{"id":112,"date":"2010-05-09T19:13:07","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T19:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canateo.com\/web\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2010-05-09T19:13:07","modified_gmt":"2010-05-09T19:13:07","slug":"assessments-and-benchmarking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/canateo.com\/web\/?page_id=112","title":{"rendered":"Assessments and Benchmarking"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"75%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"20\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"163\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><strong>Practice Based Assessment&#13;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Causal Analysis&#13;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quantitative Benchmarking&#13;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Change Readiness Assessment&#13;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"577\" rowspan=\"2\">\n<p>Canateo consultants understand that every organization is a unique  complex system. We offer several types of system assessments that can be used  individually or combined to provide insight into the firm&rsquo;s business and  operational situation. A proper assessment helps ensure that proposed solutions  address systemic opportunities for sustainable performance improvement. The  four diagnostic tools we use are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practice Based Assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We identify a project or organization&#8217;s actual processes and practices  and compare them to established reference models or &quot;best practices.&quot;  These references include the CMMI, ITIL\/ITSM, IEEE12207, PMBOK, etc. This type  of assessment requires the judgment of seasoned professionals with broad range  of experience within the IT industry in order to accurately interpret the  models in the context of the specific organization and the goals of the  projects in question.<\/p>\n<p><strong>          Causal Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Traditional quality techniques such as Root Cause Analysis can be  applied in certain situations. The ability to directly link performance  deviations with the underlying systemic causes helps ensure that the client  sees measurable positive results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>          Quantitative  Benchmarking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many, if not most, systems development and acquisition organizations  live with high demands and sometimes unrealistic expectations. We believe the  discussion of performance objectives should be moved from that of perception to  one of quantitative understanding. Once quantified, performance can be compared  to business needs and a decision can be made on a course of action necessary to  bring performance in line with objectives. We offer the ability to compare your  results to an industry database of similar projects to help set reasonable  goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n        Change Readiness  Assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>        Once you have identified opportunities  to improve performance and the necessary changes, implementing them without  loss of productivity or of key resources can be a challenge. We have tools that  help identify barriers to change so that you can implement new practices at the  lowest cost. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practice Based Assessment&#13; Causal Analysis&#13; Quantitative Benchmarking&#13; Change Readiness Assessment&#13; Canateo consultants understand that every organization is a unique complex system. We offer several types of system assessments that can be used individually or combined to provide insight into the firm&rsquo;s business and operational situation. A proper assessment helps ensure that proposed solutions address systemic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/canateo.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/canateo.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/canateo.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canateo.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canateo.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/canateo.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"http:\/\/canateo.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/canateo.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}