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Author Andrew Stellman
The most common Agile framework for project management and product delivery today is Scrum. If you combine Scrum with Kanban—an Agile method for process improvement and workflow management—you get Scrumban: a project management/product delivery tool that features p....
Release Date 2019/11 -
Author Matt LeMay
In a narrow sense, product managers work with designers and developers to build and maintain a company’s products. But product managers work best when they reach across organizational silos to connect internal stakeholders with your business goals—while ensuring th....
Release Date 2018/05 -
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 Rick Freedman
What began as an approach to manage individual software projects, agile has blossomed into a powerful group of principles and practices that any organization can use to stay successful in an ever-evolving business environment. This article from Rick Freedman, autho....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Wants vs. Needs: Managing Your Personal Surplus
Author Trent Hamm
This Element is an excerpt from The Simple Dollar: How One Man Wiped Out His Debts and Achieved the Life of His Dreams (9780137054251) by Trent Hamm. Available in print and digital formats.Spend on the great things that really matter, not on the trivial things that ....
Release Date 2010/07 -
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 -
Author Mario Arlt , Joana Geraldi
In Visuals Matter!, the result of a two-year research project funded by the Project Management Institute and University College London, authors Joana Geraldi and Mario Arlt explore the impact of visuals on cognition and communication in project portfolio decisions.....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Using the Project Management Maturity Model, 3rd Edition
Author Harold Kerzner
The industry validated Project Management Maturity Model developed by Dr. Harold Kerzner—updated and expandedUsing the Project Management Maturity Model offers assessment tools for organizations of all sizes to evaluate their progress in effectively integrating pro....
Release Date 2019/03 -
Author Janelle Estes , Andy MacMillan
An insightful discussion and practical guide on how to put customers back into the center of your business modelWith so many digital experiences touching our lives—and businesses—it’s understandable to feel like you’re drowning in data. There’s a dashboard or chart for just about everything, but dat....
Release Date 2022/02 -
Unlocking Agile's Missed Potential
Author Robert Webber
UNLOCKING AGILE'S MISSED POTENTIALAgile has not delivered on its promises. The business side expected faster time to market, but they still experience the long delays of bloated releases. Engineers thought they would be given time to build the product right the first time, but they are rushed under....
Release Date 2022/08 -
Author Donnel B. Stern
In this powerful and wonderfully accessible meditation on psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, and social constructivism, Donnel Stern explores the relationship between two fundamental kinds of experience: explicit verbal reflection and "unformulated experience," or ....
Release Date 2013/06 -
Understanding Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile
Author Jonny Schneider
Highly touted methodologies, such as Agile, Lean, and Design Thinking, leave many organizations bamboozled by an unprecedented array of processes, tools, and methods for digital product development. Many teams meet their peril trying to make sense of these options.....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Author Jim Bird
In this report, author Jim Bird explains how organizations can move to DevOps by building on their existing investments in Agile development. The DevOps approach, practices, and tools all build on and extend Agile, and the two methodologies require the same kind of....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Author AXELOS
A practical guide for managers who are currently working in an Agile environment or have plans to adopt an Agile methodology within their organization. This guide describes what Agile means, its benefits and pitfalls, and the difference between Agile and the more traditio....
Release Date 2016/09 -
U.S. Investment: The Difference Between Growth and Value Stocks
Author Tom Lydon
This Element is an excerpt from The ETF Trend Following Playbook: Profiting from Trends in Bull or Bear Markets with Exchange Traded Funds (ISBN: 9780137029013) by Tom Lydon. Available in print and digital formats.Growth or value? How to make the right stock choices....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Trend-Driven Innovation: Beat Accelerating Customer Expectations
Author Alexander Osterwalder , Delia Dumitrescu , Maxwell Luthy , David Mattin , Henry Maso
Trend-Driven InnovationBeat accelerating customer expectations.Every business leader, entrepreneur, innovator, and marketer wants to know where customers are headed. The problem? The received wisdom on how to find out is wrong.In this startling new book, the team a....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Author Rick Freedman
Today’s digital revolution is disrupting the way established companies do business, causing a great deal of anxiety among corporate CEOs. But disruption, while demanding, can be a positive force in your company. Many enterprises have responded by adopting Agile sof....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Author Isabella Villani
Your customers are your future.Smartphones, social media and the internet have given customers access to more information than ever before. If your business fails them, they will switch to your competitor and never return. So how do you keep them? By mapping their ....
Release Date 2018/12 -
Training Telecommuters—Training Technology
Author George M. Piskurich , Ph.D.
This Info-line presents four phases associated with telecommuting training: 1) orientation; 2) telecommuter training; 3) supervisor training; and 4) training supervisors to manage the non-telecommuter staffs. Inside you'll find a sample telecommuter contract, a sam....
Release Date 1999/05 -
Training Design Basics, 2nd Edition
Author Saul Carliner
If you are designing a training program for the first time, this practical book is for you. Part of ATD’s Training Basics series, it zeroes in on how to design successful training for the face-to-face or virtual classroom. It also serves as a guide for d....
Release Date 2015/09 -
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 -
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 -
Author Taiichi Ohno
In this classic text, Taiichi Ohno--inventor of the Toyota Production System and Lean manufacturing--shares the genius that sets him apart as one of the most disciplined and creative thinkers of our time. Combining his candid insights with a rigorous analysis....
Release Date 2019/12 -
Top Hedge Fund Investors: Stories, Strategies, and Advice
Author LAWRENCE E. KOCHARD , PHD , CFA , CATHLEEN M. RITTEREISER
A professional's guide to the world of hedge fund investingThroughout the financial crisis of 2008, many hedge funds suffered massive losses and were often blamed for the extreme market upheavals. In the wake of the crisis, hedge funds remain a source of fascinatio....
Release Date 2010/07 -
Tools and Tips for Today's Project Manager
Author Irwin S. Ludin , Ralph L. Kliem
Nicknamed TNT by the authors, this explosive book is a mixture of insider information and effective strategies. Ralph Kliem and Irwin Ludin, former college lecturers whose business experience includes manufacturing, telecommunications, aerospace and artificial inte....
Release Date 1999/01 -
Time-Cost Optimization of Building Projects
Author Uzair Waheed
Traditional wisdom suggests that when it comes to construction projects, any effort that might be made to shorten the planned schedule will necessarily lead to increased costs. In Time-Cost Optimization of Building Projects, however, author Uzair Waheed, B.E., PMP ....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Author Paul Dunn , Ronald J. Baker
Put values—and value—over volume with a professional services subscription modelProfessional firms are built on relationships. But you wouldn't know it by observing their predominant business model — a model centered on selling transactions and inputs, not outcomes that deepen and strengthen relati....
Release Date 2022/11 -
There's No Such Thing as an IT Project
Author Dave Kaiser , Bob Lewis
Learn how to stop pouring vast sums of money into technology projects that don't have a lasting impact by closing the communication gap between IT and leadership.Too many businesses miss opportunity after opportunity to design, plan, and achieve intentional b....
Release Date 2019/09