There has been a sea-change in the focus of organizations - whether private or public - away from a traditional product- or service-centricity towards customer-centricity and projects are just as much a part of that change.
This book enhances learning about complex project management principles and practices through the introduction and discussion of a portfolio of tools presented as an evolving toolbox.
The aim of this book is to inspire and encourage project practitioners, executives, and beginners in the project management field to develop passion, persistence, and patience.
The goals of an IT balanced scorecard include the alignment of IT plans with business objectives, the establishment of measures of IT effectiveness, the directing of employee efforts toward IT objectives, the improved performance of technology, and the achievement of balanced results across stakeholder groups.
In project-oriented companies, Project Management Offices (PMO) play an important, sometimes central role in aligning and efficiently directing the company's project management activities.
Dieses Buch führt in einfacher und verständlicher Sprache in die wichtigsten Grundprinzipien und Zielsetzungen der Qualitätsmanagement-Norm DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 ein.
The Metric Handbook is the major handbook of planning and design data for architects and architecture students, with over 100,000 copies sold to successive generations of architects and designers.
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.
As usage of the NEC family of contracts continues to grow worldwide, so does the importance of understanding its clauses and nuances to everyone working in the built environment.
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.
I first became interested in the methods of planning the sequence and timing of jobs on large-scale development projects, as a field officer involved in planning and implementing mechanised farming schemes in Uganda in the mid-sixties.
In "Crystal Clear: Mit agilen Teams zum Projekterfolg" führt Niklas Steinweg die Leser tief in die Welt der agilen Softwareentwicklung ein, mit einem besonderen Fokus auf die Crystal Clear-Methodik.
In Helden gesucht zeigen die beiden Autoren, mit welchen Methoden man Projekte im Ehrenamt erfolgreich leitet und wie gewöhnliche Menschen dazu in der Lage sein können, Außergewöhnliches zu vollbringen.
461 konkrete Beispiele und Geschichten aus diversen Branchen zeigen, wie vielfältig und spannend Arbeit ist: Es geht um Leben, positive Entwicklungen, leckeres Essen, Gesundheit, neue Berufsbilder, um menschenfreundlichen Wohlstand, Hochhausbau aus Holz und 3D-Druck aus recycelbaren Materialien, Glück, saubere Umwelt und Menschenrechte, Diversität und Biodiversität, Fachkräftegewinnung und kreativ-umgedrehte Bewerbung.
Project Management for Mere Mortals(R) strips away the myths and mysteries of effective project management, giving you the skills, tools, and insights to succeed with your next project-and every project after that.
PROVEN STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING HIGH-TECH ENGINEERING PROJECTSEngineering Project Management for the Global High-Technology Industry describes how to effectively implement a wide array of project management tools and techniques and covers comprehensive details on the entire product development lifecycle.
This book collates the main research developments around Lean Construction over the past 25 years with contributions from many seminal authors in the field.
Delivering Successful PMOs is intended to be the companion book to Leading Successful PMOs (Peter Taylor) which was a guide to all project based organisations providing a common language to describe the variety of possible PMOs, explaining how to do the right things, in the right way, in the right order, with the right team, and identifying what made a good PMO leader.
The central aim of this book is to investigate and develop frameworks to aid effective maintenance management of municipal buildings in the education sector of developing economies.
Social Value in Practice offers the reader a simple, accessible guide for considering, creating, and delivering social value in projects and within their organisation.
This international Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of key topics, debates and issues within the now well-established field of Knowledge Management (KM).
Relationship Management and the Management of Projects is a guide to successfully building and managing relationships as a project manager and in the project business.
Imagine if your process manufacturing plants were running so well that your production, safety, environmental, and profitability targets were being met so that your subject matter experts could focus on data-driven business improvements.
