Yearly Archives: 2014
Our work in Utah was featured on the Governor’s blog!
Recently our work with the State of Utah was highlighted on Governor Herbert’s blog. To read his post, check out this link: http://blog.governor.utah.gov/2014/08/why-it-matters-the-effort-to-reduce-recidivism/
Improvements from State of Utah’s SUCCESS Program Adds Jobs for Inmates and Doubles Revenue at Utah Correctional Industries
Utah’s SUCCESS Program led by the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget (GOMB) has reported positive results on an initiative that supports of Governor Herbert’s mission to reduce recidivism (the relapse of criminal behavior) in the State. NOVACES, a management consulting firm that provides performance improvement solutions to the government, is teamed with Goldratt Research […]
NOVACES celebrates its 10 year anniversary!!
NOVACES is proud to celebrate its 10 year anniversay since the company’s founding in September 2004. Thanks to all our supporters, our clients, our team members and alumni for making great things happen over 10 exciting years!! Here’s a short tribute video that will take you through all the years of our success: NOVACES 10 […]
The 4 reasons why project managers must appreciate methods and tools
Project management has two essential elements to it, the theory and methods on one hand and the tools and techniques on the other. The further you move up the scale from random tasks to organized projects, the more important it is that you are versed in theory and methods. I come across many people struggling […]
The key to sustaining change is FOCUS
I want to talk about the current state of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma initiatives as it relates to sustainment. The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) conducts annual surveys on the subject of how well Lean implementations are going. Considering the last three surveys (2004, 2005, and 2006), the results do not paint a […]
NOVACES Announces Award with the Economic Development Administration for Disaster Recovery Services
NOVACES announced today that it has been awarded a task order under its Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Disaster Recovery services to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). Under this task order NOVACES, teamed with DADCO, will work with local, regional, state, and federal officials to develop economic recovery strategies, identifying recovery […]
NOVACES Presents on Critical Chain for Facilities Management at the 2014 Project Management Symposium
NOVACES presented on Wednesday, June 11 at the 2014 Project Management Symposium, sponsored by The Project Management Institute’s Silver Spring Chapter. Their presentation, Taming the Chaos in the Annual Capital Budgeting Process with Multi-Project Critical Chain, was presented by Hilbert Robinson and covered the use of project portfolio management and critical chain concepts to improve […]
NOVACES Awarded a Task Order Under Government-Wide Continuous Process Improvement to Support the Office of the Chief Management Officer
NOVACES is teamed with Calibre to provide technical support to the Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer. NOVACES announced today that they were competitively awarded a Task Order (TO) under their Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Government-Wide Continuous Process Improvement Services. NOVACES is teamed with Calibre, who is the prime contractor for the BPA. […]
NOVACES Scheduled to Present Jointly with Three Clients at the 2014 TOCICO Conference
NOVACES will make three joint presentations at the 2014 Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOCICO) Conference with the State of Utah, St. Alexius Medical Center and Turkish Airlines Technic. The presentations are reports of projects conducted at the client organizations, which include applications of Theory of Constraints tools including Critical Chain Project Management, Dynamic […]
NOVACES Successfully Re-competes for Navy Medicine Contract in Support of the Continuous Process Improvement and Lean Six Sigma Program
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Black Belt consulting and training services to be provided for Navy Medicine in this three-year BPA contract. NOVACES announced today that it has been awarded a firm fixed price contract by Navy Medicine to support the deployment of the Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) […]