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No-Drama Project Management: Avoiding Predictable Problems for Project Success
Author Bart Gerardi
No-Drama Project Management: Avoiding Predictable Problems for Project Success is a book for project managers who want or need to be more effective. Having a project crash and burn is never a great situation, author Bart Gerardi explains, but it's not a career bust....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author Chris Steins , Justin Emond
Pro Web Project Management is a collection of hard-won lessons the authors have learned managing modern web projects with small and medium budgets in a consulting environment. This isn't a book about project management theory. Pro Web Project Management tells how t....
Release Date 2011/12 -
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 -
Creating a Sustainable Organization: Approaches for Enhancing Corporate Value Through Sustainability
Author Peter A. Soyka
Organizations that prioritize environmental, health, and safety (EHS) issues are well placed to attract better customers, better talent, and today's growing number of socially responsible investors. But, to gain these benefits, companies must choose the right susta....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Communication Strategies for Today's Managerial Leader
Author Deborah Britt Roebuck
Given that communication is the lifeblood of an organization, managerial leaders need to understand how to use communication strategies to build their teams to achieve organizational objectives. Studies repeatedly point to the impact communication skills have on the....
Release Date 2012/01 -
Improving Business Performance With Lean
Author James Bradley
This textbook is a concise introduction to the essential concepts and tools used in the "Lean" method of improving business processes; it constitutes a sufficient "toolkit" to enable a reader to successfully improve business processes in their workplace. While Lean....
Release Date 2012/01 -
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 -
Liars and Outliers Bruce Schneier: Enabling the Trust That Society Needs to Thrive
Author Bruce Schneier
How does society function when you can't trust everyone?When we think about trust, we naturally think about personal relationships or bank vaults. That's too narrow. Trust is much broader, and much more important. Nothing in society works without trust. It's the ....
Release Date 2012/02 -
SharePoint 2010 for Project Management, 2nd Edition
Author Dux Raymond Sy
If you were to analyze your team’s performance on a typical project, you’d be surprised how much time is wasted on non-productive tasks. This hands-on guide shows you how to work more efficiently by organizing and managing projects with SharePoint 2010. You’ll learn....
Release Date 2012/02 -
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 -
The Project Management Coaching Workbook
Author Susanne Madsen
Take These Six Steps to Reach Your Project Management and Leadership Goals!Starting with an insightful self-assessment, The Project Management Coaching Workbook: Six Steps to Unleashing Your Potential offers tools, questions, reviews, guiding practices, and ex....
Release Date 2012/02 -
50 Top IT Project Management Challenges
Author Premi Shiv , Premanand Doraiswamy
A summary of the challenges facing today's IT project managerDiscussions on project management forums highlight many of the challenges facing a project manager during the course of a project. Unclear requirements, scope creep and undefined roles are well-trodden is....
Release Date 2012/02 -
The Scrum Field Guide: Practical Advice for Your First Year
Author Mitch Lacey
Thousands of IT professionals are being asked to make Scrum succeed in their organizations–including many who weren’t involved in the decision to adopt it. If you’re one of them, The Scrum Field Guide will give you skills and confidence to adopt Scrum more rapidly, ....
Release Date 2012/03 -
Author David L Pells , Luiz Rocha , Paul C Dinsmore
New projects are the key to ensuring an organization’s growth and as we enter an increasingly competitive global economy, companies of all stripes struggle to effectively govern the multiplicity of projects needed to survive and prosper.
Release Date 2012/03 -
Mastering the Leadership Role in Project Management: Practices that Deliver Remarkable Results
Author Alexander Laufer
In this book, project management expert Dr. Alexander Laufer leads an all-star team of practitioners and thought leaders in presenting a powerful project leadership framework. Laufer’s framework addresses the toughest challenges of new product development: large, co....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Author Natalie J. Sayer , Bruce Williams
Take charge and engage your enterprise in a Lean transformationHave you thought about using Lean in your business or organization, but are not really sure how to implement it? Or perhaps you're already using Lean, but you need to get up to speed. Lean For Dummies s....
Release Date 2012/04 -
The Complete Project Manager's Toolkit
Author Alfonso Bucero , Randall Englund
Here Are the Tools to Achieve Project Management SuccessBuy both The Complete Project Manager and The Complete Project Manager's Toolkit and save $18 at checkout by entering coupon code COMBO1.This companion to The Complete Project Manager provides the tools ....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Author Alfonso Bucero , Randall Englund
The Complete Project Manager: Integrating People, Organizational, and Technical Skills is the practical guide that addresses the “soft” project management skills that are so essential to successful project, program, and portfolio management. T....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Author Gino Wickman
Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on you?All entrepreneurs and business leaders face similar frustrationspersonnel conflict, profit woes, and inadequate growth. Decisions never seem to get made, or, once made, fail to be properly....
Release Date 2012/04 -
High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service
Author Micah Solomon
Today's customers are a hard bunch to crack. Time-strapped, screen-addicted, value-savvy, and socially engaged, their expectations are tougher than ever for a business to keep up with. They are empowered like never before and expect businesses to respect that sense....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Author Jeff Sutherland , Ken Schwaber
A radical approach to getting IT projects done faster and cheaper than anyone thinks possibleSoftware in 30 Days summarizes the Agile and Scrum software development method, which allows creation of game-changing software, in just 30 days. Projects that use it are th....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Author David Hinde
Everything you need to be fully prepared to take the PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner examAs an internationally recognized certification which focuses on the Foundation and Practitioner levels along with being recommended by the Project Management Institute, the ....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Author Colin Bentley
PRINCE2® is a highly successful project management method. For those who are sitting PRINCE2® exams, or embarking on their first project, there's a lot to learn and remember. How do you capture the fundamental principles, the essential themes, and bring the....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Moodle 2 for Teaching 7-14 Year Olds
Author Mary Cooch
You need no special technical skills or previous Moodle experience to use the e-learning platform to create fantastic interactive teaching aids for pre-teen and early teenage students. This book takes you from A-Z in easy steps.Ideal for teachers new to Moodle: easy....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Project Management for Profit: A Failsafe Guide to Keeping Projects On Track and On Budget
Author John Case , Brad Angus , Roger Thomas , Joe Knight
No More Headaches, Hypertension, or HeartburnIf your work involves projects, then this book is for you. It will show every company owner and project manager—at businesses large and small—how to run projects differently. You’ll benefit if you’ve ever:• been over budg....
Release Date 2012/06 -
The Hidden Wealth of Customers: Realizing the Untapped Value of Your Most Important Asset
Author Bill Lee
Introducing “return on relationship” with your most valued customersThe traditional model of growing your business—by relying on employees in sales, marketing, and product development—is dying. Today’s most successful companies are taking a different approach: getti....
Release Date 2012/06 -
Author Mike Clayton
Many people struggle to lead a project with a successful outcome and they fail to keep them to budget, deliver on time and motivate a team. This book combines practical tools, personal tips and psychological insights to that you can:Realistically plan not only your ....
Release Date 2012/07 -
Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process
Author Kenneth S. Rubin
A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile ProcessThe Single-Source, Comprehensive Guide to Scrum for All Team Members, Managers, and ExecutivesIf you want to use Scrum to develop innovative products and services that delight your customers, Essential Scrum is the ....
Release Date 2012/07