The Cognitive Conference Room Scheduler™ (CCRS) is a web-based room scheduling tool that solves a need of every project – large and small – timely scheduling using your web browser for for meetings to advance project goals.

The rooms in play may or may not be exclusive to your project. Room scheduling may be fluid as different project needs emerge or fixed to satisfy reoccurring needs. Easy to use room scheduling can be deployed easily on your web server for use by one project or the whole organization.

Whatever the combination, CCRS manages your total room resources:
• Eliminating overbooking
• Providing every user with a variety of schedule views and options
• Keeping administrative overhead to a minimum

The Cognitive Conference Room Scheduler™ (CCRS) is a web-based room scheduling tool written using Microsoft® Active Server Pages and employing Microsoft® SQL Server for data storage. As a part of the included installation service, Cognitive Technologies will configure one set of room resources that you may later adjust as desired.

Designed to run with Microsoft’s Internet Information Server, CCRS is compatible with Internet Explorer version 5.5 or greater. It is also compatible with Microsoft® Sharepoint®. The screen below highlights the user interface, while the bullets in the right sidebar summarize key product functions.

The screen on the left shows the Scheduler™ display, while the screen on the right shows My Meetings. Click images to enlarge.

• Schedules meetings by individual users

• Schedules reoccurring meetings: weekly with choice of day or days as well as hour

• Forbids overbooking: feedback given to any user attempting to overbook so that conflict can resolved

• Displays conference room schedules using selectable conference room field
– By calendar periods of either weeks or days
– By list of scheduled meetings (selectable date ranges)

• Displays “My Meetings” for individual login

• Provides administrative capabilities to selected users
– Add or delete rooms
– Modify room information
– Change, delete or override existing meeting reservations
– Add or delete users

The Cognitive Transition Management Toolkit™ (CTMT) includes the tips, tools and templates you need to plan and manage a successful transition from any current state to the desired state your new system enables. It includes detailed planning templates and readiness assessments, as well as guidelines for writing a full transition management plan, and more importantly, implementing it effectively.

CTMT takes the guesswork out of managing the change that accompanies every new system implementation. Successful large-scale projects require more than just the right technology and funding.

With CTMT you can:

• Manage the people side of change to pave the way for desired results

• Develop an effective transition management strategy for your project

• Create a proven communication plan for ensuring success

• Prepare for and manage typical responses to change, including resistance

The Cognitive Transition Management Toolkit™ (CTMT) can be used over and over again as a model for realizing the full business value from projects both large and small. Tools are based on standard MS-Office technology and ship on an enclosed CD for easy reuse. With CTMT, you can dependably achieve these goals:

• Change is tough – avoid common problems. Take advantage of best practices for managing change

• Ensure results – Take the guess-work out of implement-ation by working from a proven process to guide your transition from any current state to the desired one

• Increase productivity – Rely on reproducible checklists and work-sheets that save time, increase project pro-fessionalism, and get you on the road to a successful transition faster

The list on the right is a partial set of the templates and tools at your disposal for managing the actual transition process. Click on the Demos/Samples button below to see screenshots depicting the flow of the process in which the tools are used.

• Worksheet for stating the need

• Risk identification checklist

• Transition management plan template

• Vision statement worksheet

• Communication survey

• Key messages planning

• Communication plan template

• Stakeholder support assessment worksheet

• Worksheet for analyzing stakeholder impact

• Worksheet for selecting transition team members

• Workforce skills and technology issues worksheet

• Feedback worksheet

• Leadership commitment assessment

• Walk the talk planning worksheet

• Rewards and recognition planning worksheet

• Checklist for effective guardian use

• Worksheet for capturing lessons learned

Performance DNA Desktop is a software toolset to help the human performance improvement (HPI) professional conduct complex analyses to improve performance more efficiently and effectively — reducing analysis time by 20% to 50% and fully supporting virtual collaboration by diverse team members.

Performance DNA Desktop provides support from project set up and management and reporting through the analyses phases: Business Analysis, Performance Analysis, Key Performer Analysis, and Influence Analysis. Armed with this analysis, it is much easier to ensure that all new systems your organization develops both recognize and optimize the inherent Performance DNA characteristics of your key performers.

Click on Demos/Samples below to see how Performance DNA optimizes flexibility while also providing a clear path to completion.

* Performance DNA Desktop is a trademark of Outcome Systems, Inc.

Performance DNA Desktop was developed to align with ASTD's Human Performance Improvement (HPI) certification program and provides the tools and templates the HPI professional needs to vastly improve the efficiency of data collection, analysis, integration, and reporting.

Major Performance DNA Desktop advantages include:

• Reduces analysis time by 20% to 50%, allowing teams to collaborate virtually

• Aggregates data from multiple key performers

• Supports storage and retrieval of data from previous analyses & other job roles

• Considers the broad range of factors affecting human performance and ways to organize this data effectively

• Includes complete reporting capabilities

• Offers complete analysis flexibility including easy integration of your own tools

Click on Demos/Samples below for a virtual tour.

• Project start up templates

• Project commitment template

• Organizational outcome mapping

• Performer information worksheet

• Outcome definition worksheet

• Performance gap assessment worksheet

• Key work process analysis worksheet

• Task detail worksheet

• Structured observation template

• Tool/resource identification summary

• Information resource analysis template

• Information mapping tool

• Decision mapping tool

• Influence hypothesis confirmation

• Six influence assessment tools, including Technology Assessment

• Project admin. and reporting