SYSTEM FAILURE CASE STUDIES SEPTEMBER 2009 VOLUME 3 ISSUE 06 A Half-Inch to Failure At 6:05 pm‚ on Wednesday‚ August 1‚ 2007‚ the Interstate-35 West (I-35W) bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed. On the day of the collapse‚ four of the bridge’s eight lanes were closed for planned construction. Four weak connector plates fractured under the combined burden of rush hour traffic‚ concentrated construction equipment‚ and previous heavy renovations. The bridge fell 108
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Learning from Failure “I can accept failure‚ everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” This is only one of Michael Jordan’s many famous quotes. One reason I agree with this quote is because he is my all-time favorite NBA player; but the main reason I admire it is because it has inspired me to excel at several different things‚ such as sports‚ hobbies‚ and other interests. Losing a tennis match is one example of failure that I have experienced. I lost at least three or four matches
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Investigation Process There were several steps taken by the police in this homicide case. The main aspects of this homicide investigation process were the initial response to the crime scene‚ collection‚ documentation and preservation. Investigation Process Failure Main Factors There are three major mistakes police made in the investigation process. First of all‚ the crime scene investigation. After identifying the victims and finding 2 children remaining at the scene‚ the police officers
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Artifact-Centric Business Process Models: Brief Survey of Research Results and Challenges Richard Hull IBM T.J. Watson Research Center‚ Yorktown Heights‚ NY‚ USA Abstract. A data-centric approach to business process and workflow modeling has been emerging over the past several years. This short paper presents a structured framework for a class of data-centric business process models‚ which are based on “business artifacts”. The paper provides a brief survey of research results on artifact-centric
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BUSINESS PROCESS CHANGE PLAN EVALUATION GB560 Designing‚ Improving and Implementing Processes Session # 1105D Unit 6 Assignment Alicia Fields Kaplan University August 30‚ 2011 The importance of understanding Business Process Change Business processes comprise a set of sequential sub-processes or tasks‚ with alternative paths depending on certain conditions as applicable‚ performed to achieve a given objective or produce given outputs. Each process has one or more needed inputs. The inputs
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Failure In life‚ the journey is not only a tough one‚ but also constantly ‚meeting crossroad where one has to decide which direction to go. Some choose to go on blindly by taking chances‚ some take calculated risk‚ and some stand lost unable to decide. Everyone desire sucess‚ working round the clock; toil in blood‚ sweat and tears; put one’s shoulder to the wheel; on one’s fear for the whole day; and the expressions can go on and on. The trouble is‚ when one’s journey comes
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The definition of failure is “an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success”. Failure is something people never intend to do but end up doing because they don’t work hard enough for what they desire. When people fail at something they have two options: quit what they’re doing and give up‚ or work even harder so they can reach success. Everyone in life will fail at some point. People cannot let one failure stop them from reaching their goals. When a person fails they should
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technology (IT) in the world of business process improvement can take many forms. From an automation standpoint‚ no one knows more about the subject than the IT professionals within an organization. From the business unit perspective‚ no one knows more than the department professionals. The article selected for this analysis is titled "Whose is Process Improvement Anyway?" by Meridith Levinson. It describes two separate organizations that utilize IT in their business process improvement strategies. It
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1 Introduction Business Link‚ describes Business Plan as a “roadmap for future development” and has an essential role for every enterprises. The document narrates “a business‚ its objectives‚ its strategies‚ the market it is in and its financial forecasts” and it serves several functions to business unit from securing external funding to measuring success within the business (2008). As a statement of intent‚ business plan displays “where you are now and where you want to go” (Cracknell‚ 2006)
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MPM 701 Business Process Management (BPM) Written Assignment Report Overview & Structure Executive Summary This preliminary business report analyse and evaluate why Cullen Creative Cooking Pty Ltd (CCC) is experiencing declined profitability and lower customer responsiveness. The report finds that the current business processes has problems that need to be redesigned and redressed. It offers the business owner several reasons for adopting a BPM approach‚ such as improving corporate performance
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