Project management

This practical reference/text provides a thorough overview of cost estimating as applied to various manufacturing industries, with special emphasis on metal manufacturing concerns.

Derived from industry-training classes that the author teaches at the Embedded Systems Institute at Eindhoven, the Netherlands and at Buskerud University College at Kongsberg in Norway, Systems Architecting: A Business Perspective places the processes of systems architecting in a broader context by juxtaposing the relationship of the systems archit

Practical Project Management for Building and Construction covers the 14 knowledge areas of project management that are essential for successful projects in the construction industry.

Good requirements do not come from a tool, or from a customer interview.

Why is it that some improvement efforts succeed while others fail despite robust change management programs and the often do-or-die pressure to improve?

This book prepares readers to master an IT and managerial discipline quickly gaining momentum in organizations of all sizes - Business Process Management (BPM).

Finding ways to improve margins can be the difference between organizations that thrive and those that simply survive during times of economic uncertainty.

In practice, many different people with backgrounds in many different disciplines contribute to the design of an enterprise.

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Before software engineering builds and installations can be implemented into software and/or systems integrations in military and aerospace programs, a comprehensive understanding of the software development life cycle is required.

This book explains how to achieve dramatic improvements in service and agility by enhancing the people, processes, and culture within your organization.

Organizations of all sizes and types are facing a duel threat and opportunity.

Emphasizing leadership principles and practices, Antipatterns: Managing Software Organizations and People, Second Edition catalogs 49 business practices that are often precursors to failure.

Consistent success does not happen by chance.

The widespread deployment of millions of current and emerging software applications has placed software economic studies among the most critical of any form of business analysis.

Construction projects are usually completed through the efforts of several specialty contractors that enter into performance agreements with the prime contractor.

Aligning business intelligence (BI) infrastructure with strategy processes not only improves your organization's ability to respond to change, but also adds significant value to your BI infrastructure and development investments.

Business success hinges on successfully creating products with the right features.

In early 2007, the Project Management Institute (PMI(R)) piloted the now highly sought after Program Management Professional (PgMP(R)) credential, reflecting the growing trend for organizations to coordinate the work done on numerous stand-alone projects into a cohesive program-type structure.

Business managers have long known the power of the Balanced Scorecard in executing corporate strategy.

The Certified Function Point Specialist Examination Guide provides a complete and authoritative review of the rules and guidelines prescribed in the release of version 4.

Supplying busy project professionals with time-tested tips and templates for developing teams efficiently and effectively, Team Planning for Project Managers and Business Analysts provides the planning materials required to increase team collaboration and productivity in a global workplace.

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.

Whether you use budget, schedule, quality, or other criteria, the statistics by think tanks, institutes, associations, and other trade organizations all point to one inescapable conclusion: your project has a greater chance of getting into trouble than staying out of it.

Written for project managers who may encounter ethical dilemmas, this book considers typical and atypical ethical issues that may occur in each phase of the project life cycle.

The management of organizational resources is extremely difficult.

Although the nature of service delivery varies significantly from profession to profession, the way the service is delivered tends to be fairly consistent among professions-or, at least, it should be.

Although complexity is a phenomenon that confounds and challenges program managers across industry sectors, there is little information available that identifies the set of competencies managers need to complete their program successfully and deliver the benefits desired by stakeholders.

Modern-day projects require software and systems engineers to work together in realizing architectures of large and complex software-intensive systems.

Asking tough questions about the current state of project management, The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence: A Lean Approach to Improving Project Results provides groundbreaking techniques to achieve excellence in project leadership that can result in six sigma type results or failure-free projects.

With the majority of IT projects being delivered late, over budget, or cancelled altogether, it is clear that traditional project management methodologies do not provide an effective framework for today's IT projects.

The second edition of this award-winning reference provides step-by-step instructions for establishing and maturing a project management office (PMO).

This book is about project success and the secret to achieving this success, effective project leadership.

It is often assumed that software testing is based on clearly defined requirements and software development standards.

Written by Chitram Lutchman, a project management professional with more than 20 years of field and business experience, Project Execution: A Practical Approach to Industrial and Commercial Project Management gives you a more optimistic view of this exciting and challenging area.

Winner of PMI's 2011 David I.

Business managers have long known the power of the Balanced Scorecard in executing corporate strategy.

In today's business world, project managers not only have to be diligent in project planning and execution, but also need to have skills in persuasion,communication, and relationship management.

Originally created for agile software development, scrum provides project managers with the flexibility needed to meet ever-changing consumer demands.

This book is a must-have resource for those engineering professionals seeking out best practice in engineering leadership and innovation.

Unlike most engineers, system engineers focus on the knowledge base needed to develop good systems in a cross-functional fashion rather than deeply on isolated topics.

Addressing the unique difficulties involved in day-to-day project management communication, The Project Manager's Communication Toolkit provides proven methods for creating clear and effective communications-including text-based plans, reports, messages, and presentations.

Construction projects are usually completed through the efforts of several specialty contractors that enter into performance agreements with the prime contractor.

Emphasizing that it's much easier and more cost effective to make changes in the planning phases of a project rather than later on, Project Management Tools and Techniques for Success provides an accessible introduction to project management fundamentals.

As the world becomes increasingly globalized, today's companies expect to hire engineers who are effective in a global business environment.

Getting Web projects done right and delivered on time is all about efficiency.

This is probably the first book in 40 years to comprehensively discuss conveyors, a topic that seems mundane until the need arises to move material from point A to point B without manual intervention.

Enterprise-Scale Agile Software Development is the collective sum of knowledge accumulated during the full-scale transition of a 1400-person organization to agile development-considered the largest implementation of agile development and Scrum ever attempted anywhere in the world.

Characterized by lightning quick innovation, abrupt shifts in technology, and shorter lifecycles, the marketing of IT products and services presents a unique set of challenges and often requires IT managers and developers to get involved in the marketing process.