and to describe the use of the Debug and Trace programmatic classes in the .NET Framework class library and the Visual Studio .NET and SDK interactive debuggers Windows developers seeking to update their knowledge of and skills in developing, testing, and debugging software applications in Visual Studio .NET or pursuing MCAD or