Not exact matches
If HP had utilized a better «
test, measure and iterate»
cycle, the TouchPad could have been a success instead of an $ 885 million write - off.
«That
cycle has been interrupted with the OSFI stress
test, because it impacts the ability to move up,» he said.
Thousands of
cycling accidents using crash
test dummies and humans were re-enacted and analyzed to ensure that the airbag inside the collar deploys when it should.
First, they assessed their cardiovascular health using a
cycling test and grouped them into three categories: fit, moderately fit, or unfit.
I've been
testing a non-invasive gadget called Nokia Sleep that seamlessly tracks my sleep
cycles and habits, and gives me detailed reports about my night each morning.
No amount of tweaking will make a product 100 percent perfect, but a startup can easily become stuck in the
cycle of
testing, refining and re-
testing a product, ad nauseam.
These sorts of
tests help speed up the development
cycle and validate demand for an item before it hits the market, says Park.
They require exhaustive and money - consuming
tests and trial periods, followed by bureaucratic approval
cycles that can take forever.
Apple's Health Kit will also allow users to track other measures important for reproductive health, including menstrual
cycles, ovulation
test results and cervical mucus quality.
Google's campus, where some of its self - driving car
tests are performed, has long been a hub of
cycling activity.
Viktor continued to deny paternity — going into detail for the court about when he had sex with Marija and the rhythms of her menstrual
cycle — prompting the court to order a blood
test.
Direct mail should be a never - ending
cycle of
testing and learning.
Among protections in the proposal, lenders would need to conduct an upfront «full - payment»
test to determine if borrowers will be able to pay the loan without compromising other financial obligations and without needing to reborrow (a
cycle that piles on fees and interest, making it harder to dig out).
While it's still early to make a call, we'll begin
testing shorter cadence
cycles to reduce the number of calls a rep has to make to a somewhat unreachable audience (much lower connect rates), freeing up time and capacity to spend on higher value metrics.
One of the few positives about this situation is that we have had numerous
cycles with which to
test out our tolerance for losses.
Yet Treasury yields are still
testing all - time low levels, and the Federal Reserve (Fed)'s rate normalization
cycle is likely to continue, albeit very slowly.
Having addressed our earlier stress -
testing concerns, we certainly expect a much easier time in future
cycles even if Fed - induced bubbles become the rule.
I think it's a very dangerous mistake to dispense with our present concerns by ignoring the narrative of our stress -
testing response to the credit crisis, and concluding that our experience over this half -
cycle has been a mechanical reflection of our pre-2009 methods, our present methods, or some perma - bearish disposition on my part.
Our stress -
testing miss in this
cycle is unfortunate, but recall that the 2007 - 2009 bear wiped out the entire total return of the S&P 500 in excess of T - bill returns going all the way back to June 1995.
In any event, there's no question or argument that my insistence on stress -
testing against Depression - era data was a painful shot to the foot in this
cycle, and is more painful because, at least to - date, it turned out to be unnecessary in hindsight.
This unfortunately dismisses the central lesson to be drawn from the awkward transition that resulted from my 2009 decision to stress -
test our methods against Depression - era data, not to mention the fact that concerns similar to my present ones were rather stunningly vindicated over the completion of prior market
cycles.
If one has the wisdom to question their beliefs by actually
testing them against data, thinking carefully about valuations, and studying the course of market
cycles across history, none of these points should be surprising.
As always, the best opportunities are likely to emerge when a material retreat in valuations is joined by an early improvement in our measures of market action (which, following our stress -
testing earlier in this half -
cycle, are robust to every market
cycle we've observed across history).
I have no question that these conditions will emerge over the completion of the current market
cycle, and - despite the truncated bullish shift and awkward transition that followed my 2009 stress -
testing decision - there is not a single market
cycle in 30 years as a professional investor where those same conditions did not provoke me to adopt a constructive outlook.
The company works on rapid development
cycles to create,
test, launch and iterate new features.
Confidently, because 1) we know exactly how our present methods, as well as our pre-2009 methods, have navigated complete market
cycles across history, and in real - time prior to this half -
cycle, and 2) taking both our present and pre-2009 methods to data from recent years, we also know the «counterfactual» - how our discipline could have navigated the markets since 2009, had my stress -
testing decision not bared the Achilles Heel that we addressed in 2014.
Our difficult experience in the recent half -
cycle resulted from my insistence in 2009 on stress -
testing our methods against Depression - era data, because the resulting methods of classifying market return / risk profiles picked up that historical regularity.
I'm in my final semester in the Colorado State MBA program, and our capstone class is based on the BMG Canvas and the build -
test - learn
cycle.
A scalable IBM mainframe application
test environment on Windows that builds efficiency and quality into today's IBM mainframe application delivery
cycle.
The only true
test of a money manager's ability is if he can obtain above - average results over a full
cycle that includes both bull and bear markets.
With APIs becoming the next wave in software development, Nexus Ventures Partners - backed Postman offers a solution to build APIs faster and one that covers the entire development
cycle, right from designing, debugging,
testing, documentation and monitoring.
By leveraging workstation power to shorten mainframe development and unit
test cycles, new products and features are delivered faster, enabling a better competitive advantage and business ROI.
Since the inception of the Fund (as well, of course, in long - term historical
tests), our present approach to risk management has both added to returns and reduced volatility - not necessarily in any short period, but over the complete market
cycle.
We generally focus on businesses that are «two -
cycle tested,» where they've been through a couple recessions and have survived intact.»
Likewise, nearly all of our challenges during the advancing half -
cycle since 2009 can be traced to my 2009 decision to stress -
test our market return / risk classification methods against Depression - era data, which inadvertently led us to overemphasize «overvalued, overbought, overbullish» syndromes that had reliably warned of market losses in prior market
cycles across history.
Meanwhile, I've been my own harshest critic — particularly with regard to the unfortunate timing of my stress -
testing decision in 2009 — and have been very open about the challenges that QE and yield - seeking speculation have posed for the methods that resulted: deferring market losses that resulted much more quickly following extremely overextended market conditions in prior historical
cycles.
In my last gold update (11/19/2015) I called for gold prices to continue lower into a December 6 - month
cycle low and that prices would likely
test the $ 1,040 - $ 1,000 levels.
KEY RATING DRIVERS SPG's «A» Issuer Default Rating (IDR) reflects the company's continued market - leading access to capital, high quality real estate portfolio,
cycle -
tested m
«True managers need to be
tested in multiple business
cycles to prove their compound annual return is consistent over long periods of time» Thomas Kahn
«We have facilities where all they do is run
cycles and we have never had a piece of equipment
tested more than our Espress Sure Tamp ® machine,» Wisniewski says.
«Our engineering department executes extensive
testing during our product development
cycle to ensure that concerns are addressed prior to launching a product to the marketplace,» he adds.
Plus, Australian Certified Organic products are not
tested on animals and certified organic ingredients have been produced through approved methods that integrate cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that foster
cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity.
If it hasn't yet reached that temperature, either add time to your machine as another bake
cycle, or simply put the pan into a regular oven at 350 degrees F (static),
testing the temperature again at five - minute intervals.
Our proprietary food safety processes — unmatched in the industry — involve multiple interventions and
test points throughout the production
cycle.
26 «We Shoulda Run One More
Test» All steamed up, the Sky -
Cycle fired, but so did the parachutes — and the great canyon jump fizzled out
The point it falls below the woefully inadequate
testing that tends to begin 7 - 8 weeks out when the fighter has already
cycled off is the problem.
Prior to 2000, there was no
test for rEPO, so it's use was rampant in sports requiring cardio like
cycling and football (soccer).
In recent years, there have been a handful of positive
tests for blood doping techniques like EPO that have ravaged
cycling.
Considered a pilot for other Olympic sports, the plan called for the
cycling union to record the results of riders» blood
tests over time and track the changes of several key values, including hematocrit and reticulocyte levels.
After the match, all the experts and analysts would be more than ready to anoint the young» uns as the new blood of the competition, claiming they were now battle
tested after beating a true blue - blood squad whose
cycle was over.