Publications

Publications

We are proud to offer innovative and informative printed and electronic publications. Our books have been carefully researched and written by our principal: Han van Loon.

The ISO15504 and ISO33000 series books represent both industry reference works in process assessment. 

The Reach for the STARS series of books are available in Kindle edition on Amazon, including Kindle unlimited membership edition. All books are available in hardcopy, ask the aithor if you want a hardcopy..

Book Titles

Process Assessment using ISO/IEC 15504 and ISO/IEC 33000: The Reference Book 3rd Edition

by Han van Loon (Author, Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition. 496 pages (hardcopy)

The third edition of the Reference Book covers the concepts of process assessment in general and the various process assessment standards. In particular, it is updated to cover the  ISO/IEC 33000 series as well as retaining the second edition coverage of the ISO/IEC 15504 standard, and the SPICE variants and CMMI®.
It has a companion guidebook: Process Assessment and Improvement. A practical guide

Process Assessment and Improvement: A Practical Guide. 2nd Edition

by Han van Loon (Author, Illustrator) Format:hardcopy

Process Assessment and Improvement provides a powerful and practical approach to improving organizations through process assessment, combined with people factors such as organizational culture and team-based improvement. Originally published in 2004, this new and expanded second edition presents an updated version of process assessments and includes new risk methods. The book covers three major business reasons for process assessment: setting Target Profiles, Process Capability Determination, and Process Improvement. The comprehensive improvement programs and agile improvement methodologies presented in the book are grounded in successful practices employed in world class organizations. Useful examples, templates and tools are included.

Reach for the STARS. Book One.: Agile Leadership and Beyond. The individual and team themes.

By Han van Loon.

STARS is a simple way to learn to manage yourself and help people around you. STARS allows you to achieve more and improve yourself. STARS describes a humanistic approach to leadership and management in enterprises. It bridges the gap between hard management science and soft people skills. STARS creates a culture of motivated people individually, in teams and across organizations. It embraces agile leadership in our dynamic world, and even goes beyond agile to look at what enterprises need to succeed. STARS has successfully been taught to thousands of people across the world, including as part of a Master of Business Administration post graduate study. Book One looks at personal and team themes, ideas and innovation, knowledge and intelligence.

Reach for the STARS. Book Two.: Agile Leadership and Beyond. The culture, customer and product themes.

by Han van Loon (Author, Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

STARS is a simple way to learn to manage yourself and help people around you. STARS allows you to achieve more and improve yourself. STARS describes a humanistic approach to leadership and management in enterprises. It bridges the gap between hard management science and soft people skills. STARS creates a culture of motivated people individually, in teams and across organizations. It embraces agile leadership in our dynamic world, and even goes beyond agile to look at what enterprises need to succeed. STARS has successfully been taught to thousands of people across the world, including as part of a Master of Business Administration post graduate study. Book Two covers enterprise culture, customer and product themes.

Reach for the STARS. Book Three.: Agile Leadership and Beyond. The Systems, environment and improvement themes.

by Han van Loon (Author, Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

STARS is a methodology that focuses on a humanistic approach to leadership and management in enterprises. It bridges the gap between hard management science and soft people skills. STARS creates a culture of motivated people using right-sized processes and supportive products. Book Three looks at System theory and Systems Thinking; Environment and sustainability; and the Improvement and Innovation themes.