2011 - Excellence Made Easy

Interrelationship Digraph: PART TWO

In this part of “Interrelationship Digraph: Demystifying Complex Relationships” video I explain how we can use the Interrelationship Matrix to reflect results of the Interrelationship Digraph. I also show how…

By Mohammed Barakat February 27, 2011Power of Microsoft Office, Six SigmaNo Comments

Power of Microsoft Office Six Sigma

Interrelationship Digraph: PART ONE

Interrelationship Digraph or Relations Diagram is one of the seven Management and Planning Tools that helps us analyze the cause-and-effect relationships among different issues in a complex situation. It also…

By Mohammed Barakat February 27, 2011Power of Microsoft Office, Six SigmaNo Comments

Power of Microsoft Office Project Management Six Sigma

Prioritization Matrix: Objectivity in Decision Making

Prioritization Matrix is a decision-making tool and is one of the seven management and planning tools used in Six Sigma and Quality Management in general. It is used to determine…

By Mohammed Barakat February 11, 2011Power of Microsoft Office, Project Management, Six Sigma1 Comment

Power of Microsoft Office Six Sigma

Creating Pareto Chart in Microsoft Office Excel

During the Define step of a Six Sigma project the project team needs to identify the problem or the opportunity that the project is intended to solve. Usually, there would…

By Mohammed Barakat February 2, 2011Power of Microsoft Office, Six Sigma1 Comment

Power of Microsoft Office

Calculate Loan Terms using Goal Seek in Microsoft Excel

Goal Seek feature in Microsoft Office Excel is used to find out the correct input value to a formula in order to get a desired formula result. This video shows…

By Mohammed Barakat January 28, 2011Power of Microsoft OfficeNo Comments

Power of Microsoft Office

Summarize your data with PivotTables

A PivotTable report is an interactive way to quickly summarize large amounts of data. In this video I will show you how to create a summary report using PivotTable in Microsoft…

By Mohammed Barakat January 24, 2011Power of Microsoft Office2 Comments

Project Management

Project Leadership: The Latent Power of Success

Increased complexity in contemporary projects puts a heavy burden on the project management profession. Project Managers do no longer have the luxury to be task-oriented only; they need to evolve…

By Mohammed Barakat January 16, 2011Project ManagementNo Comments

Project Management

Work Breakdown Structure Made Easy

“Would you please help me print out this ‘WBS’? It won’t fit in one page. I have a status meeting with the Sponsor in 30 minutes!” a colleague of mine…

By Mohammed Barakat January 8, 2011Project Management4 Comments