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BusinessGenetics  --  VISIT
 Visits: 8 Updated: Fri 03/05/2010 @ 01:27 RATING: 
BusinessGenetics is a leading consulting, software and educati on corporation based on the tenet that a single business model must be used as the foundation for all corporate initiatives. To actualize this belief, BusinessGenetics has developed a suite of educational and consulting services based on our revoluti onary business modeling language and methodology.

The DNA of a Business:
BusinessGenetics business models are unambiguous and truly representative of the business operation. Their modeling
methodology was developed in order to rapidly capture existing informati on and knowledge with minimal involvement from the business.

The capture of this organizati on informati on is critical for successful business models.
BusinessGenetics models, the building blocks of an organization, are based on a familiar (business-facing), yet powerful set of questions:
• What activities must the business perform to achieve its purpose?
• Which information is used to perform each activity?
• Who performs each activity?
• When are the activities performed?
• Where are the activiti es performed?
• How do these all work together to acheive the purpose?

Business Solution Methods:
BusinessGenetics has developed an extensive suite of formal, rigorous Business Solution Methods, which enable models to be re-used to drive a multitude of corporate initiative. These methods have been developed for:
• Strategy and Management
• Business Improvement
• Technology Enablement
• Regulatory Compliance
• Standardized Operational Procedures

BusinessGenetics Modeling Suite – Advanced Automation:
The BusinessGenetics Modeling Suite has been developed by BusinessGenetics to support the rapid development of complete, precise business models. The soft ware solutions are intuitive and business-facing; professionals quickly become proficient in developing business models.

The BusinessGeneti cs Modeling Suite includes:
• Developing and editing business models
• Simultaneously editing and sharing business models across an enterprise
• Support for industry and BusinessGenetics’ framework business models (e.g., ITOM, ITIL, COBiT, and BASEL II Accord)
• Enterprise integration (to enterprise architecture and workflow platforms)
• Extensive analysis and report generation
• Training materials

Education and Consulting Services:
BusinessGenetics is committed to delivering world class education, mentoring and the support to clients that wish to learn and apply our methodology and tools within their own organizations. We believe having highly experienced consultants leading the courses, dynamic student/instructor interactions, and opportunities for hands on practice are all paramount to effective learning and knowledge transfer.

These offerings include:
• QuickStart training for business modelers and executives
• Introductory, foundational and advanced course options
• A mentorship program for new Business Modellers
• A role-based certification program for practitioners to develop and validate their BusinessGenetics capability
• PMI and IIBA continuing educati on credits for the foundation course

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Centrifuge Systems | Interactive Data Analysis and Visualization  --  VISIT
 Visits: 10 Updated: Wed 02/10/2010 @ 08:31 RATING: 
Can you uncover hidden insights in your data? Do you have the freedom to explore your data and share insights with other members of your team?  The volume and the velocity of incoming data makes this task challenging. Plus, one often does not know what they are looking for. Traditional business intelligence tools fall short because they rely on pre-built data models that assume a thorough understanding of the underlying data, require users to define what they want to see in advance, involve lengthy implementations and present the results in static dashboards.

While other approaches attempt to remove the analyst through automated analysis algorithms, Centrifuge relies heavily on human judgment. The key is providing the ability to explore the data in an unconstrained way. This approach, called Interactive Analytics, lets users explore the data in a visual and highly interactive manner. Interactive Analytics brings together three innovations in data analysis: Interactive Data Visualization, Unified Data Views, and Collaborative Analysis. This analyst-centric approach to analyzing data allows users to ask open-ended questions by directly interacting with visual representations of the data. Users determine what is of interest “on the fly," then manipulate the displays directly in a highly interactive fashion and "shift the lens" across rich visualizations to quickly discover insights, patterns and relationships hidden in the data.

Free product evaluations are available by clicking on TRY IT TODAY at http://www.centrifugesystyems.com. Visit the Centrifuge blog at http://www.centrifugesystems.com/blogs/.

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Lean Solutions Institute, Inc. (LSI)  --  VISIT
 Visits: 17 Updated: Fri 02/05/2010 @ 12:59 RATING: 
Lean Solutions Institute, Inc. (LSI) is a leading provider of lean solutions in the areas of engineering, IT, finance, services, software, etc., including complex systems and systems of systems.  "Lean" is a recent quality movement invented by Toyota, and is popular in manufacturing for improving quality and saving money.  Lean is now moving out of manufacturing into all busines areas and is starting to have a tremendous impact for companies to improve their products and services whil saving money.
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SpiraTest | Requirements & Test Management  --  VISIT
 Visits: 6 Updated: Mon 12/21/2009 @ 01:39 RATING: 

Instead of having to buy separate requirements capture, bug tracking and testing tools, SpiraTest provides a complete Quality Assurance and Test Management solution in one package. As illustrated below, SpiraTest manages your project's requirements, test cases, bugs and issues in one environment, with full traceability:

In addition, SpiraTest provides reporting dashboards of key project health and status information - requirements coverage, test case execution, issue summaries, bug counts – in one consolidated view.

For the project manager, it provides the ability to create, edit and delete your project's requirements in a hierarchical organization that resembles a typical scope matrix. Each of your requirements is mapped to one or more test cases that can be used to validate that your functionality works as expected.

For the tester, SpiraTest provides the ability to execute groups of your test cases - along with their test steps – so that the testers can follow the instructions and determine if the system being tested behaves as expected. Any deviations from expected behavior can then be recorded as defects and managed in the defect tracking module.

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AppLife DNA Iterative Requirement Management and Specification Authoring by Kinetic Jump Software  --  VISIT
 Visits: 6 Updated: Mon 12/21/2009 @ 09:18 RATING: 

With AppLife® DNA, you can rapidly produce a “living” requirement specification document on-the-fly during any stage of your application development project. AppLife DNA advances iterative software development by transforming requirements analysis and specification authoring from a task to be completed, into a continuous iterative process.

AppLife® DNA helps you focus squarely on identified requirements, write iterative functional specifications, and effectively communication change over the duration of your project.

Using AppLife DNA, your requirements management and specification authoring tasks are better controlled, communicated and streamlined during iterative development cycles. Authors enter, categorize, prioritize and define individual requirements. With a single click, functional specifications and/or iterative comparison documents are generated on-the-fly.
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