Project management

Organizational executives must change the way they think about how to invest in and manage IT if they want to get lasting value from computer-based innovations.

Archaeology, the science in charge of studying ancient cultures, is without a doubt one of the most alluring professions in today's academic world.

Now in its 41st edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2022 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs.

Project Management is normally reserved for focused, non-repetitive, time-limited activities with some degree of risk and that are beyond the usual scope of operational activities for which the organization is responsible.

The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management provides state-of-the-art scholarship in the emerging field of megaproject management.

Better Learning Solutions Through Better Learning ExperiencesWhen training and development initiatives treat learning as something that occurs as a one-time event, the learner and the business suffer.

This book provides science and technology ethos to a literate person.

Project management strategies for meeting Six Sigma project goals--on time and on budget The Six Sigma Project Planner shows leaders how to use project management tools to complete Six Sigma improvements on time and on budget.

This book covers developing trends and changes occurring in the quantity surveying profession.

This book presents interviews with 20 successful Malaysian housing developers, to provide real-world insights and practical know-how for future developers.

Management Extra brings all the best management thinking together in one package.

"e;Building Back Better"e; (BBB) has been a popular slogan in disaster recovery efforts around the world, including the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the 2009 Samoan Tsunami, the 2010 Haiti Earthquake and the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

How to step into an inherited leadership role and guide your team through a polished transition process.

In an increasingly globalised built environment industry, achieving higher levels of integration across organisational and software boundaries can lead to improved economic, social and environmental outcomes.

Covering the principles and techniques you need to successfully manage an engineering or technical project from start to finish, Project Management, Planning and Control is an established and widely recommended project management handbook.

Reviews for the newest volume in The Technical Manager's Survival Guides book series.

This book reports on new theories and applications in the field of intelligent systems and computing.

Reimagining Agile for Distributed and Remote Teams Distributed work is now inevitable, but conventional agile approaches are too "e;synchronous"e; for today's remote teams.

The Second Edition of this best-selling introduction for practitioners uses new material and updates to describe the changing environment for project finance.

This book bridges the gap between knowledge management and technology.

This book builds on the authors' previous title Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude but this time looks exclusively at the challenges of understanding and managing those attitudes adopted by groups of people when faced with making decisions that they perceive as risky and important.

Why do carefully planned projects fail?

Modern projects are all about one group of people delivering benefits to others, so it's no surprise that the human element is fundamental to project management.

Use this comprehensive Agile product and project management guide with real-world case studies and examples for self-learning or as a student textbook.

Without a governance structure, an organization runs the risk of conflicts and inconsistencies between the various means of achieving organizational goals, the processes and resources, causing costly inefficiencies that impact negatively on both smooth running and bottom line profitability.

The ROI from Software Quality provides the tools needed for software engineers and project managers to calculate how much they should invest in quality, what benefits the investment will reap, and just how quickly those benefits will be realized.

This book outlines how to identify stakeholders, analyse theirs stakes, and plan and implement an engagement strategy to secure relevant input and dependable buy-in to assure the successful delivery of Large Infrastructure Projects.

This book will provide readers with an in-depth theoretical awareness and practical guidance on the implementation of an effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to ensure construction projects meet approved quality, cost, time and social sustainability objectives.

The old cliche states that not every manager is a leader, but the more important part of that sentiment is that to be a good manager, one has to be a good leader.

Project managers in construction and civil engineering need to base their decisions on realistic information about risk and public perceptions of risk.

Organizations of every type struggle to remain relevant in their marketplace.

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Building on their breakthrough bestsellers Lean Software Development and Implementing Lean Software Development, Mary and Tom Poppendieck's latest book shows software leaders and team members exactly how to drive high-value change throughout a software organization-and make it stick.

Designed to conform to the ISO/IEC standard 14143, the Common Software Measurement International Consortium (COSMIC) Function Point method has become the major estimation technique based on international standards for building software-intensive systems.

This book provides science and technology ethos to a literate person.

Technology and organizations co-evolve, as is illustrated by the growth of information and communication technology (ICT) and global software engineering (GSE).

Building a successful product usually involves teams of people, and many choose the Scrum approach to aid in creating products that deliver the highest possible value.

This book focuses on topics that business managers and project teams in global enterprises need to understand and follow to successfully deploy an Enterprise System (ES) for their organization.

Is strategy a coherent plan conceived at the top by a visionary leader, or is it formed by a series of individual commitments, not always reflecting what top management has in mind?

The essential blueprints and workflow you need to build successful AI business applicationsKey FeaturesLearn and master the essential blueprints to program AI for real-world business applicationsGain insights into how modern AI and machine learning solve core business challengesAcquire practical techniques and a workflow that can build AI applications using state-of-the-art software librariesWork with a practical, code-based strategy for creating successful AI solutions in your businessBook DescriptionAI Blueprints gives you a working framework and the techniques to build your own successful AI business applications.

This book aims to guide researchers who are engaged in social science and built environment research through the process of testing the reliability and validity of their research outputs following the application of different methods of data collection.

This book explores the differences in cultural attributes and management factors to enable managers working for Japanese contractors to reduce misunderstandings and misinterpretations when communicating with project team members from different cultural backgrounds.

Organizations are increasingly adopting new ways of working to take advantage of new digital technologies to enhance the services they can offer and become more productive.