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Author Robert Bruce Kelsey
Software Project Management: Measures for Improving Performance focuses on more than the mechanics of project execution. By showing the reader how to identify and solve real world problems that put schedule, cost, and quality at risk, this guide gets to the he....
Release Date 2006/03 -
Project Management Step by Step: How to Plan and Manage a Highly Successful Project
Author Richard Newton
The proven, practical guide to running a successful project, every time“This straightforward and insightful approach gives results. It provides enough structure to ensure visibility and reliable delivery without smothering you with paperwork. It's no nonsense real ....
Release Date 2006/01 -
The 2006 ASTD Training & Performance Sourcebook
Author Patricia Phillips , Mel Silberman
The 2006 edition of the ASTD Training and Performance Sourcebook, edited by training guru Dr. Mel Silberman, draws on the knowledge and expertise of today's best trainers and consultants. In this one comprehensive book, you will find the tools you need in such impo....
Release Date 2006/01 -
Middle Managers in Program and Portfolio Management
Author Ralf Müller , Tomas Blomquist
The increasing "projectization" of organizations has led to a greater reliance on program and project portfolio management, and middle managers are playing a central role in the management of multiple simultaneous projects. Experienced project managers understand t....
Release Date 2006/01 -
Efficiency in Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines to Manage Cognitive Load
Author John Sweller , Frank Nguyen , Ruth C. Clark
Efficiency in Learning offers a road map of the most effective ways to use the three fundamental communication of training: visuals, written text, and audio. Regardless of how you are delivering your training materials—in the classroom, in print, by synchronous or a....
Release Date 2005/12 -
Metrics for Project Management
Author Ginger Levin , Parvis F. Rad
Your Complete Guide to Project Management Metrics is Here!Metrics for Project Management: A Formalized Approach describes a comprehensive set of project management metrics in an easy-to-read format. Through a unique presentation of metrics through the categori....
Release Date 2005/10 -
Project Planning Techniques Book (with CD)
Author Vittal S. Anantatmula , Parviz F. Rad
A Comprehensive Framework for Project Planning in Any Industry!Project Planning Techniques is a comprehensive reference for project managers in any discipline, outlining the latest proven-effective methods based on solid research. Blending practical experience....
Release Date 2005/09 -
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 -
Training and Learning Styles—Training Basics
Author Susan Russell
Some learners get it while others do not -- a fact of life for the professional trainer. This Infoline offers tips and tools to close the common learning gap. By exploring examples of typical training styles, along with their strengths and weaknesses, you will be ab....
Release Date 2005/08 -
Essential People Skills for Project Managers
Author Ginger Levin , Steven W. Flannes
A Treasury of How-to Guidance for Project Success!People problems can really hurt your project, causing delays, eroding quality, increasing costs, and resulting in high levels of stress for everyone on the team. Yet if you're like most project managers, you'....
Release Date 2005/08 -
Passing the PMP® Exam: How to Take It and Pass It
Author Ph.D. , - PMP Rudd McGary
This book uses the PMBOK Guide, Third Edition, so that all information is up to date for the new PMP examination.Don't just take the PMP® exam: Pass it, the first time!Less than 50% of PMP exam candidates actually pass the exam on their first attempt. But one group....
Release Date 2005/07 -
Author Max Wideman , Harvey A. Levine
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond the typical project management approach to offer a set of proven business practices that can help executives, program managers, and project managers bring projects into alignment with the strategies, resources, and exec....
Release Date 2005/07 -
The Project Manager: Mastering the art of delivery
Author Richard Newton
Learn how to be the safe pair of hands in your organisation, consistently delivering exceptional projects on time and to budget. The steep rise in demand for good project managers in recent years has been mirrored by the publication of book after book setting out th....
Release Date 2005/04 -
Your Successful Project Management Career
Author Ronald B. Cagle
Your Successful Project Management Career answers all the questions new project managers typically have, giving them advice and information about entering and excelling in the fieldThe book clarifies important terminology, discusses how project management got starte....
Release Date 2004/11 -
Project Management for IT-Related Projects
Author David I. Shepherd , Norman Smith , Brian West , Roger Ireland , Bob Hughes
The ISEB Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management is designed for those managing the development and implementation of information systems and other IT projects. This is the only textbook tailored specifically to match the ISEB syllabus – so the user can be c....
Release Date 2004/09 -
The Project Management Advisor: 18 Major Project Screw-ups, and How to Cut Them off at the Pass
Author Lonnie Pacelli
This is your complete, hands-on guide to saving projects in trouble.Drawing on 20 years of frontline project management experience, Lonnie Pacelli identifies the 18 most pervasive causes of project failure: their causes, early warning signs, and how to fix them b....
Release Date 2004/08 -
The Triple Constraints in Project Management
Author Michael S. Dobson
From the novice to the most experienced and senior project manager, triple constraint issues are at the core of the most crucial decisions about a project. The Triple Constraints in Project Management explores the triangle of time, cost, and performance that b....
Release Date 2004/07 -
The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right
Author Tom Kendrick
The Project Management Tool Kit presents proven project management practices in an accessible, easy-to-apply formatBased on established methodologies used by successful project managers in many fields, the Tool Kit features comprehensive summaries of all the process....
Release Date 2004/04 -
Who Stole My Customer??: Winning Strategies for Creating and Sustaining Customer Loyalty
Author Harvey Thompson
Who's stealing your customers? Why is it happening? How can you stop it? These are the toughest questions facing virtually every enterprise. Who Stole My Customer?? is your complete guide to planning and implementing customer loyalty processes that really work-beca....
Release Date 2004/02 -
The Software Deployment Mystery - Solved! A Customer Guide
Author Charles P. Brown , Fernando Zuliani , Reid Byers , Calvin Lawrence , Mike Ransom , Ca
To solve any mystery, detectives rely on their experience along with proven tools and techniques to unravel the conundrum. This IBM Redbook addresses the often illusive mystery known as software deployment success. The information, practices, and methods presented i....
Release Date 2004/02 -
Agile Project Management with Scrum
Author Ken Schwaber
The rules and practices for Scrum—a simple process for managing complex projects—are few, straightforward, and easy to learn. But Scrum’s simplicity itself—its lack of prescription—can be disarming, and new practitioners often find themselves reverting to old projec....
Release Date 2004/02 -
The Project Management Question and Answer Book
Author Marina N. GRASHINA , Michael W. NEWELL
What is a project charter? How about a work breakdown structure? Do you know the basic steps behind risk quantification? And why is it important to be acquainted with Goldratt’s critical chain theory? The Project Management Question and Answer Book is a one-s....
Release Date 2003/12 -
There's No Business That's Not Show Business: Marketing in an Experience Culture
Author Karen Vrotsos , David L. Rogers , Bernd H. Schmitt
Say goodbye to "business as usual"--to succeed today you need show business!How do you market in today's "experience culture"--as conventional advertising grows increasingly ineffective, and customers grow increasingly independent? Companies and brands from Altoids....
Release Date 2003/06 -
Project Management ToolBox: Tools and Techniques for the Practicing Project Manager
Author Dragan Z. Milosevic
Provides a rare look at the situational framework used in building a project management toolbox. Includes real-world examples of toolboxes used in a variety of project situations.Bridges the gap between theoretical and applied project management.
Release Date 2003/06 -
Money Changes Everything: How Global Prosperity Is Reshaping Our Needs, Values, and Lifestyles
Author Peter Marber
The debate on globalization is over. Globalization has won, and it's working. In Money Changes Everything, Peter Marber offers incontrovertible proof that new prosperity is spreading worldwide and transforming everything it touches: culture, religion, families, pol....
Release Date 2003/05 -
Essentials of Knowledge Management
Author Bryan Bergeron
Reader-friendly survey of Knowledge Management (KM): a business optimization strategy that identifies, selects, organizes, distills, and packages information essential to the business of a company. Provides best practices in knowledge management, examines enabling t....
Release Date 2003/05 -
The Blind Men and the Elephant
Author David Schmaltz
If you work, you probably manage projects every day-even if "project manager" isn't in your official title-and you know how frustrating the experience can be. Using the familiar story of six blind men failing to describe an elephant to each other as a metaphor....
Release Date 2003/04 -
Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications
Author Shaku Atre , Larissa T. Moss
"If you are looking for a complete treatment of business intelligence, then go no further than this book. Larissa T. Moss and Shaku Atre have covered all the bases in a cohesive and logical order, making it easy for the reader to follow their line of thought. From ....
Release Date 2003/02 -
Quantifying the Value of Project Management
Author Justin Reginato , William Ibbs
In Quantifying the Value of Project Management, the authors explore real world data from 52 U.S. corporations and find the key to high return on investment-project management maturity! Details of this groundbreaking discovery are presented in a style that combines ....
Release Date 2003/01 -
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