Much has been written about leadership and team building, but there are still major gaps in thinking and research about how to engage senior stakeholders in support of an organisation's projects.
This book provides a consistent and holistic managerial approach to product management and presents a practical and comprehensive methodology (roles, processes, tasks, and deliverables) that covers all aspects of product management.
The most essential component of every project manager's job is the ability to identify potential risks before they cause unnecessary headaches and turmoil all around.
Value is added to projects through the relationships surrounding the client; the focus of this book is therefore the client as project, rather than the building on the ground.
Neben dem traditionellen Wettbewerb um persönliche Anerkennung (Reputation) müssen Wissenschaftler an deutschen Universitäten in zunehmendem Maße auch um materielle Ausstattung für die Forschung konkurrieren – insbesondere um Drittmittel.
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.
Assessment of professional competence for project managers and the measure of project success is well-trodden ground in the research and professional project management literature.
Practice the Project Management Skills Essential for Your Success 50+ lab exercises challenge you to solve problems based on realistic case studiesStep-by-step scenarios require you to think criticallyLab analysis tests measure your understanding of lab resultsKey term quizzes help build your vocabularyCovers all PMP exam objectives, including: Exploring PMP FoundationsExamining the Project Life Cycle and OrganizationsLearning the Project Management ProcessesIntegrating Project ManagementManaging the Project ScopeManaging the Project ScheduleManaging Project CostsManaging Project QualityManaging Project Human ResourcesManaging Project CommunicationsManaging Project RisksManaging Project ProcurementThe PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Procurement Systems details the whole spectrum of procurement issues in the construction industry, starting with the client /customer and running through managerial, cultural and IT-based issues.
Offering a pragmatic understanding of customer engagement as an object of effective marketing management, this book takes an integrative approach and brings together different streams of marketing research, such as customer activism and value formation.
This book focuses on the practical application of AI tools and techniques in software project management, offering detailed theoretical explanations and practical examples of over 40 state-of-the-art machine learning and deep learning algorithms applied across each project phase, as well as in risk and resource management.
Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit Adapting agile practices to your development organization Uncovering and eradicating waste throughout the software development lifecycle Practical techniques for every development manager, project manager, and technical leader Lean software development: applying agile principles to your organization In Lean Software Development, Mary and Tom Poppendieck identify seven fundamental "e;lean"e; principles, adapt them for the world of software development, and show how they can serve as the foundation for agile development approaches that work.
This book describes how auditors exercise different levels of professional skepticism and how they are exposed to different types of affective information on clients' behavior.
The definitive guide to product management-updated for a more digital, more global, more competitive business landscapeThe digital age is here to stay.
This book describes the characteristics of he five different disciplines of systems which are Systems Theory, Systems Science, Thinking in Systems, Systems Architecting, and Systems Engineering.
Examining the experiences of Africans setting up businesses back home, the main focus of this book is to establish the economic, social and psychological reasons for such 'home direct investment'.
In "e;Mastering OKRs and KPIs for Organizational Excellence: The Blueprint for Sustainable Growth,"e; Walter Kuznezov delivers a comprehensive and insightful exploration into the strategic integration of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive unparalleled organizational success.
The most comprehensive Six Sigma reference available, now revised and expandedCompletely rewritten and reorganized, this second edition of The Six Sigma Handbookcovers all the basic statistics and qualityimprovement tools of the Six Sigma quality management system.
Combining the considerable respective expertise of Triant Flouris and Dennis Lock, this unique book highlights the ways that successful businesses are managed in the aviation industry through the identification and application of proven project management methods.
This book offers a unique perspective on the challenges that non-Chinese employed by Chinese companies face and provides insight into the issues foreign employees working for Chinese management encounter.
Essential test prep for PMP(R) certification and handy reference tool for professionals and teams working within this gold standard of project management.
This volume focuses on the broad scope of systems engineering and recent energy technology developments as they relate to the oil and gas industry, which remains a lifeline to communities around the world.
Dealing effectively with uncertainty requires today's project manager to be familiar with a broad spectrum of strategies, encompassing both 'hard' and 'soft' methods.
Know-how und Must-have für die Kanban-Praxis- Know-how und Must-have für die Kansan-Praxis- Inspirierend geschrieben und direkt anwendbar- Band 1 der umfassenden und maßgebenden Buchreihe »Better with Kanban«David J Anderson beschreibt in diesem Buch die Ursprünge und den Grundgedanken der Kanban-Methode und wie die Konzepte aus der physischen Industrie für die moderne Wissensarbeit des 21.
This text is meant for introductory and midlevel program and project managers, Systems Engineering (SE), Technology Management (TM) and Engineering Management (EM) professionals.
SHELVING GUIDE: Project ManagementThis hands-on guide is written for project professionals seeking to find an optimized way of performing project management.