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CATS CM®: 15 Years ‘under construction’

CATS CM®: 15 Years ‘under construction’ It seems like a long time ago when contract management pioneers Gert-Jan Vlasveld and Jan van Beckum started out on their venture to make their work easier. Both where responsible for managing large outsourced contracts and both came to the conclusion that there was no framework. There were no real standards …

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Why contract management is vital to the business

Why contract management is vital to the business Every organization is in a buy, sell and value-add trajectory continuously. The organization buys something, it does something to the purchased and then it sells its services or products – in a highly simplified way: The creation of value. Value is not derived from the buying perspective …

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CATS CM®: the contract management

CATS CM®: contract management

Introducing CATS CM®: the contract management methodology We live in a world where hyper specialization has taken control. Where a large dependency is found on external relations. A world where you are never alone. That is a world where relationships matter more than ever. And what governs a (business) relationship? An agreement. A contract. Therefore, …

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Introducing CATS CM®

Introducing CATS CM®: the contract management methodology We live in a world where hyper specialization has taken control. Where a large dependency is found on external relations. A world where you are never alone. That is a world where relationships matter more than ever. And what governs a (business) relationship? An agreement. A contract. Therefore, …

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De knutseldoos van BiSL (en een aanpak).

De knutseldoos van BiSL (en een aanpak) Wat is BiSL? BiSL betekent: Business information Services Library. Met de L van library: bibliotheek. De basis van deze bibliotheek wordt gevormd door het framework-boek BiSL een framework voor business informatiemanagement, waarvan nu de 3e editie is verschenen. Maar daarnaast is er nog een grote verzameling aan boeken, …

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Review: AgilePfM – Agile Portfolio Management

Review: AgilePfM – Agile Portfolio Management Author: Henny Portman The Agile Business Consortium has given detailed insights in the Portfolio Innovation Hub as part of their Agile Business Change Framework by publishing the book AgilePfM – Agile Portfolio Management (Editorial team: Barbara Roberts, Peter Coesmans, Peter Measey and Steve Messenger). This pocketbook focuses on management of …

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AgileSHIFT an overarching agile framework

AgileSHIFT an overarching agile framework Author: Henny Portman Many organizations are struggling to implement agile delivery frameworks to increase their level of agility, and many organizations fail. One of the reasons is the culture clash between a traditional organization and the agile culture. Only implementing agile delivery frameworks in e.g. your IT department is not enough. …

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The Agile Fluency model

The Agile Fluency model Author: Henny Portman The Agile Fluency model, developed by Diana Larsen and James Shore in 2012 and substantially updated in 2018, is a framework to help teams understand their current position and to help them develop an individual road map. Agile teams pass through four distinct zones of fluency as they learn (fluency evolves). Diana …

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Review: An Introduction to Evidence-Based Portfolio Management

Review: An Introduction to Evidence-Based Portfolio Management Author: Henny Portman Scrum.org wrote the whitepaper An Introduction to Evidence-Based Portfolio Management. Evidence-Based Portfolio Management is an approach that applies lean and agile principles to the challenge of deciding where to invest to derive the greatest business benefit. It enables organizations to quickly test ideas by actually building and …

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Doelgericht contractmanagement: contractdoelstellingen bewaken

Doelgericht contractmanagement: contractdoelstellingen bewaken Hoe verschillend organisaties ook zijn, één ding hebben ze gemeen. Ze zijn allemaal opgezet om invulling te geven aan een missie en een visie. Contractmanagement heeft een grote rol in het realiseren van deze doelstellingen. Het is dus belangrijk dat iedereen die zich bezig houdt met contractmanagement zich bewust is van die invloed en weet hoe die bewaakt kan worden.   Organisatiedoelstellingen  Iedere organisatie vertaalt haar missie …

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