Project management

This year's book has a strong approximate estimates section, with most measured works items also presented as composite items.

Cloud computing is the most significant technology transformation since the introduction of the Internet in the early 1990s.

Incomplete or missed requirements, omissions, ambiguous product features, lack of user involvement, unrealistic customer expectations, and the proverbial scope creep can result in cost overruns, missed deadlines, poor product quality, and can very well ruin a project.

Development and execution of a successful ES&H program in today's profit-driven business climate is challenging and complex.

The innovation infrastructure and master plan described in this book offers a detailed and comprehensive approach to one of the most difficult and challenging problems facing entrepreneurs involved in innovation at any scale enterprise: the problem of how to govern your organization's innovation initiatives in the middle of turbulent change.

This new edition of Risk Management: Concepts and Guidance supplies a look at risk in light of current information, yet remains grounded in the history of risk practice.

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

This work introduces Practical Project Management Methodology (P2M2), an international joint venture developed by three experienced project managers the provide useful steps applicable throughout the life cycle of a variety of projects.

A facilitator has been traditionally defined as someone who helps a group of people understand their objectives, and assists them in planning to achieve them, without taking a position in the discussion.

Lean is a set of disciplines that can result in tremendous savings and profitability for companies.

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Recognizing the importance of selecting and pursuing programs, projects, and operational work that add sustainable business value that benefits end users, the Project Management Institute (PMI) issued its first Standard on Portfolio Management in 2006.

The Project Management Institute (PMI) recently launched a new certification entitled the Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP).

Global virtual teams (GVTs) have evolved as a common work structure in multinational corporations due to their efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Agile project management is a proven approach for designing and delivering software with improved value to customers.

Almost all leadership books assume that the leader has authority over their team members.

The book is developed to provide significant information and guidelines to construction and project management professionals (owners, designers, consultants, construction managers, project managers, supervisors, contractors, builders, developers, and many others from the construction-related industry) involved in construction projects (mainly civil construction projects, commercial-A/E projects) and construction-related industries.

Strong stakeholder engagement is perhaps the most critical factor for achieving successful program execution in our fast-paced world.

Examining the project environment from the perspective of project team members, this book re-interprets project management methodologies and behaviors using a bottom-up approach.

Look around your organization: can you identify who owns project management?

This book provides a framework for understanding and managing factors required for achieving successful project and program outcomes.

Project planning is generally accepted as an important contributor to project success.

For some organizations, Lessons Learned (LL) is an informal process of discussing and recording project experiences during the closure phase.

Up to date with the third edition of PMI's Program Management Standard, The PgMP Exam Challenge!

Up to date with the third edition of PMI's Standard for Program Management, this is the most comprehensive resource available to help prepare readers for the PgMP Exam.

Due to a lack of appreciation of the true economic identity of projects, techniques and metrics that could hugely improve project selection and performance are not being used.

This book brings together cutting-edge exploratory research findings to show how a vision for sustainable communities can be enabled by digital transformation.

Program management in a technical environment is as much art as it is science.

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.

This book explores the nuances of different aspects of agility on a personal level.

Anyone responsible for organising a voluntary or public event will want to do it safely and well, complying with the legislation relating to different aspects of their event.

Project Management for Engineering, Business, and Technology is a highly regarded textbook that addresses project management across all industries.

This book showcases the discussion about megaprojects carried out at the MeRIT (Megaproject Research Interdisciplinary Team) workshop 2023: the crisis, discontinuity, rising prices, and supply chains disruption force radical reflection for those involved in megaprojects.

Create products and services your consumers can't pass up--without the high cost of developmentSuccess is all about connections.

This book is an easily digestible guide to the management and practice knowledge needed to establish and run an architectural practice.

Supply Chain Dreams and Nightmares looks at one classic and high-profile case, Boeing, which has a globe-spanning supply chain.

This book conceptualizes and clarifies the meaning of sustainable performance, approaching it holistically from different perspectives.

A Practical Guide to Project Management is a clear, concise tool for busy managers to help them plan, organize and execute projects.

The third edition of the Construction Project Manager's Pocket Book continues to guide and educate readers on the broad range of essential skills required to be a successful construction project manager.

Supply Chain Dreams and Nightmares looks at one classic and high-profile case, Boeing, which has a globe-spanning supply chain.

The business, commercial and public-sector world has changed dramatically since John Oakland wrote the first edition of Statistical Process Control in the mid-1980s.

Preparing a proposal for a contract or a grant can be an overwhelming and extraordinarily complex process, but regardless of the proposal type or sector, certain truths always pertain.

Preparing for and passing the PMP(R) exam is no small feat.

This second edition of the Strategic Project Leader prepares project managers to develop leadership competencies that translate into increased confidence to lead in a demanding environment.

Success in program management requires discipline, complete plans, well-run meetings, accurate record keeping, and adherence to global best practices.

This book demonstrates how organization leaders who balance several key paradoxes achieve greater growth and sustainability in the long term than those who use financial data alone.

All best practice recommendations and key success criteria point to the importance of developing soft skills as a project manager, but few sources exist about how to develop the power of influence for achieving better project and business results.