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Online Course: Predictive Analytics Applied Online Edition ... predictive analytics * Core technology: How a predictive model works and how it's created * Evaluation: Measuring how well a predictive model works and how much revenue it generates * Process: Management and project leadership for predictive analytics * Illustrations: Live demos and detailed case studies * Hands-on: Get your hands dirty for 20 minutes with a revealing Excel-based exercise  more...

Creating a Strong Leadership Team ...key elements of how to create a leadership team that is a model for the rest of the organization. The Strategies and Tips are practical tools and methods to create and maintain a shared vision, define roles and responsibilities, and determine mutual goals and priorities. Key Points also include techniques for avoiding power struggles and resolving issues to keep leaders focused and aligned. more...

Cisco CCNA Complete Set This complete set of 12 Units is designed to teach the student the necessary materials and understanding of Cisco Routers and to prepare the student to take the Cicso Certified Network Associates exam to gain the IT certification of CCNA. more...

Design Team - Business Process Modelling ...Modelling enables communication between staff working upon the analysis and design of processes and information boundaries in an organisation and the boundaries and scope of a system. The Modelling activity produces diagrams which form the basis of both new information systems and business process engineering. This course teaches the whole process of applying each technique - from information more...

Windmaster Case Study 2: Industry Analysis Competing in the business world isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course examines the role analysis plays in strategic more...

Windmaster Case Study 4: Portfolio Analysis Competing in the business world isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course introduces you to portfolio analysis as means of more...

Internetworking Technologies - Part 1 This is the first course in a four-part series on Internetworking Technologies 2.0. This series will help students to understand terms, concepts, technologies, and devices commonly used in networking. This course will cover basic internetworking, internetworking components, and Local Area Networks (LANs). more...

Internetworking Technologies - Part 3 This is the third course in a four-part series on Internetworking Technologies 2.0. This series will help students to understand terms, concepts, technologies, and devices commonly used in networking. This course will cover Internet protocols, NetWare protocols, and AppleTalk. more...

Cisco Interconnecting Network Devices Part 1: Establishing Workgroups This course is the first in a four-part series that is based on Cisco Systems' instructor-led training, Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND 1.0). In this series, the concepts, commands, and practice required to configure Cisco switches and routers in multiprotocol internetworks are covered. Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting information and practice that technical support more...

Cisco Designing Networks Part 1: Internetworking Analysis This first course in the DCN curriculum should provide the learner with a brief overview of the internetworking technologies and devices that they must understand to begin designing Cisco networks. It should also discuss the theories and processes for identifying the networking needs of the customer. more...

Cisco Building Multilayer Switched Networks Part 1: Campus Networks In this course, you will learn about campus networks, the emerging campus model and the hierarchical model, connecting switch blocks, and configuring switch block connectivity. more...

Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting - Part 1 This is the first course in a five-part series on Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting 4.0 (CIT 4.0). CIT 4.0 teaches students how to baseline and troubleshoot an environment using Cisco routers and switches for multiprotocol client hosts and servers. This is an advanced series that shows networking professionals troubleshooting processes on Cisco Routers and Catalyst Switches. This course will more...

Cisco Internetwork Design Part 1: Internetwork and LAN Design The first course in the Cisco Internetwork Design series provides a review of key internetworking technology information. It also covers Campus LAN Design. In particular it defines the design, technical and business considerations that you must consider before deploying a Campus LAN Design. It also introduces Campus LAN Technologies and covers Campus LAN Design Models. more...

Microsoft Windows Architecture I: Component and Database Technologies This course is the first part of the four part series for the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and Services Architecture (WOSA) exams I and II. more...

Microsoft Windows Architecture II: Issues in Deployment, Solutions Design and Internationalization This course is the third part of the four part series for the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and Services Architecture (WOSA) exams I and II. more...

Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies - Part 1 This is the first course in a four-part series intended for network support professionals who will install, configure customize and support Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0. The courses in this series prepare the foundation for supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 in a single domain environment. The series imparts the skills necessary to install, configure, customize, optimize, network, more...

Implementing Directory Services in Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 This is the first course in a seven-part series intended for network support professionals working in a Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 based enterprise environment. The series aims to enable these professionals to pass Microsoft's certification examination 70-68. This series enables participants to design, implement, and support the Windows NT Server network operating system in a multidomain more...

Networking Essentials 2nd Edition - Part 3 This is the third course in a four part series covering the foundation concepts of networking. This series imparts the knowledge and skills required for a foundation in current networking technology for local area networks, wide area networks and the Internet. more...

Solutions Development Discipline - Part 1 This course is the first part of a three part series for IT Professionals. This series will discuss Microsoft's philosophy on team organization, introduces a milestone-driven process model to manage the risks inherent in a dynamic environment, and provides an architectural framework for MultiThreaded development that emphasizes reusability and distribution. more...

Solutions Development Discipline - Part 2 This course is the second part of a three part series for IT Professionals. This series will discuss Microsoft's philosophy on team organization, introduces a milestone-driven process model to manage the risks inherent in a dynamic environment, and provides an architectural framework for MultiThreaded development that emphasizes reusability and distribution. more...

Solutions Development Discipline - Part 3 This course is the final part of a three part series for IT Professionals. This series will discuss Microsoft's philosophy on team organization, introduces a milestone-driven process model to manage the risks inherent in a dynamic environment, and provides an architectural framework for MultiThreaded development that emphasizes reusability and distribution. more...

Designing Component Solutions - Part 1 This course is the first part of a two part series for IT Professionals. This series will present a practical design framework for achieving flexible, user-centric solutions built from components. more...

Designing Component Solutions - Part 2 This course is the final part of a two part series for IT Professionals. This series will present a practical design framework for achieving flexible, user-centric solutions built from components. more...

Microsoft Windows 2000 Network - Designing Security Part 1: Security Planning This is the first course in a five-part series of the Microsoft Windows 2000 Network - Designing Security curriculum which prepares participants for Microsoft Exam 70-220. This course provides participants with an opportunity to learn the Windows 2000 security model and technologies to plan for a secure enterprise network, creating and analyzing a network security plan, planning secure and 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...

Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0: Accessing Remote Data This is the fourth 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 work with database records and identify the methods of managing recordset size; identify the components of Remote Data Services more...

Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 - Part 1 This is the first course in a five part series that will provide programmers with the basic skills to build three-tier client/server solutions. more...

Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0: Designing and Implementing Applications - Part 6 This is the sixth course in an eight part series for programmers. This series provides the C++ programmers the necessary skills to develop applications using the MFC library and the Microsoft Visual C++ 6 development environment. more...

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0: Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses - Part 2 This is the second course in a five part series that will help students prepare for the Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-019, Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. At the completion of this course, students will learn to identify the design characteristics of OLAP systems and Aggregate schemas; identify the data warehouse models; identify the Data more...

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0: Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses - Part 5 This is the final course in a five part series that will help students prepare for the Microsoft Certified Professional exam 70-019, Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. At the completion of this course, students will learn to identify the features of the components of Microsoft Repository; perform the tasks related to managing a Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 data more...

Enterprise JavaBeans Part 1: Introduction and Architecture This first course in the series provides the foundation for the rest of the course series. It introduces learners to the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition and to Enterprise JavaBeans. It describes the features and benefits of the J2EE application model and its JavaBeans component model. It also covers the EJB architecture, client, and classes and interfaces. more...

J2EE Connectivity Part 4: EJB Architecture, Session Beans, and Security This course teaches about the design and development of Enterprise Java Beans. It differentiates between the two different kinds of beans, session and entity beans, and explains their purpose. It also explains how to create the different kinds of session beans, how to use session beans appropriately, and how to work with the EJB Security Model. more...

CCNT Local Area Networks Part 1: Introduction to LANs This is the first course in a three-part series on Local Area Networks for the Certified in Convergent Network Technologies (CCNT) curriculum. This course introduces LAN technologies, topologies, and standards. In addition, the TCP/IP Protocol suite and IEEE standards are covered. more...

The OSI Model Upon completing this WestNet e-Learning module, you will be able to explain why the OSI model was created; name and understand the layers of the OSI reference model; and, describe what an open standard is and why it benefits both vendors and customers. more...

Overview of Layers and Layer 1 Devices In this WestNet e-Learning module, we review the layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model, functions of each layer, and internetworking devices that perform each of the functions. We will begin a detailed discussion of the devices found at the Physical Layer of the OSI model. more...

Facilitating On-site and Virtual Teams Knowing how to facilitate maturing on-site and virtual teams is critical, because it is at this time that teams typically reach peak performance. Mature teams begin to perform independently, and it's important that the leader's role changes to that of a facilitator. This course will cover the facilitation of on-site and virtual teams as teams mature. It will introduce the development stages of 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...

The Pharmaceutical Industry Overview Version 2 ...industry environment, including its key players, business model, structure, and relevant business and regulatory issues. The course explores the issues that the industry is currently facing in North America and globally, and examines strategic and innovative solutions the industry is using to overcome them. The overall purpose of this course is help learners get a feel for the industry more...

The Health Care Industry Overview Version 2 There is growing evidence that the current health systems around the world will be unsustainable if they go unchanged over the coming years. The health care industry is under constant pressure to streamline operations and cut extraneous spending, while providing quality, safe, and cost-effective care to its patients. In addition, operating in a highly regulated environment, industry players need more...

The Banking Industry Overview Version 2 ...roduction to the banking industry's value chain, business model, and trends. Second, this course examines the business and regulatory issues and challenges facing the banking industry. Finally, this course looks at some of the successful strategies that leading banking companies are applying. Consulting houses, corporations, and small-to-medium-sized enterprises that sell products or services more...

The Retail Industry Overview Version 2 ...ding retail industry, including its value chain, business models, and trends. The course also examines the business and regulatory issues and challenges facing the industry, and some of the successful solutions that leading retail companies are applying. Consulting houses, corporations, and small-to-medium-sized enterprises that sell products or services to other sectors and industries; more...

The Insurance Industry Overview Version 2 The insurance industry has its share of risks and opportunities. While providing risk coverage to individuals and businesses, insurers are striving hard to manage their own risks in the wake of natural and human-made disasters, financial setbacks, and governance scandals. As margins are squeezed in the face of low underwriting profitability and the cushion of investment returns begins to shrink, more...

The Contact Center and Technical Support Agent ...istics of the modern contact center as a customer-centric model. The second lesson explains how the customer-centric focus affects the TSA's role in the contact center and examines the TSA profession. The third lesson discusses the attributes and skills a TSA needs for success in the modern contact center. Technical support agents seeking to acquire new skills or improve the skills they already more...

Assessing Customer Behavior ...model, dealing with all customers in a positive and efficient manner is paramount. But this goal can become daunting to a TSA who has not developed the ability to identify various behavior types and apply appropriate techniques to deal with them in a way that builds a positive relationship between the customer and the company. This course instructs agents in how to identify customer behavior, more...

Technical Support Agent Skills Simulation ...model, today's technical support centers are staffed with TSA professionals who must add to their technical repertoire a high standard of customer-relations management, sales skills, and keen problem-solving ability. To test these skills, you will assume the role of a Level-1 TSA for Masterson Tool and Equipment. Through its catalog and web site, Masterson offers a wide selection of products more...

Making Team Decisions Brainstorm as a Team This course presents a team decision-making model and describes the decision-making methods of Brainstorming and List Reduction. Professionals who want to collaborate more effectively within a group. more...

Diagnosing and Planning ...d 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 client's particular business, you must have a knowledge of the organization. Each organization is unique: there are different people and more...

A Workable Solution for Internal Clients One of the many challenges of working as an internal consultant is that of "making things happen." But making decisions isn't always easy. There are so many options and you may encounter resistance to changes you propose during internal consulting assignments. How should you deal with this? And how can you be so sure that working practices won't simply revert back once you're "off the scene?" You more...

Customer Service Procedures Failing to realize the importance of customer service and effective complaints handling leads to increasingly dissatisfied customers. Organizations need to be able to address the needs of customers in an effective and efficient manner. This course is intended to show the proper procedures and processes needed to provide effective customer service: how to properly support a customer, how to provide more...

Project IT Management Simulation - The Early Stages ...new web site, a customer will be able to choose the year, model, and options of their new vehicle and then purchase their vehicle without ever having to set foot in a dealer showroom. After payment and financing options have been arranged online, American Auto will complete the transaction and deliver the customer's new vehicle to their home or work. In order to make web purchasing a reality, more...

Project IT Management Simulation - Design to Rollout ...new web site, a customer will be able to choose the year, model, and options of their new vehicle and then purchase their vehicle without ever having to set foot in a dealer showroom. After payment and financing options have been arranged online, American Auto will complete the transaction and deliver the customer's new vehicle to their home or work. In order to make web purchasing a reality, more...

Performance Reporting and Stakeholder Management ...project managers need to understand what a communications model is, and how it helps promote success and resolve differences. They need to plan out a strategy to ensure that needed information is gathered and produced efficiently. Finally, the project manager is responsible for distributing information to all stakeholders--internal and external--concerning all project management knowledge more...

Balancing Stress Devise a Stress Control Plan Balancing Stress: Devise a Stress Control Plan, is the fourth of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to implement guidelines for assertiveness in life, classify behavior types in terms of a widely used and accepted model, identify strategies to modify behavior types and develop an action plan for tackling stress. The Stress Management more...

The Foundations of Creativity and Innovation ...sychological perspectives. You will then examine specific models that are used to explain creativity and innovation. Of course, creativity is not a "dry" subject. The human mind must be stimulated, excited, and nurtured to produce creative thinking. In short, people need the right climate and culture for creativity and innovation to flourish. Starting with an examination of the barriers to more...

Self-empowerment Managing from Within Have you ever thought that you could be the best boss you've ever had? By developing attitudes and skills that empower you, you can manage from within and become your own best boss. Self-empowerment is the process of taking responsibility for your attitudes, behaviors, and actions at work to maximize your effectiveness. As an empowered employee, you will be driven by ownership, initiative, and 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...

An Essential Guide to Giving Feedback The performance of any business depends upon the performance of everyone within the organization. To ensure that all staff are meeting their potential it is essential that there is a culture which enables feedback to be given and received. This course enables you to become familiar with the key aspects of giving candid, constructive feedback about performance. The purpose of this course is to more...

Giving Feedback A Manager s Guide The performance of your business depends upon the performance of every member of your staff. Thus a key skill for all who manage staff is the ability to provide candid, constructive feedback about performance. The purpose of this course is to enable you to enhance your skills in giving feedback. The course starts by exploring the nature of feedback, and it then develops a practical approach to the more...

The Impact of Culture on Communication Everything you say is influenced by culture. You operate with a set of invisible beliefs, values, and assumptions that become apparent to other people in the way you behave. Culture is important to the way you communicate, even though it is often hidden. Understanding more about culture can be a real bonus when working as part of any global organization. Showing your customers and coworkers in more...

International Communications Simulation In this simulation, you will be employed as a Divisional Merchandise Manager (DMM) of home audio and video electronics for Everson and Macombre, the parent company of two thriving retail chains one a department store, the other a members-only warehouse for bulk goods and specialty products. In your role as DMM, you will oversee the activities of a sizable buying staff and manage purchasing more...

Empowering your Workgroup Evaluate Staff Performance This course defines the PERFORM evaluation tool and demonstrates how it can be used to improve individual performance. All levels of professionals who supervise the performance of other staff members. more...

Organizational Behavior The Organizational System Organizational Behavior: The Organizational System defines organizational structure and culture and explains their impact on employees. It also teaches how to perform a job analysis to determine whether an organization's job designs are appropriate and gives options for job redesign. Managers, supervisors, team members, and anyone who is interested in improving the behavior variables within their more...

Models for Managing Technical Professionals Because technical professionals set a high value on autonomy, managing their time and resources can be a difficult task. But, since it's your job to supervise this often-frustrating yet extremely valuable group of employees, you need to figure out the best way to do it. And this "best way" may vary from company to company and from individual to individual. In this course you'll learn a variety of 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...

A New Manager s Role in the Company s Future Perhaps one of the most exciting and challenging changes that comes with moving into a management role is the need to take a more strategic view of the work you are doing. You need to develop a greater awareness of how your own work, and the work of those in your department, fits with the strategic vision of the company. You will also need to have a greater understanding of the impact that the 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...

Energizing and Empowering Employees Energy. Without it, the wheels and gigabytes of industry come to a screeching halt. And without energized, empowered employees, your part of global industry will make far less progress. This course introduces you to the importance of energizing and empowering employees. By doing so, you multiply the benefits to your department, team, and organization. The course begins by showing you ways to more...

Managing Cross-Functions Today, managers need to address the complex problems and challenges of the current global business environment. Managers must now rely upon other divisions, departments, or functions in order to allocate resources, prioritize their staff time, and cooperate with each other. This requires that managers develop a degree of systems thinking where managers operate in a large interconnected system of more...

Managing For High Performance Managers today must deal with a myriad of business challenges. Often they must rely on their best personnel to get them out of a jam. But do they have the necessary skills and strategies for managing these key people? This course will examine what organizations need to do to ensure that they attract high performers, how they allow this talent to thrive, and, most importantly, how to avoid losing more...

Management of the HR Process HRCI SPHR As HR moves into the twenty-first century, its role is becoming key in developing organizational strategy. As a result, it is crucial for HR professionals to have a working knowledge of other functional areas of the business, so that they can provide the operational and administrative support necessary to attract and retain qualified employees. This course explains how to strategically diagnose more...

Selecting the Best Applicant Making decisions is always difficult, and that applies particularly to choosing a new employee. This course will show you the most effective methods for evaluating 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 more...

Effective Hiring and Interviewing Skills Simulation An effective interview relies as much on the interviewer it does on the interviewee. Proper preparation, consistent lines of questioning, and established criteria for evaluation are effective tools in determining the best candidate for the job. The Effective Interviewing Skills Simulation serves to test the participant's ability to prepare and conduct an effective interview, handle manipulative more...

Behavior Putting Your Best Foot Forward Are you interested in taking charge of your career? Would you like your job to be more interesting, to offer you more challenges? Today's workplace offers more opportunities than ever for administrative support professionals to assume more responsibility and be more active in office decision-making. This course will show you some ways to assess yourself to ensure you're ready to work towards a new 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...

Sustaining Competitive Advantage In today's competitive business environment, being as good as the competition is not enough. An organization must devise strategies and develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies to set it apart from the competition. In this course business strategies are examined that can help a company gain and sustain competitive advantage. Companies build their strength around three key strategic areas: 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...

Define the Six Sigma Opportunity ...turing the voice of the customer, and how to use the Kano model to discern and categorize those customers' needs. You'll also learn about Six Sigma improvement opportunities from a financial perspective: what to consider before launching a project, the financial metrics that will be involved, and how to calculate the cost of poor quality. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola more...

Six Sigma and Critical Customer Requirements Mark Twain once said, "Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it." Unlike the weather, serving customer needs is something companies actually can do something about. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a systematic process for motivating a business to focus on its customers. In a Six Sigma environment, such a focus is central to success. In this course, you'll learn how more...

Experimenting for Process Improvement ... Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and how it is used to model the impact of interacting factors on response. Evolutionary Operations, Central Composite Designs, the Box-Behnken model, and mixture designs are all introduced as methods for modeling, predicting, and optimizing response. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola Corporation, and all rights, title, and interest in Six Sigma more...

Six Sigma Introduction There has been an increased interest in Six Sigma in recent years. But what is Six Sigma? This course will introduce you to the foundational concepts of the Six Sigma philosophy and process. It will help you successfully participate in your organization's Six Sigma program. First, you will learn how poor quality harms your business. You will explore what Six Sigma means and the critical elements 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 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 want. more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Measuring the Process Would you use your thumb and forefinger to 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 more...

Organizational Goals and Objectives ...ppropriate projects and choosing an effective improvement model are crucial tasks that help to ensure your company is pointed in the right direction. Performing risk analysis while avoiding pitfalls common to Six Sigma projects is also important to prevent project failure. Finally, performing a tollgate assessment emphasizes process management to ensure your ultimate goal of customer more...

Measurement Assessment and Metrics Were you ever in a situation where you started a new project and weren't sure of its effectiveness? Is your new process trending toward success or failure? These are questions that should be on the mind of every manager. An effective manager is continuously gathering, monitoring, and analyzing information as it relates to organizational performance.This course explores data analysis techniques more...

Training and Development The most valued resource of any organization is its people. In today's corporate landscape of technological advancement, employees must be trained to align with the strategic direction of the business. Managers of quality should know that improvements in workplace productivity contribute positively to the overall well-being of the organization. This course explores the importance of investing in more...

Building a Quality Management System ...his course introduces the Quality Management System (QMS) model which is a conceptual framework for the ISO 9001:2000 standard requirements. The QMS model emphasizes ISO 9001:2000's new focus on a process approach to quality, continual improvement, and customer satisfaction. In addition, this course describes the important role that documentation plays in building a quality management system more...

Quality-minded Management ... 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 and administer the more...

Customer Satisfaction Through Resource Management ...0 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 effective quality more...

Processes for Quality Products and Services ...0 standard structures its Quality Management System (QMS) model into four major areas: Management Responsibility, Resource Management, Product Realization, and Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement. Product Realization is one vital component of the standard. This course examines how one can apply the ISO standards to all the processes required to produce a product or service. The Product more...

Continual Quality Improvement ...0 standard structures its Quality Management System (QMS) model into four major areas: Management Responsibility; Resource Management; Product Realization; and Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement. Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement is one vital component of the standard. This course examines the need to plan and implement measurement and monitoring activities to ensure that established more...

Transitioning from ISO 9000 1994 to ISO 9001 2000 ...pproach as illustrated in their Quality Management System model. This QMS model is structured into four areas: Management Responsibility, Resource Management, Product Realization, and Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement. An additional emphasis on customer requirements and documented evidence of continual improvement has also been added to the 2000 edition. This course compares the two ISO more...

Lean Techniques ... 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 give the customer what he wants exactly when he wants it? Yes, but the furniture store is not a lean business. more...

Building Brand Equity Every time a corporate merger or buy-out occurs, you are sure to see plenty of headlines about the number of subsidiary companies each corporation owns. Here's why: brand equity. It's a fact that each subsidiary of a corporation has a value linked to its brand names, in addition to its base dollar-value. This value is measured by the consumer's attitudes and loyalties toward the brand. more...

Doing Business on the Internet ...n technology have enabled the development of new business models, the impact of these changes on issues related to the protection of personal and business information has been immense. Protecting personal information regarding customers, while still ensuring that detailed customer records are kept, is a difficulty faced by almost all companies that engage in Internet-based commercial activity. more...

Programming with XHTML 1 1 DOM and Dynamic XHTML This course explains how to incorporate JavaScript in Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) documents. The course describes various objects, properties, methods, and events of JavaScript. In addition, the course explains various constructs of JavaScript that help in developing dynamic Web pages. The course also covers key concepts of Document Object Model (DOM). Additionally, the course more...

Using SOAP To understand how to create SOAP documents that support web services Application and web developers wishing to attain competency in developing web services using the main web service technologies SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI; systems analysts and systems architects needing a thorough knowledge of service-oriented architecture concepts and web service technologies more...

Using UDDI To understand the concepts behind and the implementation of the UDDI 2.0 and 3.0 specifications Application and web developers wishing to attain competency in developing web services using the main web service technologies SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI; systems analysts and systems architects needing a thorough knowledge of service-oriented architecture concepts and web service technologies more...

Advanced Technology Concepts for Web Designers To introduce users to the incorporation of JavaScript and other technologies such as DHTML, cookies and plug-ins in web sites, and to web site publishing, web site maintenance, and database integration Web authors, webmasters, marketing and communications professionals, PR professionals, graphic designers, desktop designers, technical writers, and library scientists more...

XML Implementation in Enterprise The XML: Implementation in Enterprise WBT is the second course in the XML curriculum. This course is meant for Web programmers in a multi-tier enterprise system who want to use XML to transport and exchange business data over the Internet. The course details the role of XML and related technologies in enterprise computing. It also describes the procedures for using XML Schemas for ensuring more...

Scripting with MS Visual InterDev 6 0 This course provides students an insight into the scripting skills necessary to utilize Visual InterDev 6.0 to create dynamic and enhanced Web application. In addition, it prepares students to take the Microsoft certification exam: Designing and Implementing Web Solutions with Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0. This course is intended for Web Developers, Web Masters, Web Server Administrators, System more...

Object-Oriented Programming and COM The Object-Oriented Programming and COM is the first course in this curriculum. This course describes the features of Object Orientation and the Component Object Model (COM). The course also covers the basics of creating and working with the COM and Distributed COM (DCOM) components. This curriculum has been designed for application developers and authors who plan, design and implement distributed more...

Software Engineering Concepts The Software Engineering Concepts WBT provides an introduction to the basic concepts of software engineering. It examines the software development process, and the relative strengths and weaknesses of various software process models. It also describes various approaches to requirement gathering and problem analysis. The students will also learn to specify and validate requirements. Managers, 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...

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML Exploring System Behavior To explain how to capture a system's requirements with use cases Web developers more...

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML System and Object Behavior To introduce operations and attributes, state and activity diagrams, and to show the importance of a review of the class model Web developers more...

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML Design and Implementation Issues To describe the main principles of designing and implementing an object-oriented model Web developers more...

OOAD Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design ...ments, use cases, the Supplementary Specification, domain model, operation contracts, use case realization, design patterns, and static and dynamic modeling. In addition, this course covers the benefits of architectural analysis and tasks performed during architectural-driven development. Finally, the course covers the benefits and general principles of iterative and incremental development. more...

OOAD Dynamic Modeling with UML 2 0 ...modeling with Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.0. It covers modeling concepts related to the Activity, Sequence, and State Machine diagrams. In the Activity diagram, the course covers the BasicActivities, IntermediateActivities, CompleteActivities, and structured activities packages. In Sequence diagram, it covers frames, interactions, and interaction operators. In the State Machine diagram, more...

Visual Basic 6 0 ActiveX COM Part I ...y introducing ActiveX components and the Component Object Model (COM). The Component Object Model (COM) is an open, extensible standard on which ActiveX is based. By understanding COM, you can design applications from components that communicate through a common set of interfaces. Component software development cuts programming time and produces more robust applications, by allowing developers more...

Advanced Language Features of Microsoft VB NET To explain the new object-oriented features of Visual Basic .NET, data access with ADO.NET, and strategies for migration Application developers with experience using previous versions of Microsoft Visual Basic who wish to start working with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET more...

XML and Mobile Web Applications with C 2005 and ASP NET 2 0 To read, validate, and write data in XML documents, to read data, write data, and handle events in the XML Document Object Model (DOM), and to create custom mobile web applications Individuals who wish to use the .NET Framework 2.0 with Visual Studio 2005, C# 2005, and ASP.NET 2.0 to develop web-based client applications; individuals preparing for the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Web-Based Client more...

XML and Mobile Web Applications with Visual Basic 2005 and ASP NET 2 0