This article, by Mindy Abramowitz, CGA, looks at seemingly contradictory views on productivity in the workplace. One argues for super-efficiency, intense focus, and the complete elimination of distractions to do more streamlined work in a short, concentrated period of time, ultimately leaving more personal time once tasks are completed.

This document describes SM Thacker and Associates’ view of the meaning, principles, and some of the problems of Capacity Planning and Control. It provides a new, lean, agile, and holistic vision of capacity management including new principles, based on their research and experience.

Amazon Mechanical Turk — or mTurk — is an online marketplace, set up by the online shopping site Amazon, where anyone can hire workers to complete short, simple tasks over the Internet. Amazon originally developed it as an in-house tool and commercialized it in 2005. The mTurk workforce now numbers more than 100,000 workers in 200 countries, according to Amazon.

For years spreadsheets have been used to design and prototype scheduling systems. They have now grown up, and are being used to develop serious production scheduling applications ...

The knowledge area of time management typically refers to the skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects, and goals. To become an effective time manager, you should be able to clearly understand the activities of the project and have the necessary skill set to plan, schedule, and control a project timeline ...

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