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    Middleware Complete Self-Assessment Guide
    Middleware Complete Self-Assessment Guide
    Middleware Complete Self-Assessment Guide
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    Middleware Complete Self-Assessment Guide

    By Gerardus Blokdyk

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    What knowledge, skills and characteristics mark a good Middleware project manager? Is the Middleware scope manageable? Do you monitor the effectiveness of your Middleware activities? How can you measure Middleware in a systematic way? Who sets the Middleware standards?

    Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role… In EVERY company, organization and department.

    Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?'

    For more than twenty years, The Art of Service's Self-Assessments empower people who can do just that - whether their title is marketer, entrepreneur, manager, salesperson, consultant, business process manager, executive assistant, IT Manager, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are people who watch the process as it happens, and ask the right questions to make the process work better.

    This book is for managers, advisors, consultants, specialists, professionals and anyone interested in Middleware assessment.

    Featuring 627 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Middleware improvements can be made.

    In using the questions you will be better able to:

    - diagnose Middleware projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices

    - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals

    - integrate recent advances in Middleware and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines

    Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Middleware Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Middleware areas need attention.

    Included with your purchase of the book is the Middleware Self-Assessment downloadable resource, containing all 627 questions and Self-Assessment areas of this book. This helps with ease of (re-)use and enables you to import the questions in your preferred Management or Survey Tool. Access instructions can be found in the book.

    You are free to use the Self-Assessment contents in your presentations and materials for customers without asking us - we are here to help. This Self-Assessment has been approved by The Art of Service as part of a lifelong learning and Self-Assessment program and as a component of maintenance of certification. Optional other Self-Assessments are available. For more information, visit http://theartofservice.com

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Art of Service
    Release dateJan 5, 2018
    ISBN9781489196231
    Middleware Complete Self-Assessment Guide

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      About The Art of Service

      The Art of Service, Business Process Architects since 2000, is dedicated to helping business achieve excellence.

      Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role… In EVERY company, organization and department.

      Unless you’re talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions.

      Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, ‘What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?’

      With The Art of Service’s Business Process Architect Self-Assessments, Research, Toolkits, Education and Certifications we empower people who can do just that — whether their title is marketer, entrepreneur, manager, salesperson, consultant, Business Process Manager, executive assistant, IT Manager, CIO etc... —they are the people who rule the future. They are people who watch the process as it happens, and ask the right questions to make the process work better.

      Contact us when you need any support with this Self-Assessment and any help with templates, blue-prints and examples of standard documents you might need:

      http://theartofservice.com

      service@theartofservice.com

      Acknowledgments

      This checklist was developed under the auspices of The Art of Service, chaired by Gerardus Blokdyk.

      Representatives from several client companies participated in the preparation of this Self-Assessment.

      Our deepest gratitude goes out to Matt Champagne, Ph.D. Surveys Expert, for his invaluable help and advise in structuring the Self Assessment.

      Mr Champagne can be contacted at

      http://matthewchampagne.com/

      In addition, we are thankful for the design and printing services provided.

      Included Resources - how to access

      Included with your purchase of the book is the Middleware Self-Assessment Spreadsheet Dashboard which contains all questions and Self-Assessment areas and auto-generates insights, graphs, and project RACI planning - all with examples to get you started right away.

      Get it now- you will be glad you did - do it now, before you forget.

      How? Simply send an email to access@theartofservice.com with this books’ title in the subject to get the Middleware Self Assessment Tool right away.

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      If you recently bought this book, we would love to hear from you!

      You can do this by writing a review on amazon (or the online store where you purchased this book) about your last purchase! As part of our continual service improvement process, we love to hear real client experiences and feedback.

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      Purpose of this Self-Assessment

      This Self-Assessment has been developed to improve understanding of the requirements and elements of Middleware, based on best practices and standards in business process architecture, design and quality management.

      It is designed to allow for a rapid Self-Assessment of an organization or facility to determine how closely existing management practices and procedures correspond to the elements of the Self-Assessment.

      The criteria of requirements and elements of Middleware have been rephrased in the format of a Self-Assessment questionnaire, with a seven-criterion scoring system, as explained in this document.

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