In an effort to provide foresight as systems grow and resources are stressed, this guidebook explains how one of the major causes of unplanned database outages is the failure to anticipate the effects of growth. The benchmark method detailed enables users to spot areas of pending problems before they cripple the database. This real-world approach ensures the user will be prepared for whatever the future brings to mission-critical databases. Areas explored in this book include knowing the limits of the database, avoiding unplanned outages with capacity planning, and predicting the need for new hardware.
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Health Coaching Benchmarks: Operations and Performance Data for Optimal Program ROI and Participant Health Status
It is known that an organization can dramatically improve the efficiency of its operations by applying the practices of its best-performing internal units throughout the organization---a process known as 'internal benchmarking.
Concludes that Australia performs poorly in comparison to other similar OECD countries, and that a review of the allocation system is long overdue.
Benchmarking User's Guide
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Performance measures were heavily skewed toward traditional external results – the price and quality buyers could negotiate – largely ignoring how the procurement organization itself was performing or how well it was serving internal ...
This book aims to identify the opportunities for benchmarking within the construction industry and the ways of promoting its use.
'Total Organizational Excellence: Achieving world-class performance' sets down a framework to guide managers on how to improve business performance in all types of organizations.
Value management (VM) is a structured, team-oriented approach to problem solving that can be applied to the concept, design, construction and on-going management phases of a project.