The Agile Manifesto August 2001 Facilitating change is more effective than attempting to prevent it. Learn to trust in your ability to respond to unpredictable events; it’s more important than trusting in your ability to plan for disaster. by Martin Fowler and Jim Highsmith In the past 12–18 months‚ a wide range of publications—Software Development‚ IEEE Software‚ Cutter IT Journal‚ Software Testing and Quality Engineering‚ and even The Economist—has published articles on what Martin Fowler
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Blue Cross and Blue Shields Association Saint Leo University Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is one of the many major health insurance companies in the United States. The company was started by a man named Dr. Justin Ford Kimball in 1929. Kimball started the program because he noticed that teachers had a huge burden of medical bills in his area. He started a plan for teachers to be able to have a three week hospital stay covered for as little as fifty cents a month.
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Blue Nile Inc. in 2010: Case Study Zachary Williams Missouri Southern State University MM452-Strategic Management Dr. Moos February 23‚ 2015 Table of Contents Competitive Forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers 3 Key Factors to a Company’s Success in the Market 4 Blue Nile’s Strategy
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Case Study – The Blue Spider Project 1. Discuss the project management organization on the project. Strengths? Weaknessess? Recommendations. Parks Corporation used a matrix project management organization on the Blue Spider Project. It was a multi-disciplinary team where the members came from different functional units such as Research and Development‚ Engineering‚ Manufacturing‚ Quality Control‚ Purchasing‚ and Finance. Gary Anderson‚ the Project Manager‚ was responsible for the project but his
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Sunset-at-Blue has just finished its first year in business and although the restaurant broke even the co-owner‚ Bruce Melhuish‚ is not content as there is a lack of efficiency with the staff and a high demand of customers. Queue lines to be seated and at the cooking station are causing Sunset-at-Blue to lose profits. This case study analyses how Sunset-at-Blue can improve service efficiency‚ increase seating capacity and future profits. Sunset-at-Blue‚ a franchise of Sunset Grill is located in
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Blue Pointe Healthcare- Premium Development Introduction Blue Point Healthcare is a non-profit healthcare coverage provider that has shown its interest in providing health coverage to a big consortium consisting of 75000 employees. The health coverage would provide the employees of the consortium with coverage on the health treatment received by them on a routine as well as on emergency occasions. The primary healthcare needs‚ the acute health issues‚ the surgical costs incurred‚ outpatient
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Report of the lessons learnt in the Blue Spider Project Case studies. The Blue Spider Project that Gary Anderson managed for Parks Corporation was a good example of an unsuccessful project. There were many aspects that increased project risk and contributed to the problems encountered. Some of those problems could have been prevented or resolved if Gary Anderson applied proper project management methodology. In any project‚ one of the most important success factor is the project manager being
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across Agile in India and sent its technical team to assess this potential supplier. The team was satisfied with the facility and approved it as its supplier of motors to Automek. As Agile’s quality and delivery performance was good. In 2002 Automek awarded a business for a new product which was not in Agile’s existing product portfolio. A team was deputed to work with Agile to setup the manufacturing line to produce the product as per Automeks requirement. The launch was successful and Agile continued
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Agile Ports Agile Ports Functional ports over the world handle different cargos of varied quantities and size to complete the international transport chain (Konings‚ Priemus & Nijkamp‚ 2008). The capacity of such ports needs enhancement to minimize operational interruption of their terminals as the containers move in and out the ports. Technological advancements and application of best business practices ensure the operations in the ports are efficient enough to handle the capacities
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BPO and Cloud Computing Case Study 1 PROJ 410 Contracts and Procurement Purpose Smith’s Information Services is in the process of implementing a corporate overhead reduction program. This is due in part to the increasing costs of operating and maintaining an in-house data center‚ as well as flattened sales and reduced profits. For these reasons Smith’s Information Services is looking to outsource the company’s data center to an outside vendor. The increasing overhead costs include personnel costs
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