Month: November 2018

Benchmarking | Glossary

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Definition:

Benchmarking is a process of measuring the performance of a company’s products, services, or processes against those of another business considered to be the simplest within the industry, aka “best in class.” the purpose of benchmarking is to spot internal opportunities for improvement. By studying companies with superior performance, breaking down what makes such superior performance possible, and then comparing those processes to how your business operates, you can implement changes that will yield significant improvements.

Further Reading:

Book: Agile Testing by Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin.

 

More With Less | Book Series

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Overview:

This book stitches together a complete design journey from beginning to end in a way that you’ve likely never seen before, guiding readers (you) step-by-step in a practical way from the initial spark of an idea all the way to scaling it into a better business. Design a Better Business includes a comprehensive set of tools (over 20 total!) and skills that will help you harness opportunity from uncertainty by building the right team(s) and balancing your point of view against new findings from the outside world.

This book also features over 50 case studies and real life examples from large corporations such as ING Bank, Audi, Autodesk, and Toyota Financial Services, to small startups, incubators, and social impact organizations, providing a behind the scenes look at the best practices and pitfalls to avoid. Also included are personal insights from thought leaders such as Steve Blank on innovation, Alex Osterwalder on business models, Nancy Duarte on storytelling, and Rob Fitzpatrick on questioning, among others.

Authors:

Michelle Moore

Published In:

2 October 2018