Improvements in software processes can improve software quality, cost, and on-time delivery. Supplementing strategic software release planning with fine grain operational planning provides project managers the tools and abilities to make timely decisions affecting the project. Strategic planning of software releases is accomplished by the assignment of requirements to releases on a strategic le...

The operations system strategic role are being reviewed, motivated by a growing demand for the operations system integration, flexibility and innovation. Generally, the organizations’ strategy is studied in the dimensions of its content and process. The process dimension is frequently related to the formulation process; however, it could be extended to deal with its management process – the ope...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the usefulness of a team-based risk assessment method in patient transfer situations in municipal care homes for the elderly. METHODS Evaluation of risk assessment and action plans carried out in 2009. Focus group interviews with care givers and one-to-one interviews with managers and occupational therapists. RESULTS The evaluation showed that action plans and inte...

This study addresses an apparent disconnect between two views of strategic action: the “economic view,” which contends that industry structure is the primary influence on strategic action, and the “cognitive view,” which suggests that managerial cognition drives strategic action. We argue that this disconnect has created artificial boundaries between the two perspectives and has limited our abi...

Clinical service line strategies are popular in community health system business development planning and management. Specific clinical service lines are indentified for growth, development and strategic investments such as specialized facilities and clinical and information technologies. Physician recruiting plans are developed along specialty service lines to support these strategies; e.g., c...

Investigators from University of Utah School of Medicine studied the impact of a seizure action plan (SAP) on pediatric patients with epilepsy by measuring health care utilization as an outcome measure.