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Six Sigma Green Belt Personal Training Library ...s of training.) DMAIC teaches learners the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) problem-solving process as well as tutorials on over 50 data collection and analysis tools such as Pareto diagrams, fishbone diagrams, and flowcharts to name just a few. (2 Units; 2 Assessments; Approximately 7 hours of training.) SPC Workout is a basic yet comprehensive course that makes understanding  more...

Search Engine Competency Assessment-Level 1 (SECA Basic Certification) ...ECA Level 1 you will demonstrate a reliable and validated measure of overall Search Engine Optimization performance, knowledge and skill sets. A successful passing grade entitles you to apply and receive a SECA Certificate from an Accredited State University. Search Engine Optimization is an ever changing, complex practice, which requires practitioners to be up to date on the latest strategies  more...

Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Office 2007 The Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) credential, part of the Microsoft Business Certification program, identifies specific skills covering the most in-demand 2007 Microsoft Office system products Microsoft Office Word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Access 2007, and Outlook 2007 as well as the Windows Vista operating system. The MCAS certification is replacing the Microsoft  more...

Build Your Own BIZ(tm) - Selling Skills ...ose more sales. It will also help you set sales goals and measure the effectiveness of your sales force. Build Your Selling Skills and Close More Sales This course is designed to sharpen your selling skills and help you close more sales. The class includes text and downloadable resources. Description of Course Selling Skills explores the following areas: The keys to successful selling Sales  more...

Build Your Own BIZ(tm) - Using Financial Statements ...measure how well your company is doing. You will receive as a bonus 1 year unlimited access to this course from the day of enrollment. If attempting to accelerate your learning (1-2 weeks or less), please pay special attention to key points so you may successfully apply the information gained from this course to your particular business situation. You will receive as a bonus 1 year unlimited  more...

Build Your Own BIZ(tm) - Customer Service Strategies ...ervice and help you define who your customers are, how to measure customer service, and determine the appropriate methods for obtaining customer feedback. You will receive as a bonus 1 year unlimited access to this course from the day of enrollment. If attempting to accelerate your learning (1-2 weeks or less), please pay special attention to key points so you may successfully apply the  more...

Beyond Grant Writing and Approaching Viable Funding Sources with Success Many grants are developed and submitted to possible funding sources each year. Few are chosen for funding. This course will highlight the characteristics of a funded grant and a granting organization`s criteria for success. This self-directed course will guide the participant through the process of finding, applying and successfully engaging grant funding sources. The five (5) week course will  more...

Leading Effective Teams Course description -- This practical, hands-on approach to team leadership addresses the three essential elements of creating an effective team: focusing on results, providing structure, and building positive interactions and teamwork. You will be given tools to help you document the purpose of your team and account for all the tasks that need to be done. You will learn techniques to help you keep  more...

Search Engine Competency Assessment-Level 1 (SECA Basic Certification) SECA Basic Certification covers skills built on a framework of current Search Engine Optimization theory and best practices. By passing SECA Level 1 you will demonstrate a reliable and validated measure of overall Search Engine Optimization performance, knowledge and skill sets. A successful passing grade entitles you to apply and receive a SECA Certificate from an Accredited State University.  more...

Communication during Organizational Change ...under strain. How successfully you communicate is a vital measure of how well you deal with change. "Communication during Organizational Change" starts by recognizing that the first factor in successful communication is how you feel inside. The unfamiliar tends to generate stress, and when you are stressed you do not communicate well. This course addresses this problem proactively. It also  more...

Strategies for Transitioning into Management ...ransition into management, develop management tactics and measure your management success. In addition, you'll develop techniques for facing the realities of management, such as understanding the impact of the Information Age on your management role, working effectively with your peers and maintaining a good relationship with your manager. After completing this course, you'll be ready to switch  more...

Problem Performance Identification ...hat the manager encounters then he or she must be able to measure the extent of that problem performance if they are to deal with it effectively. An imprecise definition and description of the problem, leads to a less than useful treatment in many ineffective performance management approaches. The observation of a worker naturally leads into the assessment of the standards of performance of  more...

The Facilitator Role Tired of wasting time at meetings that take too long and get too little accomplished? Learn to facilitate meetings that are both productive and time efficient. In this course, you will explore the foundations of the art of group facilitation. You will define the role of a facilitator, so that you can easily differentiate between facilitated groups and democratic or autocratic groups. Identifying  more...

Management Tools and Metrics ...ray of management tools and processes that both guide and measure his performance. This course is intended to demonstrate the management and measurement tools a professional CSS is expected to use when dealing with individual customers and participating in the overall operation of the Support Center. The skills and knowledge required include how to use tools associated with problem, change,  more...

Using Surveys to Measure Customer Satisfaction ...to prevent them defecting to the competition. You need to measure customer satisfaction on a regular basis, and this course will give you the tools to do this.Once you have established the attributes of your service that customers value the most, by gathering their qualitative feedback, you need to gauge how they rate your company's ability to deliver them. This course concentrates on the  more...

Leading a Customer-focused Team ...am's performance.In the second lesson you'll learn how to measure the elements of performance that impact on customer service, after being shown how to differentiate between those that do and those that don't. You'll also learn how to coach for performance improvement, using the method that's the most appropriate for the situation.No prescribed service system, no matter how finely tuned, can  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...

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, clearly  more...

Business Etiquette for Supervisors ...ds and looks, things so intangible they are impossible to measure." In other words, supervisors increase their own effectiveness as well as the effectiveness of their subordinates simply by the way they conduct everyday tasks. In short, they do it by applying simple etiquette. In this course, the learner will explore the special etiquette of being a supervisor, the etiquette of one-on-one  more...

Visual Basic 2005 Diagnostics and Management To manage application configuration and the custom installation of components, event logs, system processes and information, and use debugging and tracing to measure application performance  more...

Budgeting and Controlling Costs ...ciated with Project Cost Management help Project Managers measure project performance and monitor cost variances. This course will highlight the importance of Project Cost Management to project performance. It will cover the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs for the Cost Budgeting and Cost Control processes. Through interactive learning strategies and real-life scenarios, the learner  more...

Executing Monitoring Controlling and Closing a Project ...tail many processes that are designed to manage progress, measure performance, take corrective action if need be, and document lessons learned. Competent project managers understand that project success can actually be a dangerous thing. To keep a project team from becoming complacent in response to project success, everyone involved must use the processes from the three Process Groups to keep  more...

Performing Quality Assurance and Control ...measure of success for any project is whether the results satisfy the project customer. After all, it's the project customer who determines whether the results of a project were worth the time and money that went into it. However, project managers can't wait until a project is complete to find out whether the results meet the customer's needs. At the scheduled conclusion of a project, both the  more...

Manager s Performance Guide - Team Conflict Skills ...d value to the organization, and that means being able to measure performance. Have behaviors changed? How can we determine behavioral change? During the past four decades, numerous models of training evaluation have been proposed. Donald Kirkpatrick created the one that's been most widely used, and most other models indirectly or directly build on Kirkpatrick's model. This course is designed  more...

Team Leadership - Promoting Your Team s Effectiveness Team Leadership: Promoting Your Team's Effectiveness offers the student an overview of how to set goals, prevent team ineffectiveness, and measure individual and team performance. The program covers in detail the steps for setting effective goals, the steps for measuring team and individual performance, and the advantages and negative effects of diversity.  more...

C 2005 Diagnostics and Management To manage application configuration and the custom installation of components, event logs, system processes and information, and use debugging and tracing to measure application performance  more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Measuring the Process ...measure how much carpet you need to buy for a new room in your house? By the same token, do you have the right tools for measuring a process in your organization that just isn't working? "Six Sigma DMAIC: Measuring the Process," provides Six Sigma Green Belts and team members with techniques for precisely pinpointing the source of problems--and precisely measuring them. That means you'll learn  more...

Modeling and Analyzing Processes in Six Sigma ... quality advocate, statistician, and educator. During the Measure stage of the Six Sigma methodology, you need to identify and map processes and procedures for problem areas identified during the Define stage, and present them to the Six Sigma team for a closer look. As you start uncovering and analyzing these processes, the likely causes of problems become clearer. This course will examine the  more...

Statistics and Probability in Six Sigma ...probability are the key tools that Six Sigma teams use to measure and analyze issues that are identified in the early stages of Six Sigma projects. This course explores basic statistical concepts that apply to Six Sigma. It distinguishes between enumerative and analytical statistics and population and sample characteristics, and describes the Central Limit Theorem. It also examines basic  more...

Data Classification and Collection in Six Sigma ...Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so" said Galileo Galilei, the famous Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. Measuring the key characteristics in your current processes is a very significant step in any Six Sigma improvement journey. As such, sample data from existing processes needs to be identified, collected, presented, and analyzed.  more...

Probability Distributions and Measurement Systems Analysis in Six Sigma ...hered and used is not accurate or precise, which is where measurement systems analysis (MSA) comes into play. MSA is a task in the Measure stage of the Six Sigma DMAIC process and is used to identify the variability caused by the measurement system itself. This course will examine how to calculate normal, binomial, Poisson, chi-square, Student's t-distributions, and F distributions. It will  more...

Six Sigma Process Improvement ...d to help Champions learn how to use Six Sigma's Define - Measure - Analyze - Improve - Control (DMAIC) methodology to upgrade current processes. It also explores using Six Sigma tools and methods to understand customer requirements, recognize the gaps between current deliverables and customer needs, analyze the root causes of process shortfalls, and finally use Six Sigma tools to improve  more...

Six Sigma Projects and Project Teams ...f Champions. It also provides Champions with a toolkit to measure and analyze a project thoroughly before it is selected for Six Sigma improvement. The roadmap for selecting Black Belts and other team members needed to build a winning project team is also explored. Champions will learn how to shape and align the dynamics of their sponsored team to the organization's business goals. Finally, the  more...

Six Sigma Listening to the Voice of the Customer "Let the buyer beware." That old business maxim of caveat emptor once struck fear in the hearts of many wary consumers. Now there's a new reality: Competition for consumer attention is intense across all industries and markets, so now it's the company itself which is being admonished to beware. That means businesses should be looking for the best way to gauge what its customers really need and  more...

Common Tests ...Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) roadmap includes what is traditionally referred to as "crunching the numbers." After you have accurately defined the problem and measured the correct data in earlier phases, the Analyze phase looks at that data from all angles in an effort to precisely determine the relationships among variables. Making the data useful is the job of the Analyze phase. By  more...

Variance Contingency Tables and Nonparametric Tests ...Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) roadmap includes what is traditionally referred to as "crunching the numbers." After you have accurately defined the problem and measured the correct data in earlier phases, the Analyze phase looks at that data from all angles in an effort to precisely determine the relationships among variables. Making the data useful is the job of the Analyze phase. By  more...

Six Sigma--Statistical Process Control ...lution permanent? When a Six Sigma?? team imposes control measures on a process it has improved, it does so with the idea of making its improvements long-lasting. The Control phase of the DMAIC model (Define, Measure, Analyze, Inform, Control) doesn't rely on quick fixes. Instead, it applies statistical techniques that will monitor and control whatever variation arises in that improved process  more...

Six Sigma--Lean Tools for Control ...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 the manufacturing method to reduce wasteful activities, such as over-production, waiting, and material hand-offs. Whereas Six Sigma tools focus on an organization's specific aspects,  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...

Process Analysis and Documentation ...ance improvement. The second phase in this methodology is Measure. You cannot hope to improve processes and performance without first knowing where you are, assessing where you want to be, and then planning how to get there, while measuring progress toward the goal all along the way. In the words of an old adage, what gets measured, gets done.In this course, you will learn about the steps in  more...

Probability and Statistics ...Measure step of the DMAIC system used in Six Sigma?? relies on the use of probability and statistics to produce information on variations in process. Black Belt candidates must be proficient in descriptive, inferential, and process-oriented statistical thinking; must understand how to stratify data; and must appreciate the uses of the Central Limit Theorem and inferential statistics to  more...

Collecting and Summarizing Data ...ormance improvement. The second phase in the roadmap, the Measure phase, provides a methodology and tools for establishing a baseline of current processes. This baseline is your starting point for process improvement. A critical part of establishing baselines is collecting data that will enable you to learn the current status of performance and processes, monitor improvement efforts, and  more...

Measurement Systems ...ormance improvement. The second phase in the roadmap, the Measure phase, provides a methodology and tools for collecting data and establishing baseline measures of current processes. However, measurement itself can be problematic. A measurement system is only as good as the measuring instruments and the operators, and both are responsible for a certain amount of variation. An important part of  more...

Management of the HR Process HRCI SPHR ...e organization and how to plan in HR. It describes how to measure and evaluate HR's contributions to organizational effectiveness. This course prepares HR professionals and management who are preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification examination. The content in this course is based on the Strategic Management and the  more...

Planning a Diversity Initiative ...tive. The course will also examine the strategies used to measure the success of a diversity initiative once it is in place. It explains the process for collecting useful and meaningful feedback and provides metrics by which organizations can evaluate the effectiveness of their diversity programs. Finally, it offers a variety of options for organizations who find that their diversity program is  more...

Analyzing the Income Statement and Balance Sheet This course examines the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet, their respective structures and relationships as they correlate to business activities, and introduces common methods of analysis when using these financial statements to measure a business's financial performance.  more...

The Income Statement and Balance Sheet Connection This course examines in detail the relationship between the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet, how the line items on each statement relate to the other and correlate to business activities and decision-making. The course introduces common methods of analysis when using these financial statements to measure a business's financial performance.  more...

Training for Business Results ...evaluate participants' reactions to training, they rarely measure the effect of that training on job performance behaviors and organizational objectives. Many companies understand that evaluation and assessments should be linked to organizational objectives, competency profiles, and intellectual capital development. But forward-looking organizations are recognizing and monitoring this industry  more...

Knowledge as Capital Times are changing. No longer is a company valued on just its physical assets and income streams. A quick look at many Internet focused organizations points to a basic fact: There is a new kind of asset being valued in our economy. That asset is knowledge, the intellectual capital of the organization. The high potential return of leveraging the knowledge capital of an organization has led to  more...

Quality Management - Business Process Improvement Quality Management: Business Process Improvement offers the student an overview of how to prepare and implement quality changes. The program details how to select processes for improvement, assign a process manager, and establish a process improvement team. In addition, the program teaches the learner how to flowchart and streamline a process, as well as how to measure process performance.  more...

Balanced Scorecard - Implementing In "Balanced Scorecard: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard," you will learn the importance of using a balanced scorecard as a tool to measure corporate performance relative to your company's strategies. You will also identify the four perspectives of a balanced scorecard, understand how to apply the steps to build a balanced scorecard for your organization, and learn how to construct a strategy  more...

Exploratory Data Analysis in Six Sigma ...causes or input variables (known as x's) collected in the Measure stage to get a deeper understanding of their relationships. The goal of this analysis is to narrow down the many possible x's identified earlier during the Measure stage, to a few probable ones. This analysis is generally conducted through the use of two important toolsets: exploratory data analysis and hypothesis testing.  more...

Introduction to Hypothesis Testing and Testing for Means in Six Sigma ...losely examines the many process inputs identified in the Measure phase to determine if they are related to outputs, and if a relationship does exist, if it is statistically significant. An important tool for this analysis is hypothesis testing. Hypothesis testing uses statistical analysis to determine if the observed relationship between two or more samples is real or due to random chance. A  more...

TCP IP Internetworking on Windows NT 4 0 Curriculum ... and two elective exams that provide a valid and reliable measure of technical proficiency and expertise. L earn To: Microsoft Class - 688 Internetworking Microsoft TCP/IP on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 C ontent Emphasis Skills-Based A udience This course series is intended for professionals seeking MCSE certification. Course Contents Course Series: Internetworking  more...

Wndows NT Server 4 0 Enterprise Curriculum ... and two elective exams that provide a valid and reliable measure of technical proficiency and expertise. L earn To: Microsoft Class - 689 Supporting Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise C ontent Emphasis Skills-Based A udience This course series is intended for professionals seeking MCSE certification. Course Contents Course Series: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft  more...

Windows NT 4 0 Core Technologies Support Curriculum ... and two elective exams that provide a valid and reliable measure of technical proficiency and expertise. L earn To: Microsoft Class - 922 Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies C ontent Emphasis Skills-Based A udience This course series is intended for professionals seeking MCSE certification. Course Contents Course Series: Implementing and  more...

Windows NT 4 0 Administration Curriculum ... and two elective exams that provide a valid and reliable measure of technical proficiency and expertise. L earn To: Microsoft Class - 803 Administering Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 C ontent Emphasis Skills-Based A udience This series is intended for professionals seeking MCSE certification. Course Contents Course Series: Administering Microsoft Windows NT 4.0  more...

Windows NT 4 0 Administration Curriculum ... and two elective exams that provide a valid and reliable measure of technical proficiency and expertise. L earn To: Microsoft Class - 803 Administering Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 C ontent Emphasis Skills-Based A udience This series is intended for professionals seeking MCSE certification. Course Contents Course Series: Administering Microsoft Windows NT 4.0  more...

SAP R 3 v4 0 Investment Management - Overview ...tegration. Unit 2: Investment Programs and Investment Measures Duration: 1 Hour(s) Types of investment programs. Master data investment programs. Creating and editing program definitions. Creating and editing program positions. Editing and displaying program structures. Fundamentals of investment measurements. Characteristics. Investment profile. Order type, sample order.  more...

Sales Management Leading a Sales Team ...t the coversation, Ron will ask you questions designed to measure your understanding of the material. Unit 3: Conducting Sales Meetings (1 - 2 hours) Identify common goals of sales meetings. Sequence the steps for preparing to conduct a sales meeting. Select the guidelines for ensuring an effective sales meeting.  more...

Advanced Six Sigma The Measure Analysis Phases of DMAIC ...Measure and Analysis phase in the DMAIC model of Six Sigma implementation helps practitioners set standards for performance and quality. Subsequently, these metrics are studied to understand the issues and the causes that deter conformity to the specified standard. This in turn facilitates both preventive and corrective action. Learn To: Understand the role of data in the  more...

Advanced Six Sigma The Define Phase of DMAIC ...eve a zero-defect quality level. Using Six Sigma, you can measure how many defects you have in a process, and systematically eliminate them to arrive at a near zero-defect product or process. In this advanced course of implementing Six Sigma, you will use the concepts of Six Sigma and apply them to an organization. You will identify problems, customer requirements, and tools to address the  more...

IIS 4 0 Creating Configuring a Web Server - Part 2 ...osoft Windows NT and Internet Information Server security measures that can be implemented to secure a Web site on an Internet Information Server. Identify how to secure data with SSL and acquire SSL digital certificate that is used to encrypt data. Identify the characteristics of virtual directories and servers. Create and troubleshoot virtual directories and servers. Identify the  more...

Quality Management Business Process Improvement ... to flowchart and streamline a process, as well as how to measure process performance. Learn To Given three goals, prepare to lead business process improvement. Identify the steps for planning improvements. Identify the criteria for selecting a process for improvement. Identify the  more...

Oracle 11i Procure to Pay Part 1 ...f inventory organizations. Identify features of Unit of Measure (UOM). Identify features of items. Identify functions of various item attributes. Create an item. Identify features of item categories and category sets. Create an item category. Create an item category set. Identify features of a request for quotation (RFQ). Identify options in the RFQs window for creating a  more...

Oracle 11i10 Order to Cash Lifecycle Key Components ... of Enterprise Structure. Identify features of Units of Measure (UOMs). Create a Unit of Measure (UOM). Audience: The target audience is Functional Implementers and Implementation Consultants for Oracle eBusiness Suite applications. Deployment: Self-Study Accreditation CEU credits: 0.40 CEUs Language Options: US English Total Learning Time: 2.5 hours  more...

Balanced Scorecard Implementing ...the importance of using a balanced scorecard as a tool to measure corporate performance relative to your company's strategies. You will also identify the four perspectives of a balanced scorecard, understand how to apply the steps to build a balanced scorecard for your organization, and learn how to construct a strategy map to support your balanced scorecard. Learn To: Identify  more...

SAP Strategic Enterprise Management SEM SAP Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM) shows what SAP SEM is, which business processes it covers, and which companies use it. The student will be introduced to the components of the SAP SEM System and their functions. Learn To: o Overview of SAP SEM. o Integration and Components. o Data Basis and Implementation Scenarios. o Components of the SAP SEM System. o SEM BIC and SRM. o  more...

Six Sigma Deploying Six Sigma ...ing key people before then helping the learner to define, measure, analyze, improve and control the selected process. It also looks at process capability studies and how they should be directed. Learn To Identify guidelines for Six Sigma projects. Identify steps for choosing a Six Sigma project team.  more...

Essentials of Management Maintaining a Productive Workplace ...oductivity. Through your questions, you will learn how to measure productivity, the two factors that influence productivity, and ways to maintain a productive workforce. Unit 2: Identifying Ways to Improve Productivity (0.5 - 1 hour) Ask six questions that will help you identify ways to improve productivity. List the three ways that a job  more...

Project Management Essentials Controlling Closing a Project ...w of the information required to control project changes, measure project performance, and use project performance reports. The program details steps for accommodating change, actions for controlling the project schedule and budget, and steps for closing a project. Learn To Identify the steps for accommodating a change. Identify the  more...

Team Leadership Promoting Your Team s Effectiveness ...ew of how to set goals, prevent team ineffectiveness, and measure individual and team performance. The program covers in detail the steps for setting effective goals, the steps for measuring team and individual performance, and the advantages and negative effects of diversity. Learn To Follow steps for setting team goals. Establish  more...

Six Sigma Six Sigma Essentials In Six Sigma: Six Sigma Essentials you will learn the history and background of the Six Sigma quality initiative as well as some essential information on how it impacts on business processes. Putting Six Sigma in context, the course then goes on to look at some of the principal tools used in a Six Sigma project before examining strategies for preparing your organization for this new quality  more...

Brand Management Managing Brand Equity ...anaging Brand Equity explains how to manage a brand name, measure brand equity, and manage a brand on a long-term basis. The program also details the steps for creating brand extensions, the techniques for measuring brand equity, and the options for reviving brand equity. Learn To Identify issues to consider when managing a brand name.  more...

Motivation Fostering Employee Motivation ... Identify the basic indicators used to measure motivation levels. Identify ways to lead employees with specific needs. Determine the best way to lead employees with specific needs. Select steps for building relationships that increase motivation. Follow steps for building relationships  more...

IIS 4 0 Creating and Managing a Web Server Curriculum ... and two elective exams that provide a valid and reliable measure of technical proficiency and expertise. L earn To: Microsoft Class - 936 Creating and Configuring a Web Server Using Microsoft IIS 4.0 C ontent Emphasis Skills-Based A udience This curriculum is intended for professionals seeking MCSE certification Course Contents Course Series: Implementing and  more...