Termenology

TCO is the total investment occurred by an organization to implement, maintain, and utilize for the duration of it’s life cycle.

On-demand computing is a way through which organization can reduce expenses by basically leasing time/resources to computing their data. A great example of this is when small animation organization pay for time on external super computers to render their animations.

Productivity is measured by the dividing the out performed by the input invested. Productivity measurements can often identify areas in a process, workflow, or efforts that can be better tuned to yield greater results.

Traditional Organizational Structure
Often known as a hierarchical structure, the traditional structure is a layered approach to handling the businesses process and decision-making practices. Authority in decision-making is thinned from top to bottom and often major business decision are made at higher levels. In this structure there is often a bucketed approach in which departments are established to maintain focused areas of the business operations. Recently the popular trend in this ...

When you equate quality to trust, as in all it’s meaning, value, and difficulty to obtain, and simplicity to loose. Quality not only is the level at which a product/service is manufactured/delivered but it is also a perception of both the consumer and supplier by which an organization is ultimately defined. Additionally, quality is the strongly defined by an organizations willingness to stand behind their product/service after the consumer has acquired it. TQM involves managing all of the ...

Continuous improvement is the overall approach an organization constantly practices to improve their organization both externally and internally. It is different than e-engineering because it is a process that is driven by an organizations commitment to continuous improvement Organizations implementing a continues improvement strategy are constantly looking for was to improve their processes, refine their services, improve the quality of their products, and increase the success in how they...

System Re-engineering is the process in which organizations redesign portions of their existing system or, in many cases, their complete system to maintain their competitive edge. Many organizations continuously are re-engineering of their systems and consider a never-ending necessity. This process enables an organization to react to changes in their business model, processes, and rules that enable them to gain efficient results. The benefits in re-engineering often are summed into the ide...