As usage of the NEC (formerly the New Engineering Contract) family of contracts continues to grow worldwide, so does the importance of understanding its clauses and nuances to everyone working in the built environment.
Essential test prep for PMP(R) certification and handy reference tool for professionals and teams working within this gold standard of project management.
The book outlines the processes of calculating and critically reviewing construction costs and times for clients and contractors in different project phases.
Ensure that your projects succeed every time Whether you are organising an important event or heading up a large team, running a project can be a daunting process.
Due to the increasing importance of product differentiation and collapsing product life cycles, a growing number of value-adding activities in the industry and service sector are organized in projects.
This book illustrates how the traditional practice of project management advances to handle the more complex problems inherent to strategic organizational transformation.
Changing conditions in Higher Education and national funding regimes preceded a proliferation of construction projects in universities between 1996 and 2006.
The Second Edition of this best-selling introduction for practitioners uses new material and updates to describe the changing environment for project finance.
Project Management Institute (PMI) is the leading professional association for project management, and the authority for a growing global community of millions of project professionals and individuals who use project management skills.
The growing complexity of projects today, as well as the uncertainty inherent in innovative projects, is making obsolete traditional project management practices and procedures, which are based on the notion that much about a project is known at its start.
In Workplace Jazz, the author raises a battle cry for individual and corporate responsibility in building cultures that are healthier and more productive for those working in them.
A sobering new statistic indicates that less than half of all projects assigned to management are completed, done correctly, finished on time, and under budget.
Filled with practical advice for all aspects of the construction manager's role, this invaluable book fills a need for training in this essential subject, to ensure greater efficiency on site and smoother client-contractor relations.
Very few books explore the problems which are particular to the relationship between Specialist Contractors and the Main Contractor, or Clients with whom they are in contract.
In einer dynamischen Arbeitswelt, in der Anpassungsfähigkeit und kontinuierliches Lernen essenziell sind, bieten Agile Retrospektiven eine kraftvolle Methode zur ständigen Verbesserung von Teams und Projekten.
Dieses Buch zeigt auf, wie sich agile Methoden des Projektmanagements für die Planung und Durchführung von kleinen und mittleren Projekten im Berufsalltag ganz pragmatisch anwenden lassen.
Connie Kelly Tang and Lei Zhang have provided a holistic coverage of the entire surface transportation project and program development process from the beginning of planning though environmental approval, design, right-of way acquisition, construction to operations and maintenance.
Build a successful SOCIAL BUSINESS by empowering the SOCIAL EMPLOYEEIncludes success stories from IBM, AT&T, Dell, Cisco, Southwest Airlines, Adobe, Domo, and Acxiom"e;Great brands have always started on the inside, but why are companies taking so long to leverage the great opportunities offered by internal social media?
In 2009 three consultants, green to the consulting industry were tasked with a new challenge, the activation and licensing of a new, 100 bed hospital, in only 90 days.
In diesem praxisnahen Handbuch erklären erfahrene Experten, worauf es bei einem erfolgreichen Projektmanagement wirklich ankommt: Es geht um Führung, Motivation, Emotionen, Kommunikation, Konflikte und Krisen, Angst, Kreativität, Kultur, kurz: um angewandte Psychologie.
This book explores all aspects of innovation, including funding, business strategies, and real-world uses for game-changing technologies like blockchain, IoT, AI, and big data.
This book helps the organization's top leader gather the information needed to identify opportunities and threats and decide on the appropriate risk response in this uncertain world.
This book provides readers with an insightful understanding of the various emerging issues in the construction industry, especially in the area associated with United Nations developmental goals, 4th Industrial Revolution, Health and Safety, Sustainability, Skills and Capacity development.
This book showcases the discussion about megaprojects carried out at the MeRIT (Megaproject Research Interdisciplinary Team) workshop 2022: the crisis, discontinuity, rising prices, and supply chains disruption force radical reflection for those involved in megaprojects.
Although there have been thousands of books written on business leadership and management, including many outstanding contributions by CEOs and academics, very few have specifically addressed the unique challenge of leading and managing technical organizations.
Anyone in a leadership position is only too aware that we live in uncertain times: disaster can strike any business, at any time, and usually without warning.
