Sun Tzu and the Project Battleground: Creating Project Strategy from 'The Art of War'
ISBN: 9781403943217 / Angielski / Twarda / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Art of War by Sun Tzu has influenced a generation of business leaders and strategy gurus. Yet for many people in business and students of management this remains a mystery. For the first time the authors provide a fully comprehensive account of this work and the influence of Sun Tzu and the relevance to business strategy and project management.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu has influenced a generation of business leaders and strategy gurus. Yet for many people in business and students of m...
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293,15 zł |
Value and Risk Management: A Guide to Best Practice
ISBN: 9781405120692 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Building and endorsed by a range of construction industry institutes, this book explains the underlying concepts of value and risk, and how they relate to one another. It describes the different issues to be addressed in a variety of circumstances and at all stages of a project's life and reviews a number of commonly used and effective techniques, showing how these may be adapted to suit individuals' styles and circumstances.
* Published on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Building with cross-industry institutional... Published on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Building and endorsed by a range of construction industry institutes, this book explains the underly...
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417,08 zł |
The Management of Complex Projects: A Relationship Approach
ISBN: 9781405124317 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Value is added to projects through the relationships surrounding the client; the focus of this book is therefore the client as project, rather than the building on the ground. It shows how to create and maintain effective relationships between the client and the project team, as well as intra-coalition relationships
Students, academics and practitioners need to understand the changing nature of reforms from successive calls for change by the industry's various clients and client groups. Project team network relationships are a function of mindsets, behaviour and competencies of... Value is added to projects through the relationships surrounding the client; the focus of this book is therefore the client as project, rather than th...
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378,64 zł |
Commercial Management of Projects: Defining the Discipline
ISBN: 9781405124508 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together contributions from leading academics in the field of commercial management, this work provides examples and illustrations from a variety of industries, both public and private.
Bringing together contributions from leading academics in the field of commercial management, this work provides examples and illustrations from a var...
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774,03 zł |
A Case Study Comparing Two Types of System Development Projects and
ISBN: 9781410706850 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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85,35 zł |
managing global development risk
ISBN: 9781420055207 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. < P> While global sourcing has expanded dramatically in terms of activities, consistent challenges remain for organizations that choose such a business decision. These challenges include maximizing the opportunity afforded by globalization, fully realizing potential gains, and managing the risks inherent to global development. In addition, while companies continue to start or expand their use of global resources, little is being done to help project managers, business analysts, architects, and others succeed in this new environment. Built upon real-world experiences, Managing Global...
< P> While global sourcing has expanded dramatically in terms of activities, consistent challenges remain for organizations that choose such a busines...
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443,38 zł |
Effective Communications for Project Management
ISBN: 9781420062465 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Effective communication on projects is a challenging, ongoing process for project managers and stakeholders at all levels within an organization. Project managers experience the greatest challenge due to the nature of their position. They set up and regulate communications that support a project overall. Effective Communications for Project Management examines elements of effective communications and describes the role that a Project Management Information System (PMIS) has in helping project managers become better communicators. Based on the author's practical experience and insight... Effective communication on projects is a challenging, ongoing process for project managers and stakeholders at all levels within an organization. P... |
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443,38 zł |
Building a Project Work Breakdown Structure: Visualizing Objectives, Deliverables, Activities, and Schedules
ISBN: 9781420069693 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Most people do not truly understand a concept until they can visualize it. This applies to all fields, including Project Management. The best way to effectively manage projects is to help your team visualize the end result as well as the steps needed to achieve that result. Help Your Team Visualize the Right Path to Success Building a Project Work Breakdown Structure: Visualizing Objectives, Deliverables, Activities, and Schedules employs a diagram approach to project planning and scheduling. This useful tool empowers business... Most people do not truly understand a concept until they can visualize it. This applies to all fields, including Project Management. The best way t... |
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286,88 zł |
a standard for enterprise project management
ISBN: 9781420072457 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Providing structured yet adaptable models of project success within an organization, A Standard for Enterprise Project Management explains each of the basic elements needed for project success and integrates them into a balanced life-cycle continuum. It also supplies an inventory of practical policies, procedures, techniques, and templates for consistent management of projects.
The book first discusses project authorization and initiation, followed by analysis and planning. It then covers execution, control, and closure. Each phase contains an explanation and an... Providing structured yet adaptable models of project success within an organization, A Standard for Enterprise Project Management exp...
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443,38 zł |
Trapped in Between: Realities of the Project World
ISBN: 9781425109042 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trapped In Between is about the global realities in managing projects. It is about people trying to understand what makes their project works or makes it worse! Project managers discovered that, attempting to balance projects purely on technical and financial viabilities were never good enough and has often led to many disappointments. The "circus of project failures" demanded that somebody or something to take the fall. Set against a typical major global company in Malaysia, this book amplifies the underlying realities that affect projects and project management as a whole. It is about the...
Trapped In Between is about the global realities in managing projects. It is about people trying to understand what makes their project works or makes...
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69,33 zł |
Project Stakeholder Management
ISBN: 9781409404378 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Carrying out a project as planned is not a guarantee for success. Projects may fail because project management does not take the requirements, wishes and concerns of stakeholders sufficiently into account. Projects can only be successful through contributions from stakeholders. And it is the stakeholders that evaluate whether they find the project successful - an evaluation based on criteria that go beyond receiving the project deliverables. More often than not, the criteria are implicit and change during the project course. This is an enormous challenge for project managers. The route to...
Carrying out a project as planned is not a guarantee for success. Projects may fail because project management does not take the requirements, wishes ...
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198,19 zł |
Towards Improved Project Management Practice: Uncovering the Evidence for Effective Practices Through Empirical Research
ISBN: 9781581121285 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Projects are important to industry, but project performance continually disappoints stakeholder expectations. Organizations react to this performance problem in many ways, and purchase consultancy, training, methods and tools as possible solutions. There is no published evidence that any of these solutions are consistently successful in improving project performance. This thesis answers the question, "What can be done to improve project management practices, and thus project performance?" by demonstrating that a novel form of continuous action research can contribute such evidence.
Projects are important to industry, but project performance continually disappoints stakeholder expectations. Organizations react to this performance ...
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173,16 zł |
Communication of Information Technology Project Sponsors and Managers in Buyer-Seller Relationships
ISBN: 9781581121988 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Communication is frequently identified in the literature as a major factor impacting Information Technology (IT) project failure. The importance of communication is amplified in buyer - seller relationships through the long-term impact of project failures on the future business of IT vendors with their customers.
The formal communication between IT project sponsors from buyer firms and project managers from IT vendor firms within business to business markets is investigated through this study. Typical communication patterns between project sponsor and manager in high and low performing... Communication is frequently identified in the literature as a major factor impacting Information Technology (IT) project failure. The importance of co...
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150,03 zł |
Reinventing Project Management: The Diamond Approach To Successful Growth And Innovation
ISBN: 9781591398004 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Projects are the engines that drive innovation from idea to commercialization. In fact, the number of projects in most organizations today is expanding while operations is shrinking. Yet, since many companies still focus on operational excellence and efficiency, most projects faillargely because conventional project management concepts cannot adapt to a dynamic business environment. Moreover, top managers neglect their company's project activity, and line managers treat all their projects alikeas part of operations. Based on an unprecedented study of more than 600 projects in a variety of...
Projects are the engines that drive innovation from idea to commercialization. In fact, the number of projects in most organizations today is expandin...
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144,87 zł |
E-Collaboration in Modern Organizations: Initiating and Managing Distributed Projects
ISBN: 9781599048253 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. E-Collaboration in Modern Organizations: Initiating and Managing Distributed Projects combines comprehensive research related to e- collaboration in modern organizations, emphasizing topics relevant to those involved in initiating and managing distributed projects. Providing authoritative content to scholars, researchers, and practitioners, this book specifically describes conceptual and theoretical issues that have implications for distributed project management, implications surrounding the use of e-collaborative environments for distributed projects, and emerging issues and debate related...
E-Collaboration in Modern Organizations: Initiating and Managing Distributed Projects combines comprehensive research related to e- collaboration in m...
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1040,68 zł |
Scrappy Project Management: The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls That Every Project Faces
ISBN: 9781600050510 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Projects are MESSY From the minute the project begins, all manner of changes, surprises and disasters befall them. Unfortunately most of these are PREDICTABLE and AVOIDABLE.
Tact and diplomacy can only get you so far in the wild and wacky world of project work. A combination of outrageous creativity, sheer bravado and nerves of steel will serve you far better than any fancy-schmancy Microsoft Project Gantt chart 'Scrappy Project Management' is about what REALLY happens in the project environment, how to survive it, and how to make sure that your team avoids the predictable and... Projects are MESSY From the minute the project begins, all manner of changes, surprises and disasters befall them. Unfortunately most of these are PR...
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97,13 zł |
Handbook of Project Management: A Complete Guide for Beginners to Professionals
ISBN: 9781741141252 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By systematically mapping out the four phases of project developmentinitiation, planning, implementation, and finalizationthis invaluable guide educates project managers on how to easily manage a myriad of elements, enabling them to complete projects on time and on budget. Providing both the novice and experienced project manager with the knowledge needed to effectively do their jobs, this authoritative reference utilizes an applied approach to explain the nine functions of project management and their application during the project lifecycle. Extensive illustrations, examples, templates,...
By systematically mapping out the four phases of project developmentinitiation, planning, implementation, and finalizationthis invaluable guide educat...
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192,97 zł |
Applying Earned Value Management to Design-Bid-Build Projects to Assess Productivity Disruption: A System Dynamics Approach
ISBN: 9781612334165 / Angielski / Miękka / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most important jobs of a project manager is to manage a projects budget and schedule. These tasks can easily be very difficult to accomplish on projects that are complex, especially since successful project execution relies heavily on people who are expected to perform their roles individually and as a team. One of the most difficult aspects of managing projects is estimating how fast and effectively humans will perform a task; that is, determining how productive workers collectively will be each day, each week, or within any time period during the life of a project. Because...
One of the most important jobs of a project manager is to manage a projects budget and schedule. These tasks can easily be very difficult to accomplis...
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150,03 zł |
Project Lessons from the Great Escape (Stalag Luft III)
ISBN: 9781895186802 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While you might think your project plan is perfect, would you bet your life on it? In World War II, a group of 220 captured airmen did just that -- they staked the lives of everyone in the camp on the success of a project to secretly build a series of tunnels out of a prison camp their captors thought was escape proof. The prisoners formally structured their work as a project, using the project organization techniques of the day. This book analyzes their efforts using modern project management methods and the nine knowledge areas of the "Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge"...
While you might think your project plan is perfect, would you bet your life on it? In World War II, a group of 220 captured airmen did just that -- th...
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130,19 zł |
Managing Smaller Projects: A Practical Approach
ISBN: 9781895186857 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a low overhead, highly practical way of looking after small projects. It covers all the essential skills from project start-up, to managing risk, quality, and change, through to controlling the project and implementing a simple control system.
This book provides a low overhead, highly practical way of looking after small projects. It covers all the essential skills from project start-up, to ...
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151,06 zł |