Amazon Community Content Search
[http://www.amazon.com/gp/community-content-search/]
Search Amazon for books on particular subjects people found interesting. This includes Listmania!
Business Process Management Initiative
[http://www.bpmi.org/]
In June of 2005, the Business Process Management Initiative (BPMI.org) and the Object Management Group (OMG) announced the merger of their Business Process Management (BPM) activities to provide thought leadership and industry standards for this vital and growing industry. The combined group has named itself the Business Modeling & Integration (BMI) Domain Task Force (DTF).
Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) Information
[http://www.bpmn.org/]
A standard Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) will provide businesses with the capability of understanding their internal business procedures in a graphical notation and will give organizations the ability to communicate these procedures in a standard manner. Furthermore, the graphical notation will facilitate the understanding of the performance collaborations and business transactions between the organizations. This will ensure that businesses will understand themselves and participants in their business and will enable organizations to adjust to new internal and B2B business circumstances quickly.
Business Transition Technologies
[http://www.btt-research.com/]
Btt is a professional services firm specialising in helping managers think-through how they can get and deliver better results from their organisations, business processes or projects. This site contains some very interesting articels and visuals.
DEMO Knowledge Centre
[http://www.demo.nl/]
DEMO is a methodology for the design, engineering, and implementation of organizations and networks of organizations. The entering into and complying with commitments is the operational principle for every organization. These commitments are established in the communication between social individuals, i.e. human beings.
Disruptive Ideas
[http://disruptiveideas.org/]
This site contains most, but not all, of the book Disruptive Ideas - 10+10+10=1000: the maths of Viral Change that transform organisations.
Ive done this so I could invite all managers and/or leaders in any organisation to provide some feedback on these ideas, new input and basically to co-write the second edition of the book. I would really like to learn from your experiences.
IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
[http://www.itil.co.uk/]
ITIL® (the IT Infrastructure Library) is the most widely accepted approach to IT service management in the world. ITIL® provides a cohesive set of best practice, drawn from the public and private sectors internationally. It is supported by a comprehensive qualifications scheme, accredited training organisations, and implementation and assessment tools. The best practice processes promoted in ITIL® support and are supported by, the British Standards Institution's standard for IT service Management (BS15000).
ITILPeople.com
[http://www.itilpeople.com/]
The site is freely available to people working in or with an interest in the ITIL service management field. There are several places on the site where any individual can add material or you can send contributions to the website administrator who will be happy to add them to the site. It is a key portal to enable anybody to find anything they need in the world of service management.
ITSM Portal
[http://en.itsmportal.net/]
ITSM PORTAL is an independent global internet platform for everyone with a professional interest in management of IT Services. Visitors and editors share the objective of better IT Services by improving the way they are managed.
Six Sigma
[http://www.isixsigma.com/]
Six Sigma is a disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects (driving towards six standard deviations between the mean and the nearest specification limit) in any process -- from manufacturing to transactional and from product to service.
The IT Service Management Forum (ITSMF)
[http://www.itsmf.com/]
The IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) is the only internationally recognised and independent organisation dedicated to IT Service Management. It is a not-for-profit organisation, wholly owned, and principally operated, by its membership.
The Itil and ITSM Directory
[http://www.itil-itsm-world.com/]
This directory is intended to serve as a start point for your ITIL/ITSM needs. Whether you are entirely new to the topic, or whether you are a seasoned practitioner, you should hopefully find something of value.
The Itil Community Forum
[http://www.itilcommunity.com/]
The Itil User Community Forum is intended to serve as an interactive and completely independent resource to support ITIL education and enable the free exchange of ITIL information.
Workflow Patterns
[http://is.tm.tue.nl/research/patterns/]
Welcome to www.workflowpatterns.com the workflow patterns page. This site serves as a repository for workflow modeling patterns. These patterns can be used to examine the expressive power of a workflow server that you intend to work with or they can serve as a set of ideas how to implement given business requirements having some workflow server already deployed in your organization.
