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Author Neeraj Nandurdikar , Edward W. Merrow
Quantitative analysis of outcomes vs PMs at the individual levelLeading Complex Projects takes a unique approach to post-mortem analysis to provide project managers with invaluable insight. For the first time, individual PM characteristics are quantitatively linked....
Release Date 2018/05 -
10 Steps to Successful Project Management
Author Lou Russell
Project management is not easy. It is a complicated, multilayered matter, whether you manage projects for your entire company, for a department, or for yourself. And using a project management software program isn't enough, as many project managers painfully learn.....
Release Date 2007/05 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right
Author Tom Kendrick
Today’s projects are more complex and challenging than ever, and project managers need all the help they can get to succeed amid shifting priorities, interruptions, inadequate funding, expectations of multiple stakeholders, and other obstacles.
Release Date 2010/04 -
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 -
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 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 -
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 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 -
Author Melissa Perri
To stay competitive in today’s market, organizations need to adopt a culture of customer-centric practices that focus on outcomes rather than outputs. Companies that live and die by outputs often fall into the "build trap," cranking out features to meet their sched....
Release Date 2018/11 -
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 -
Collaboration Tools for Project Managers: How to choose, get started and collaborate with technology
Author Elizabeth Harrin
In Collaboration Tools for Project Managers, Elizabeth Harrin builds upon her 2010 book, Social Media for Project Managers, by providing the latest information, success stories, and an easy-to-follow guide to implementing online collaboration tools and helping to o....
Release Date 2016/04 -
Environmental Assessment and Management in the Food Industry
Author F Ziegler , J Berlin , U Sonesson
Life cycle assessment (LCA) of production and processing in the food industry is an important tool for improving sustainability. Environmental assessment and management in the food industry reviews the advantages, challenges and different applications of LCA and rel....
Release Date 2010/09 -
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 -
SAFe® 4.0 Reference Guide: Scaled Agile Framework® for Lean Software and Systems Engineering
Author Dean Leffingwell
The Must-have Reference Guide for SAFe® Practitioners“There are a lot of methods of scale out there, but the Scaled Agile Framework is the one lighting up the world.” –Steve Elliot, Founder/CEO AgileCraft “You don’t have to be perfect to start SAFe because you lea....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Author David Reed
Everything you need to know before you borrow…Unless you’re sitting on a pile of cash, chances are you’ll need to take out a mortgage when you’re ready to buy a home. But how do you know how much house you can afford? What should you look for in a loan? What kind o....
Release Date 2018/02 -
Classification, Parameter Estimation and State Estimation, 2nd Edition
Author David M. J. Tax , Dick de Ridder , Ferdinand van der Heijden , Yaobin Zou , Ming Fen
A practical introduction to intelligent computer vision theory, design, implementation, and technologyThe past decade has witnessed epic growth in image processing and intelligent computer vision technology. Advancements in machine learning methods—especially among....
Release Date 2017/05 -
PMP Project Management Professional Practice Tests
Author Vanina Mangano , Kim Heldman
Master all five PMP domains and boost your confidence for exam dayPMP: Project Management Professional Practice Tests provides candidates with an ideal study aid for PMP exam preparation. Fully aligned with the A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (P....
Release Date 2018/05 -
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 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 -
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 -
Creating an Environment for Successful Projects, 3rd Edition, 3rd Edition
Author Robert J. Graham , Randall Englund
Now in its third edition, this project management classic has been updated with an array of field-tested tools to help upper management ensure the success of projects within organizations. For over twenty years, Creating an Environment for Successful Projects ....
Release Date 2019/10 -
Leadership Skills for Project Managers
Author Jeffrey W. Trailer , Jeffrey K. Pinto
Chosen from the best of Project Management Journal ® and PM Network®, the articles reprinted in this volume revolve around the nature of the project management challenge, the skills required of effective project management practitioners, and some of the i....
Release Date 2003/01 -
Lead With Your Customer, 2nd Edition:Transform Culture and Brand into World-Class Excellence
Author J. Jeff Kober , Mark David Jones
Your one-stop shop for world-class resultsThe most admired organizations in the world have the same basic resources that you have—offices, computers, pencils, pens, phones, Internet, people. The primary difference is the way they use those resources. How do success....
Release Date 2019/02