Project management

The modern field of software metrics emerged from the computer modeling and "e;statistical thinking"e; services of the 1980s.

Real Process Improvement Using the CMMI (R) presents readers with non-academic, real-world approaches to process improvement via CMMI.

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Project Managers leading massive IT projects--defined as projects rolling out deliverables across geographic boundaries with budgets ranging well into the millions--need a unique level of expertise and an arsenal of personal and professional skills to successfully accomplish their tasks.

An effective systems development and design process is far easier to explain than it is to implement.

Economic pressures have forced IT executives to demonstrate the immediate and calculable ROI of new technology deployments.

What if you were suddenly in charge?

Life-cost approach to building evaluation comprehensively addresses in a reader-friendly, accessible way the fundamentals of life-cost studies in the built environment.

Life-cost approach to building evaluation comprehensively addresses in a reader-friendly, accessible way the fundamentals of life-cost studies in the built environment.

This book enhances the reader's understanding of the nature and presence of risk by raising the organisation's awareness of the risks it faces, and formalising the systems needed to deal with and learn from those risks.

This book enhances the reader's understanding of the nature and presence of risk by raising the organisation's awareness of the risks it faces, and formalising the systems needed to deal with and learn from those risks.

This book describes current best practice in managing construction.

This book describes current best practice in managing construction.

Written by the country's leading authority on construction management training, this book gives practical examples of construction management problems and how to deal with them.

Written by the country's leading authority on construction management training, this book gives practical examples of construction management problems and how to deal with them.

This concise guide covers all the practical skills that students need to work effectively in a group in higher and further education.

This concise guide covers all the practical skills that students need to work effectively in a group in higher and further education.

First Published in 1997.

First Published in 1997.

This book covers the framework of project management, a discipline that is topical in many quarters.

This book covers the framework of project management, a discipline that is topical in many quarters.

Managing Risks in Projects presents the latest skills, techniques, knowledge and experience of managing risks in projects from the leading worldwide experts.

Managing Risks in Projects presents the latest skills, techniques, knowledge and experience of managing risks in projects from the leading worldwide experts.

The purpose of this book is to help employers and their advisers (especially their Quantity Surveyors) in drawing up all the contracts required on a normal UK building project.

The purpose of this book is to help employers and their advisers (especially their Quantity Surveyors) in drawing up all the contracts required on a normal UK building project.

First published in 1984.

First published in 1984.

Almost 3000 lives have been lost in the UK construction industry over the last twenty-five years, in addition to those seriously injured or made ill.

Almost 3000 lives have been lost in the UK construction industry over the last twenty-five years, in addition to those seriously injured or made ill.

You're now responsible for a programme, or you've got a portfolio to manage?

You're now responsible for a programme, or you've got a portfolio to manage?

Throughout the world, the use of some kind of a formal transportation project evaluation procedure is a requirement.

Throughout the world, the use of some kind of a formal transportation project evaluation procedure is a requirement.

Briefing is not just presenting a set of documents to the design team; it is a process of developing a deep understanding about client needs.

Briefing is not just presenting a set of documents to the design team; it is a process of developing a deep understanding about client needs.

This book sets out the essential activities and inter-relationships involving the client organization and multi-disciplinary design team as they progress through each phase of the job.

This book sets out the essential activities and inter-relationships involving the client organization and multi-disciplinary design team as they progress through each phase of the job.

There was military project management.

There was military project management.

This is the classic practical introduction to the broad principles of building management.

This is the classic practical introduction to the broad principles of building management.

The concept of value in projects is a key issue for everyone involved in the construction industry.

The concept of value in projects is a key issue for everyone involved in the construction industry.

From the Olympic Games to community-level competitions, sports events can be complex and pose a particular set of managerial challenges.

From the Olympic Games to community-level competitions, sports events can be complex and pose a particular set of managerial challenges.

As use of the NEC (formerly the New Engineering Contract) family of contracts continues to grow worldwide, so does the importance of understanding its clauses and nuances to everyone working in the built environment.

As use of the NEC (formerly the New Engineering Contract) family of contracts continues to grow worldwide, so does the importance of understanding its clauses and nuances to everyone working in the built environment.

Cultural heritage and contemporary arts benefit from being showcased in events.

Cultural heritage and contemporary arts benefit from being showcased in events.

This book brings together two vitally important strands of 20th-century thinking to establish a set of simple and elegant principles for planning, project design and evaluation.