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Scrum For Dummies, 3rd Edition
Author Mark C. Layton , Steven J. Ostermiller , Dean J. Kynaston
Learn how scrum can help in every part of your lifeScrum—an organizing approach that exposes work progress and quality —is used all over the place in software development, but it’s not just for coders. Scrum For Dummies shows you how scrum can improve performance regardless of your industry or proje....
Release Date 2022/11 -
Author Mark Graban
Organizations around the world are using Lean to redesign care and improve processes in a way that achieves and sustains meaningful results for patients, staff, physicians, and health systems. Lean Hospitals, Third Edition explains how to use the Lean methodology an....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Lean Development and Innovation
Author Luciano Attolico
Using Toyota's principles for product and process development, this book focuses the implementation of the Lean system during the past 10 years in dozens of corporations across various industries. The book highlights all steps on the journey from common trouble are....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Author Andrew Stellman , Jennifer Greene
Agile has become popular with software teams because the ones that have “gone agile” often talk about the great results they get. The software they build is better, which makes a big difference to them and their users. Not only that, but when agile teams are effect....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Author Barry O'Reilly , Jez Humble , Joanne Molesky
Implementing an enterprise-level continuous improvement process is a prerequisite for any ongoing large-scale transformation effort (such as adopting an agile approach to software delivery) at scale. True continuous improvement never ends because, as our organizati....
Release Date 2018/02 -
VMware Workstation – No Experience Necessary
Author Sander Van Vugt
Get started from scratch with Vmware Workstation using this essential guide. Taking you from installation on Windows or Linux through to advanced virtual machine features, you’ll be setting up a test environment in no time.Create virtual machines on Linux and Window....
Release Date 2013/08 -
Adaptable Project Management – A combination of Agile and Project Management for All (PM4A)
Author Colin Bentley
Adaptable Project Management – A combination of Agile and Project Management for All (PM4A) dispels the myth that Agile approaches to project management can only be used for software development. It gives advice on how to combine the benefits of Agile and waterfall projec....
Release Date 2020/08 -
Landlording on AutoPilot, 2nd Edition
Author Mike Butler
Simplify Your Landlord Experience with Smart Strategies and Smarter Tools“Without Landlording on Autopilot, I doubt I would have ever succeeded with rental properties. Mike's book guided my business every step of the way, and I owe a huge debt to Mike for his insi....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Author Jennifer Greene , Andrew Stellman
Head First Agile is a complete guide to learning real-world agile ideas, practices, principles.What will you learn from this book?In Head First Agile, you'll learn all about the ideas behind agile and the straightforward practices that drive it. You'll take deep ....
Release Date 2017/09 -
Agile Testing Foundations: An ISTQB Foundation Level Agile Tester guide
Author Rex Black
Agile is an iterative approach to software development that has rapidly gained popularity in the wider IT industry. For software testers, Agile testing brings many advantages to teams, from increasing overall product quality to providing greater scope for flexibili....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Illustrating PRINCE2 - Project Management in Real Terms
Author Susan Tuttle
Enjoy effective and profitable projects with PRINCE2®PRINCE2® is a versatile project management method that can be tailored to any project, of any size, in any environment, by any company. It is widely recognized and extensively used. This book will show you how PRI....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Author Joseph A. Michelli
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE SUCCESS!You already know the Starbucks story. Since 1992, its stock has risen a staggering 5,000 percent! The genius of Starbucks success lies in its ability to create personalized customer experiences, stimulate business growth, generate profi....
Release Date 2002/09 -
CMMI®Distilled: A Practical Introduction to Integrated Process Improvement
Author Richard Turner , Aaron Clouse , Dennis M. Ahern
CMMI® (Capability Maturity Model® Integration) is an integrated, extensible framework for improving process capability and quality across an organization. It has become a cornerstone in the implementation of continuous improvement for both industry and governments a....
Release Date 2008/05 -
Developing Government Policy Capability
Author Dr. Chivonne Algeo , Dr. Vanessa McDermott , Henry Linger , Dr. James Connor , Dr. J
The creation of public and government policy presents a “wicked” problem because it tends to be highly contested, involves many different stakeholders, and yields outcomes that change and evolve over time. Developing Government Policy Capability examin....
Release Date 2017/02 -
Author Henrik Kniberg
You know the Agile and Lean development buzzwords, you've read the books. But when systems need a serious overhaul, you need to see how it works in real life, with real situations and people. Lean from the Trenches is all about actual practice. Every key point is ....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author Joseph Michelli
Make every day a WOW day for your customers, your staff—and your bottom line!“In your hands is a manifesto on how Zappos completely blew away the standard of delivering a consumer-centric experience and a revolutionary company culture. Joseph helps us all understand....
Release Date 2011/09 -
Crowdsourcing Your Brand: How to Tap Customer Desire
Author Jon Spector , Barry Libert
This Element is an excerpt from We Are Smarter Than Me: How to Unleash the Power of Crowds in Your Business (9780132244794) by Barry Libert and Jon Spector. Available in print and digital formats.Get your customers to help you build your brand, enhance your offering....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Determining the right model for your experience
Author Christian Crumlish , Erin Malone
Inherent in creating a social layer into your experience is some form of relationships between people. There are different models, each of which create different kinds of social interactions and outcomes within an experience.What you'll learn—and how you can apply ....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Agile Project Management for Business Transformation Success
Author Milan Frankl , Paul Paquette
This book is intended to provide project management office (PMO) executives’ practical information to promote enterprise Agile for business value compatibility within their organization. The primary benefit of this book is to promote a sense of common purpose....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Jamie Lynn Cooke
Now in its second edition, The Power of the Agile Business Analyst has expanded to include new Agile methods that have emerged or gained prominence since the first edition. Buy this book to learn how to revolutionise your Agile development and increase the va....
Release Date 2018/11 -
Manager Redefined: The Competitive Advantage in the Middle of Your Organization
Author Stephen D. Harding , Thomas O. Davenport
In this book the author explains that managers must build human capital and engender employee engagement by managing them almost not at all, by attending instead to the factors and circumstances that make them successful. In other words, managers must play their rol....
Release Date 2010/11 -
Author Tim J. Rahschulte , James M. Waddell , Russ J. Martinelli
Clear, proven solutions for virtual project management challengesProjects Without Boundaries offers project managers a clear framework for bringing both project management practices and project team leadership principles to the virtual space. Written by a team of a....
Release Date 2017/04 -
Author Michael Arena
Lack of Agility is the kiss of death. Position your company to succeed in world of change.To edge out the competition in today’s disruptive environment, you need to ensure that your company is agile—that it can respond to change instantly and effectively. Because f....
Release Date 2018/06 -
Author Jay Holben
Filmmaker Jay Holben has been battling in the production trenches for most of his life. For the past 17 years, he’s chronicled his adventures in the pages of American Cinematographer, Digital Video, Videography, and TV Technology. Now, in Behind the Lens: Dispatches....
Release Date 2015/07 -
The Experience Economy, Updated Edition
Author James H. Gilmore , B. Joseph Pine II
In 1999, Joseph Pine and James Gilmore offered this idea to readers as a new way to think about connecting with customers and securing their loyalty. As a result, their book The Experience Economy is now a classic, embraced by readers and companies worldwide and rea....
Release Date 2011/07 -
Crucibles of Leadership: How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader
Author Robert J. Thomas
Experience may be a leader's best teacher--but there's a hitch. Two people can have identical experiences, but one blossoms while the other is depleted. The same can be said for any pair of fired CEOs, unsuccessful political candidates, or rookie supervisors. In C....
Release Date 2008/03 -
Author Ash Maurya
We live in an age of unparalleled opportunity for innovation. We’re building more products than ever before, but most of them fail—not because we can’t complete what we set out to build, but because we waste time, money, and effort building the wrong product.What we....
Release Date 2012/02 -
Product Management in Practice
Author Matt LeMay
Product management has become a critical connective role for modern organizations, from small technology startups to global corporate enterprises. And yet the day-to-day work of product management remains largely misunderstood. In theory, product management is abou....
Release Date 2017/11 -
Author MIT Sloan Management Review
Not every leader is wildly charismatic or cut from the same cloth as other leaders in the organization. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines the ways leaders can turn their weaknesses into strengths, overcome their personal deficits....
Release Date 2018/07