Saidas M. Ranade PhD, PE, was the Principal Consultant for Aspen Technology, Inc.'s Modeling Success Program. Some of the tools he has developed and applied to ensure that customers get the best value from AspenTech's modeling technologies and services include modeling opportunity assessments, modeling needs assessment, a template for documenting successes, and a method for cataloging process models. He can be reached at smranade@neosoft.com.
