Employers want IT professionals with architecture skills, and having a certification in an architecture framework can give you a leg up in the hiring process. Software engineers have been using The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) to make the jump into an architecture role, suggested Bill Reynolds, research director at Foote Partners, a Vero Beach, Fla.-based IT benchmark research and advisory firm: 'Companies simply consider TOGAF as the gold standard architecture framework'.

There are two routes to TOGAF certification, the first is simply to sit the exam, the second is to attend a TOGAF certified course which takes 4 or 5 days to go through all of the TOGAF material and results in certification and there is no exam. 

According to the Workplace Research Foundation, employees with high engagement levels are 38% more likely to demonstrate above-average productivity at work. Getting and keeping employees engaged is another matter altogether. Businesses and organizations routinely struggle with employee burnout, low productivity rates, and turnover. The results of employee dissatisfaction can be costly. Dale Carnegie reports that employee turnover results in an $11 billion loss annually in the United States.

There’s an upside for workplaces that are able to tap into motivation as engaged employees outperform their disengaged counterparts by up to 202%. 

Six Sigma’s Methodology Can Help You do it. Here’s why:

Six Sigma principles and strategies have been used for years, but some business owners are just beginning to see the benefits of using these tools. One of the biggest benefits of Six Sigma is increased productivity. Increasing productivity is one of the best things you can do to strengthen your company, as it leads to lower production costs and higher profits.

Introduction

The automotive industry in Singapore has developed since the establishment of Proton in 1986, followed by Perodua in1993 as a part of the National Car Project. The introduction of the National Car Project has given a boost to the development of components and parts manufacturing in Singapore. Currently, there are four local vehicle manufacturers including Proton, Perodua, Naza, and Moden as. In addition, there are nine motor vehicle assemblers and 343 components parts manufacturers in Singapore. Despite the fluctuation in automotive production, the vehicle production in Singapore tends to increase due to the rapid increase in domestic sales. The total vehicle production in 2008 is 441,678 vehicles as compared to 360, 105 vehicles in 200. From January to March 2008, the total number of vehicles production is 132,744.

Introduction

Operating a shared service model across Europe, the UK-based IT department of this leading European PC and video game products retailer supports a complex mix of applications and multi-channel retail architectures that include 1,200 outlets in Eight countries and five e-commerce websites, as well as the provision of desktop, server and application support to 550 employees at four UK office locations.

A programme of new store openings, burgeoning online e-commerce demand, plus the acquisition of a major competitor some 18 months earlier, had all placed significant pressure on existing structures and created an urgent need for change.

When PRINCE2 certification was launched in 1989, it superseded PROMPT within Government projects. PRINCE remains in the public domain and copyright is retained by the Crown. PRINCE2 was published in 1996, having been contributed to by a consortium of some 150 European organizations.

Organizations may run many similar projects again and again, but there will always be some aspect of the project that will be different from what they have done before. So you can see there will always be some aspect that is different from what we have done previously.