JMP Connections

Preface xv Chapter 1 Generalized Context for Decision Process Improvement 1 1.1 Situational Assessment (Current State) 3 1.2 Problem Statement 11 1.3 Visualizing State Transition 15 1.4 Metrics On-Demand 20 Chapter 2 Real-Time Metrics Business Case 25 2.1 Project Description and Objectives—A Case Study 27 2.2 Solution Description 31 2.3 Cost and Benefit Analysis 34 2.4 Financial Assessment 37 2.5 Implementation Timeline 42 2.5.1 Contemplating Startup 42 2.5.2 Skills Dependencies and Timeline Consideration 44 2.5.3 Implementation Starting Point 46 2.5.4 Implementation to Deployment 49 2.6 Critical Assumptions and Risk Assessment 50 2.6.1 Critical Assumptions 50 2.6.2 Risk Assessment 51 2.7 Recommendations: Transmigrate the Enterprise 58 Chapter 3 Technical Details and Practical Implementation 63 3.1 Hardware Foundations 69 3.2 Solution Stack 70 3.3 Integration of Hardware and Software Infrastructure 72 3.4 Build Out 72 3.5 The Construction of a Metric 79 3.6 Metric Case Study 80 Chapter 4 Harvesting Benefits and Extensibility 99 4.1 Benefits Example 100 4.2 Extensibility 101 4.3 Configuration Management Version Control 102 Chapter 5 So What About a Bad Economy? 107 5.1 Overachievement—Data Virtualization 110 5.2 JMP Connection as the Universal Server 114 5.3 Well-Formed Data 117 5.4 Linked Data 120 Chapter 6 Decision Streams 133 Chapter 7 Delivery and Presentations 139 7.1 Push Versus Pull Delivery 140 7.2 Presentation 143 7.3 DIY, But Leave the Poor Bi Person Alone! 156 7.4 Advanced Presentation Method 157 Chapter 8 In Closing (As-Built) 163 Glossary 169 Appendix A Server-Side PHP Code 173 Appendix B JMP JSL Time Constant Learning Curve Script 175 Appendix C JMP GUI User Interface Code Example 181 Appendix D Resource Description Framework File Example 185 Appendix E Sample Hardware Requirements 191 Appendix F Early Warning Deliverable 193 Appendix G JMP PRO Connections: The Transversality of the Capability Maturity Model 203 G.1 Tangential Concept 204 G.2 Transversal Concept 205 G.3 Univariate to Multivariate Process Control 206 G.4 JMP Process Screening 208 G.5 Transversal Maturity Space in Relation to JMP PRO Features 210 G.6 Summary 212 References 213 Suggested Reading 217 Index 219