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The Lean Forward Moment: Create Compelling Stories for Film, TV, and the Web
Author Norman Hollyn
In this groundbreaking book Norman Hollyn outlines his 'Lean Forward Moment Method' of storytelling that applies to all aspects of the film-making process and media production. Whether you are an editor, producer, director, cinematographer or visual effects pro, t....
Release Date 2008/12 -
Author Andrew W. Savitz
HR Professional's guide to creating a strategically sustainable organizationEmployees are central to creating sustainable organizations, yet they are left on the sidelines in most sustainability initiatives along with the HR professionals who should be helping to e....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Agile Project Management For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Author Steven J. Ostermiller , Mark C. Layton
Flex your project management muscleAgile project management is a fast and flexible approach to managing all projects, not just software development. By learning the principles and techniques in this book, you'll be able to create a product roadmap, schedule projec....
Release Date 2017/09 -
The BASICS Lean™ Implementation Model
Author William Keen , Daniel Protzman , Charles W. Protzman III
In 2004 Charlie Protzman created The BASICS Lean Implementation Model, which covers the full spectrum of what is needed to be effective and successful at implementing a Lean System. The reader is taken through a step by step approach developed over the last 15 year....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Author Cindy Alvarez
How do you develop products that people will actually use and buy? This practical guide shows you how to validate product and company ideas through customer development research—before you waste months and millions on a product or service that no one needs or wants....
Release Date 2017/09 -
Zen and the Art of Business Communication
Author Susan L. Luck
In today’s online world, our professional image depends on our ability to communicate. Whether we’re communicating by email, text, social media, written reports or presentations, how we use our words often determines how others view us. This book offers....
Release Date 2016/09 -
Why Smart Companies Are Giving Customers More Data
Author Barbara H. Wixom , Ronny M. Schüritz , Killian Farrell
Companies looking for ways to stand out from their competition can offer customers data products that enhance the product or service the customer originally came looking for. This “data wrapping” technique is an innovative option to increase a product’s value to the custo....
Release Date 2020/05 -
Author Mark C. Layton
Practice an agile form of management to stop wasting time and moneyScrum For Dummies is an easy to use guide to managing the tricky transition from a traditional project management methodology to the new and most popular agile framework. As the most efficient, succ....
Release Date 2015/04 -
A Communication Guide for Investor Relations in an Age of Activism
Author John Gilfeather , David Michaelson , Marcia W. DiStaso
Today's competitive corporate environment and the increased expectations of speed in communication make it critical for companies to develop strategic programs for communicating with investors. This book provides an executive overview of the field of investor rela....
Release Date 2017/10 -
Author Dr. Alan S. Gutterman
This book traces the foundations for sustainable entrepreneurship, beginning with sustainability, ecopreneurship, and social entrepreneurship. Sustainability has become a multidimensional concept that extends beyond environmental protection to economic development ....
Release Date 2018/08 -
Lessons from a Lean Consultant
Author Chris A. Ortiz
Making Lean Work: “In-the-Trenches” Help from a World-Class Expert Lean manufacturing can improve productivity and quality, shorten lead times, reduce costs, and improve competitiveness. However, succeeding with lean is not easy. Chris A. Ortiz, one of the country’s....
Release Date 2008/03 -
The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget: How to Live Well on $25,000 a Year
Author Suzan Haskins , Dan Prescher
Achieve your dream of retiring abroad while on a budgetThe International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget provides a detailed guide to one of the least-known but most effective retirement strategies in today's chaotic economic environment: retiring abr....
Release Date 2014/03 -
The End of Competitive Advantage: How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast as Your Business
Author Alex Gourlay , Rita Gunther McGrath
Are you at risk of being trapped in an uncompetitive business?Chances are the strategies that worked well for you even a few years ago no longer deliver the results you need. Dramatic changes in business have unearthed a major gap between traditional approaches to s....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Author Mangalam Nandakumar
A guide to product management exploring the best practices: identifying the impact-driven product, planning for success, setting up and measuring time-bound metrics, and developing a lean product roadmap.About This BookIdentifying Impact-Driven ProductsInvesting in....
Release Date 2018/05 -
The Agile Leader: Leveraging the Power of Influence
Author Zuzana Sochova
Unleash Your Agile Leadership Potential and Guide Your Entire Organization Toward AgilityIn todays complex, fast-changing, and unpredictable world, radically agile organizations thrive when they combine strong local autonomy with deeply shared goals. Leadership is a key f....
Release Date 2020/12 -
Author David Jones
Written by the CEO of Havas Worldwide, this bookshows you how to use social media to engage with customers and grow your business. This isn't a book about social media and the inexorable rise of Facebook and Twitter. Nor is it a book about CSR or business doing goo....
Release Date 2013/03 -
Author Emily KING
Veterans are a tremendous source of untapped talent and come with a wealth of skills and experience beyond those of typical civilian employees. Field Tested gives readers the insight and tools they need to recruit and retain veterans, and to maximize their value in ....
Release Date 2011/11 -
X: The Experience When Business Meets Design
Author Brian Solis
Welcome to a new era of business in which your brand is defined by those who experience it. Do you know how your customers experience your brand today?Do you know how they really feel?Do you know what they say when you re not around?In an always-on world where ever....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Author Esther Der , Johanna Rothman
You may never have seen great management. Or, more likely, you've seen pieces of great management, but you may not know how to pull it all together. If you're a seasoned manager who wants to be more effective, or if you're considering moving into management, thi....
Release Date 2005/09 -
Author Lou Imbriano
Build Customer Relationships and Win Big Revenue!“Unbreakable relationships are crucial to success in business. Lou Imbriano captures what it takes to forge the kind of deep credibility that encourages consumers and clients to trust you with their hard-earned dollar....
Release Date 2011/08 -
A Practical Guide to Distributed Scrum
Author Matthew Ganis , Steffan Surdek , Elizabeth Woodward
Succeed with Scrum in Even the Largest, Most Complex Distributed Development ProjectsForewords by Ken Schwaber, Scott Ambler, Roman Pichler, and Matthew Wang This is the first comprehensive, practical guide for Scrum practitioners working in large-scale distributed ....
Release Date 2010/06 -
CMMI: Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement, Second Edition
Author Sandy Shrum , Mike Konrad , Mary Beth Chrissis
CMMI® (Capability Maturity Model® Integration) describes best practices for the development and maintenance of products and services across their entire lifecycle. By integrating essential bodies of knowledge, CMMI provides a single, comprehensive framework for orga....
Release Date 2006/11 -
The Leader of the Future 2: Visions, Strategies, and Practices for the New Era
Author Marshall Goldsmith , Frances Hesselbein
The Leader of the Future 2 follows in the footsteps of the international bestseller The Leader of the Future, which has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and is one of the most widely distributed edited collections on leadership to date.In twenty-seven in....
Release Date 2006/09 -
Effective Team Management with VSTS and TFS: A Guide for Scrum Masters
Author Sanjaya Yapa , Chaminda Chandrasekara
Gain the essential knowledge to use VSTS/TFS effectively to empower your Agile teams. This book provides a deep analysis into issues Agile teams may face and how to overcome them by adopting and implementing the proper tools.Rather than just review VSTS/TFS feature....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Leadership Paradigms for Remote Agile Development: How To Lead Your Team Remotely
Author Benjamin Jakobus , Pedro Henrique Lobato Sena , Claudio Souza
If you are asking yourself Why are my engineers unable to deliver?, Why are so many engineers leaving? or Why is our software riddled with bugs?, then you've come to the right place. This book acts as a concise, practical guide on how to lead successful agile projects in a remote environment. ....
Release Date 2022/12 -
An Introduction to Lean Work Design
Author Matthias Thürer , Lawrence D. Fredendall
This book provides a short, concise overview of lean work design, which sees lean systems as the result of a systematic implementation of appropriate work processes. It discusses lean tools, but views tools only as a means of achieving a desirable work design and do....
Release Date 2016/03 -
CMMI for Development: Guidelines for Process Integration and Product Improvement, Third Edition
Author Mike Konrad , Mary Beth Chrissis , Sandra Shrum
CMMI® for Development (CMMI-DEV) describes best practices for the development and maintenance of products and services across their entire lifecycle. By integrating essential bodies of knowledge, CMMI-DEV provides a single, comprehensive framework for organizations ....
Release Date 2011/03 -
SAFe 5.0 Distilled: Achieving Business Agility with the Scaled Agile Framework
Author Richard Knaster , Dean Leffingwell
SAFe® 5.0: The World's Leading Framework for Business Agility"Those who master large-scale software delivery will define the economic landscape of the twenty-first century. SAFe 5.0 is a monumental release that I am convinced will be key in helping countless enterprise o....
Release Date 2020/07