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What Is a Balanced Scorecard? (Example & Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

Relatively new, the balance scorecard was introduced in 1992 by David Norton and Robert Kaplan, by taking existing metric performance measures and adapting them to include nonfinancial information. The balanced scorecard measures four aspects of a business or organization: finance, customers, business processes and learning and growth.

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10 Top Process Improvement Tools You Need to Create a More Sustainable Business

nTask

A study by BCG/MIT finds that 90% of executives deem sustainability to be important, yet only 60% of companies incorporate sustainability as part of their business strategy, and even less (25%) integrate sustainability into the core of their business model. Implement effective process improvement techniques for sustainability.

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Lost in Communication and Collaboration — Scrum Anti-Patterns Taxonomy (2)

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Learn how these Scrum anti-patterns categories manifest themselves and how they affect value creation for customers and the organization’s long-term sustainability. This is the second of three articles analyzing the 183 anti-patterns from the upcoming Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book.

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Operational Efficiency: A Quick Guide

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Inventory management strives to produce and manage inventory to meet demand but not exceed it to avoid costly warehousing. To ensure that you meet quality expectations, task approvals can be set. It’s clear that the lower your operational efficiency rate, the higher your company’s operational efficiency and sustainability.

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Helping functional managers through an agile transformation

Kiron Bondale

As Tony Robbins would say, “ Where focus goes, energy flows “ If we haven’t updated performance measures for functional managers and their staff, it will be much harder to encourage them to change. Metrics aren’t the sole driver of behavior but they do draw a lot of focus. How are they supporting their staff?

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What is A System for Value Delivery in Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

For starting professionals transitioning to project management , understanding and implementing the value delivery system is relevant for projects and meeting stakeholders' expected value. Ultimately, if there were no happy customers, businesses would struggle.

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The Functions of a Project Management Office

Project Pulse Journal

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are there projects missing deadlines, going over budget, or failing to meet expectations within your organization? Performance Measurement Implementing and maintaining performance measures and metrics is essential for assessing success. You're not alone.

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