> I am afraid I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Do you > mean that use of computers will help NGOs to be more effective? As far
I think what Vaibhav is trying to suggest is defining "processes" (involving but beyond "IT technologies" like may be mailing lists or drupal or internal chat software?) to streamline things that a business organization does [on a day to day basis]. Think of them as widely accepted (though I seldom see the point myself) of software development process like waterfall model [1] or agile model [2]. IMHO, one of the reasons for doing something on these lines is to be able to quantify several parameters (and those define *efficiency*) in business practices (or software development process). For example, once you start collecting statistics on how long it takes you to do type A projects, it will help you predict how long it would take to do another type-A-like project in the future (such figures help businesses to predict expected costs and thus plan accordingly). This is not my area of study/interest and above comparison with software development process is speculative at best. SB [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_model [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development -- LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
