The document discusses shoehorning CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) initiatives with the People CMM (Capability Maturity Model for People) to improve both process and workforce capabilities. It explores the common themes between CMMI and People CMM, how their process areas interconnect, and the reported benefits of adopting practices from both frameworks in parallel. Implementing both models simultaneously leverages their synergies and allows organizations to improve consistency in execution outcomes through a focus on both defined processes and competency development.
RES-T-NEXT, IEA RETD workshop in London, 26th August 2015IEA_RETD
IEA-RETD Report: Next Generation Policy Instruments for Renewable Transport (RES-T-NEXT)
David de Jager, Operating Agent IEA-RETD
The RES-T-Next project aims at providing an analysis of next generation RES-T policy instruments and recommendations regarding private and urban transport in order to increase the level of energy used from renewable sources and to decrease GHG emissions.
RE-DELAYS: Documenting and analising the cost of regulatory delaysIEA_RETD
IEA-RETD investigated the costs of regulatory delays for the growth and economic potential of the renewable energy industry. Key recommendations from the RE-DELAYS project are:
• Streamline the regulatory processes by creating a one stop shop with simplified rules for applications.
• Increase accountability for decision making processes at the regulatory/governmental level, for example in the form of pre-determined fines associated with not achieving set milestones.
• Link the level of incentive such as FIT to delay.
• Define clear procedures and cost impact assessment of appeal processes.
• Inform the public about benefits and risks of RE and encourage consultative mechanisms to share concerns.
The project was carried out by 3E together with London Economics International LLC (LEI).
FIN COMMUNITY, IEA RETD workshop in London, 26th August 2015IEA_RETD
IEA-RETD Report: Cost and financing aspects of community renewable energy projects (FIN-COMMUNITY)
Gregory Vaughan-Morris, Ricardo-AEA
The key barriers faced by community energy projects are generally well understood, however, there is much less information available about the actual cost and financing implications of these projects. The FIN-COMMUNITY project seeks to identify, document and assess the cost and financial impacts faced by community-owned renewable energy projects compared to commercial renewable energy projects.
RES-T-NEXT, IEA RETD workshop in London, 26th August 2015IEA_RETD
IEA-RETD Report: Next Generation Policy Instruments for Renewable Transport (RES-T-NEXT)
David de Jager, Operating Agent IEA-RETD
The RES-T-Next project aims at providing an analysis of next generation RES-T policy instruments and recommendations regarding private and urban transport in order to increase the level of energy used from renewable sources and to decrease GHG emissions.
RE-DELAYS: Documenting and analising the cost of regulatory delaysIEA_RETD
IEA-RETD investigated the costs of regulatory delays for the growth and economic potential of the renewable energy industry. Key recommendations from the RE-DELAYS project are:
• Streamline the regulatory processes by creating a one stop shop with simplified rules for applications.
• Increase accountability for decision making processes at the regulatory/governmental level, for example in the form of pre-determined fines associated with not achieving set milestones.
• Link the level of incentive such as FIT to delay.
• Define clear procedures and cost impact assessment of appeal processes.
• Inform the public about benefits and risks of RE and encourage consultative mechanisms to share concerns.
The project was carried out by 3E together with London Economics International LLC (LEI).
FIN COMMUNITY, IEA RETD workshop in London, 26th August 2015IEA_RETD
IEA-RETD Report: Cost and financing aspects of community renewable energy projects (FIN-COMMUNITY)
Gregory Vaughan-Morris, Ricardo-AEA
The key barriers faced by community energy projects are generally well understood, however, there is much less information available about the actual cost and financing implications of these projects. The FIN-COMMUNITY project seeks to identify, document and assess the cost and financial impacts faced by community-owned renewable energy projects compared to commercial renewable energy projects.
The rise of renewable sources of electricity (RES-E) is transforming power systems globally. This trend is likely to continue with large increases in investment and deployment of RES-E capacity over the coming decades. Several countries now have penetration levels of variable RES-E generation (wind and solar) in excess of 15% of their overall power-generation mix; and many jurisdictions (e.g., Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Germany, and Denmark; and, in the United States, Colorado) have experienced instantaneous penetration levels of more than 50% variable generation.
These greater penetration levels of variable RES-E have prompted jurisdictions to begin modifying practices that evolved in an era of large, readily dispatchable, central-station conventional power plants. A changing resource mix with greater penetration levels of variable RES-E has implications for grid operations, wholesale and retail power markets, and infrastructure needs. Thus, next-generation RES-E policies must be designed to address these emerging issues in an effective manner.
The RES-E-NEXT project commissioned by IEA-RETD presents an assessment of the key considerations for the next generation of RES-E policy through 2025 by analysing four crucial policy domains:
◦Securing RES-E generation;
◦Securing grid infrastructure;
◦Short-term security of supply: Flexibility; and
◦Long-term security of supply: Adequacy.
Many remote areas and islands (RAI) are deploying renewable energy (RE), some with ambitious plans to meet 100% of their electricity or even final energy needs with renewables. For most of them, roof-top PV systems offer clear advantages but most of their deployment potential still remains largely untapped. The setup of consistent prosumer policies can provide a means to achieve the islands’ objectives faster and with lower costs to society.
This report provides guidance to policy makers on the drivers, opportunities, challenges and implementation strategies of PV prosumer policies that can be considered within a comprehensive renewable energy strategy for RAI. It is based on the frameworks and methodologies developed on the IEA-RETD publications RE-PROSUMERS (2014) and REMOTE (2012).
The preliminary results were presented at the IRENA Island conference in Martinique in July 2015, see presentation slides.
The IEA’s Implementing Agreement on Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (IEA-RETD) has commissioned a study on the integration of variable renewable (VRE) generation in the electricity systems (RE-INTEGRATION). The objective of the RE-INTEGRATION study is to generate new insights for key decision makers in governments and private sector regarding the following research questions:
◦What are typical sets of country specific system and regulatory factors that determine the choice of a given portfolio of flexibility options?
◦What does a – case study based – thorough assessment of the portfolios of flexibility options along the different analytical dimensions conclude on the applicability and the effectiveness of the options?
◦What general lessons might be drawn by countries with similar underlying conditions?
The RE-INTEGRATION builds on recent and on-going IEA-RETD and IEA work, in particular IEA-RETD RES-E-NEXT, IEA-RETD RE-COST 1 and IEA GIVAR III.
The study, carried out by Mott MacDonald, U.K., concludes that the continued increase of levels of penetration of VRE technologies requires new policies in order to secure a successful integration of VRE’s into markets and power systems. The study finds that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach: policy makers will need to tailor their policy interventions to suit their country specific factors, though many VRE integration policies have the additional benefit of promoting efficient markets. Countries with weak interconnection and electrical system flexibility will face the greatest challenge, and so they will need to implement appropriate VRE integration measures at lower levels of VRE penetration.
The Volume I: Main Report outlines the overall approach taken, the background and methodology behind the study and key findings. The study undertook a more detailed analysis, through case studies, of 10 jurisdictions around the globe. The case studies included: Canada (Alberta, Ontario), Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan (Hokkaido), Spain and USA (California, Texas (ERCOT)). Detailed information relating to each jurisdiction can be found in Volume II: Case Studies.
IEA-RETD showcase on successful renewable energy financing IEA_RETD
Innovative financing tools for renewable energy solutions
The showcases cover:
◦Four categories of innovative financing: community funding, crowd funding, private funding and public-private cooperation
◦21 renewable energy projects
◦Bio-, geothermal-, solar-, tidal- and wind energy technologies
◦Project sizes ranging from 0.2 MW to 600 MW
◦OECD countries
RE-STORAGE, IEA RETD workshop in London, 26th August 2015IEA_RETD
IEA-RETD Scoping Study: Policies for Storing Renewable Energy (RE-STORAGE)
Paul Robson, E4tech
The RE-STORAGE scoping study aims to answer the question “Everybody is talking about storage – what is important for policy makers?” by giving an overview of policy relevant aspects relating to renewable energy and storage. It will explain no-regret policies and provide a guiding framework that allows policy makers to set priorities in a large scale uptake of RE scenario.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
Has your company ever implemented a quality initiative that failed? Quality initiatives often are seen by executives
as a financial burden and by employees as a way to make them work harder. Is this true? How can organizations
benefit from implementing a quality initiative successfully and how can they do that? Which initiative has proven to
be successful when implemented correctly? Six Sigma!
Successful Processes for Selecting a Content Management System: How to Become...Scott Abel
Presented at DocTrain East 2007 by Mary Laplante and Geoff Bock, The Gilbane Group -- A critical skill set for any content management professional relates to the successful acquisition of technology that solves business problems. If your currentor futureחresponsibilities include identifying the right solutions for your company or client, this is a dont-miss session for you.
A content management solution that delivers business value starts with choosing the right technology. Even with consolidation, the CMS market continues to grow, presenting buyers with an overwhelming number of options from which to choose. Mary Laplante and a panel of senior content management analysts and consultants provide you with insight and advice on acquisition processes that will help you map a path to success, set mile markers to guide your way, and reach your goal of choosing the right content technologies for your organization.
Topics to be covered include:
* Making the business case for investment in content technologies: cost savings PLUS revenues equal the big picture for executives.
* Distilling the key requirements: how to focus the technology investigation and avoid distraction.
* Developing an acquisition strategy: tools such as RFIs, RFPs, vendor-supported discovery processes, benchmarking peer organizations, conference-room pilots, and proof-of-concepts can help or hinder your acquisition process.
* Funneling vendors from short list to partner: what you need to know about the last mile to vendor-of-choice.
* Understanding technology delivery options: how software-as-service offers should be evaluated in the technology acquisition process.
DocTrain attendees will have a unique opportunity to shape the content delivered in the session. Prior to DocTrain East, the session moderator and panelists will host discussions and surveys related to technology acquisition processes on http://cmprofessionals.org and http://gilbane.com. You will have a chance to pose your questions in advance and to participate in surveys on key challenges you face in bringing content technologies into the enterprise.
The rise of renewable sources of electricity (RES-E) is transforming power systems globally. This trend is likely to continue with large increases in investment and deployment of RES-E capacity over the coming decades. Several countries now have penetration levels of variable RES-E generation (wind and solar) in excess of 15% of their overall power-generation mix; and many jurisdictions (e.g., Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Germany, and Denmark; and, in the United States, Colorado) have experienced instantaneous penetration levels of more than 50% variable generation.
These greater penetration levels of variable RES-E have prompted jurisdictions to begin modifying practices that evolved in an era of large, readily dispatchable, central-station conventional power plants. A changing resource mix with greater penetration levels of variable RES-E has implications for grid operations, wholesale and retail power markets, and infrastructure needs. Thus, next-generation RES-E policies must be designed to address these emerging issues in an effective manner.
The RES-E-NEXT project commissioned by IEA-RETD presents an assessment of the key considerations for the next generation of RES-E policy through 2025 by analysing four crucial policy domains:
◦Securing RES-E generation;
◦Securing grid infrastructure;
◦Short-term security of supply: Flexibility; and
◦Long-term security of supply: Adequacy.
Many remote areas and islands (RAI) are deploying renewable energy (RE), some with ambitious plans to meet 100% of their electricity or even final energy needs with renewables. For most of them, roof-top PV systems offer clear advantages but most of their deployment potential still remains largely untapped. The setup of consistent prosumer policies can provide a means to achieve the islands’ objectives faster and with lower costs to society.
This report provides guidance to policy makers on the drivers, opportunities, challenges and implementation strategies of PV prosumer policies that can be considered within a comprehensive renewable energy strategy for RAI. It is based on the frameworks and methodologies developed on the IEA-RETD publications RE-PROSUMERS (2014) and REMOTE (2012).
The preliminary results were presented at the IRENA Island conference in Martinique in July 2015, see presentation slides.
The IEA’s Implementing Agreement on Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (IEA-RETD) has commissioned a study on the integration of variable renewable (VRE) generation in the electricity systems (RE-INTEGRATION). The objective of the RE-INTEGRATION study is to generate new insights for key decision makers in governments and private sector regarding the following research questions:
◦What are typical sets of country specific system and regulatory factors that determine the choice of a given portfolio of flexibility options?
◦What does a – case study based – thorough assessment of the portfolios of flexibility options along the different analytical dimensions conclude on the applicability and the effectiveness of the options?
◦What general lessons might be drawn by countries with similar underlying conditions?
The RE-INTEGRATION builds on recent and on-going IEA-RETD and IEA work, in particular IEA-RETD RES-E-NEXT, IEA-RETD RE-COST 1 and IEA GIVAR III.
The study, carried out by Mott MacDonald, U.K., concludes that the continued increase of levels of penetration of VRE technologies requires new policies in order to secure a successful integration of VRE’s into markets and power systems. The study finds that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach: policy makers will need to tailor their policy interventions to suit their country specific factors, though many VRE integration policies have the additional benefit of promoting efficient markets. Countries with weak interconnection and electrical system flexibility will face the greatest challenge, and so they will need to implement appropriate VRE integration measures at lower levels of VRE penetration.
The Volume I: Main Report outlines the overall approach taken, the background and methodology behind the study and key findings. The study undertook a more detailed analysis, through case studies, of 10 jurisdictions around the globe. The case studies included: Canada (Alberta, Ontario), Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan (Hokkaido), Spain and USA (California, Texas (ERCOT)). Detailed information relating to each jurisdiction can be found in Volume II: Case Studies.
IEA-RETD showcase on successful renewable energy financing IEA_RETD
Innovative financing tools for renewable energy solutions
The showcases cover:
◦Four categories of innovative financing: community funding, crowd funding, private funding and public-private cooperation
◦21 renewable energy projects
◦Bio-, geothermal-, solar-, tidal- and wind energy technologies
◦Project sizes ranging from 0.2 MW to 600 MW
◦OECD countries
RE-STORAGE, IEA RETD workshop in London, 26th August 2015IEA_RETD
IEA-RETD Scoping Study: Policies for Storing Renewable Energy (RE-STORAGE)
Paul Robson, E4tech
The RE-STORAGE scoping study aims to answer the question “Everybody is talking about storage – what is important for policy makers?” by giving an overview of policy relevant aspects relating to renewable energy and storage. It will explain no-regret policies and provide a guiding framework that allows policy makers to set priorities in a large scale uptake of RE scenario.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
Has your company ever implemented a quality initiative that failed? Quality initiatives often are seen by executives
as a financial burden and by employees as a way to make them work harder. Is this true? How can organizations
benefit from implementing a quality initiative successfully and how can they do that? Which initiative has proven to
be successful when implemented correctly? Six Sigma!
Successful Processes for Selecting a Content Management System: How to Become...Scott Abel
Presented at DocTrain East 2007 by Mary Laplante and Geoff Bock, The Gilbane Group -- A critical skill set for any content management professional relates to the successful acquisition of technology that solves business problems. If your currentor futureחresponsibilities include identifying the right solutions for your company or client, this is a dont-miss session for you.
A content management solution that delivers business value starts with choosing the right technology. Even with consolidation, the CMS market continues to grow, presenting buyers with an overwhelming number of options from which to choose. Mary Laplante and a panel of senior content management analysts and consultants provide you with insight and advice on acquisition processes that will help you map a path to success, set mile markers to guide your way, and reach your goal of choosing the right content technologies for your organization.
Topics to be covered include:
* Making the business case for investment in content technologies: cost savings PLUS revenues equal the big picture for executives.
* Distilling the key requirements: how to focus the technology investigation and avoid distraction.
* Developing an acquisition strategy: tools such as RFIs, RFPs, vendor-supported discovery processes, benchmarking peer organizations, conference-room pilots, and proof-of-concepts can help or hinder your acquisition process.
* Funneling vendors from short list to partner: what you need to know about the last mile to vendor-of-choice.
* Understanding technology delivery options: how software-as-service offers should be evaluated in the technology acquisition process.
DocTrain attendees will have a unique opportunity to shape the content delivered in the session. Prior to DocTrain East, the session moderator and panelists will host discussions and surveys related to technology acquisition processes on http://cmprofessionals.org and http://gilbane.com. You will have a chance to pose your questions in advance and to participate in surveys on key challenges you face in bringing content technologies into the enterprise.
Impact on integration of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in various applicat...IOSR Journals
Abstract: Lean Manufacturing is a concept of improving the speed and efficiency of an organization by
eliminating waste. On the other hand Six Sigma is a continuous improvement plan that is proposed to reduce
variability. This paper presents the concept of integrating Lean manufacturing and six sigma, and the approach
how the two concepts are merged in industries to increase the product through put and to improve the quality of
the product by reducing the process variability. An approach to L6σ is also reviewed along with its Application.
Keywords - Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, L6