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 …
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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Privacy and Data Protection based on the GDPR – in 3 minutes Information about people is increasingly valuable. Enabled by new technologies, organizations nowadays collect and process personal data on a large scale. While free flow of data across Europe is vital for the common market, however, it also presents a clear risk to the …
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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, …
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, …
QLA: Do not jump over the meaning of a service in ITIL4, ask the 7 extra questions Why is it important to spend more time in understanding what a service really is, while value is moving up in the value chain of ITIL? In this blog, I will highlight the major improvements of ITIL4, and …
QLA: Do not jump over the meaning of a service in ITIL4, ask the 7 extra questions Why is it important to spend more time in understanding what a service really is, while value is moving up in the value chain of ITIL? In this blog, I will highlight the major improvements of ITIL, and …
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 …
Bimodal Portfolio Management The book ”Scaling agile in organizations” describes several commonly used agile frameworks. One of these frameworks is Bimodel Portfolio Management. At the moment, many organizations are in the middle, or on the brink of, a radical change to more business agility. I receive quite often the question how to cope with both …
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Van Haren Publishing at Digital Design Architecture Day ‘19 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch Thursday November 12th 2019 at the Conference Centre 1931 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Written by: Linda Wouters (CKC) and Paul van den Elzen (Van Haren Publishing) About Digital Architecture Design Day Digital Architecture Design Day is a community-driven event that showcases the best ways of putting …
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