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Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This concise book is an effective source for understanding Agile Scrum development; why we use it and how it works. It will explain to you how work gets done in manageable Iterations (AKA Sprints) and also the team meetings that keep work on track (AKA Ceremonies). Also, since risk is a constant threat to any team based project, managing risk in an Agile Scrum environment is specifically discussed. Therefore, this book is for you as a: New Agile Scrum...
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Publisher
Business Expert Press
Language
English
Description
Only 39 percent of projects today are successful. Nearly half of the projects that fail, fail because of "poor requirements management" (PMI 2014). Leveraging Business Analysis for Project Success explores the role of the business analyst in setting a project up for success. It informs and educates project managers, sponsors, and organization leaders on what is necessary for project success. It goes beyond requirements management in exploring how...
Author
Publisher
Business Expert Press
Language
English
Description
Project management is seen as a critical skill across a broad range of disciplines. Yet most people, regardless of educational background, have never received training in how to plan, manage, and execute projects. Project Management Essentials contains tried and true project management skills in a concise, up to date, user-friendly format. It follows the project lifecycle and provides several ready-to-use templates. A person can use this book to plan...
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Publisher
Business Expert Press
Language
English
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Project portfolio management (PfM) is a critically important discipline, which organizations must embrace in order to extract the maximum value from their project investments. Essentially, PfM can be defined as the translation of strategy and organizational objectives into projects, programs, and operations (portfolio components); the allocation of resources to portfolio components according to organizational priorities; alignment of components to...
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Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This book is intended to provide project management office (PMO) executives practical information to promote enterprise Agile for business value compatibility within their organization. The primary benefit of this book is to promote a sense of common purpose and collaboration between the project delivery and the organization. Agile project delivery methods are adaptable to the emergence of unknown requirements identified in the later part of the project...
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Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This book explores project management (PM) from a musical perspective. Seeking ways of understanding PM in musical ways, distinctive approaches to the management of risk, experimentation, the conception and practice of teams, and the realization of imagination, are explored to highlight both the synergies and distinctions between musical practice and project management in the wider corporate and industrial sectors. The intention being to surface insights...
Author
Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Projects generally require skills and effort from multiple disciplines to develop project deliverables. Projects are executed in teams, as project tasks require multiple skills, judgment, and experience. In a project, the roles of teams should be assigned based on strengths of individuals. In a project, the team process is a mediating mechanism that links variables such as members, team, and organizational characteristics, which include structure,...
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Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The objective of any organization is to create value for its stockholders. Given that sophistication in project management will lead to efficiency in operations, which in turn leads to better profits, enlightened enterprises are sensitive to project management sophistication and the definitive way of measuring it and improving it. Although in many organizations, projects are initiated in isolation of each other, and based on ad hoc urgencies, sophisticated...
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Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This book is a resource for senior managers looking to enhance project outcomes by improving executive project sponsorship. It is also a source for project managers and sponsoring executives seeking information to improve sponsor effectiveness. Improving Executive Sponsorship of Projects addresses gaps in current project management literature. From a senior management perspective, the gap is the lack of resources explaining why and how to establish...
Author
Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This book examines and emphasizes the project design and operations process across the business cultures, the requirements to carry business projects successfully and implement the project plans carefully. One of the core arguments this book presents is that the right decisions support planning and implementation of business projects, accelerates its process, and lower the risk with the measurable results in the rapidly growing international marketplace....
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Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This book builds knowledge and skills on the technical aspects of the project life cycle, the tools to plan project activities and budget, and tools to accurately determine the status of business projects. Business projects are different from the construction or engineering projects that entail a sequential process. The business projects face enormous uncertainty and demand localized treatment in carrying the project tasks. Equally important and challenging...
Author
Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Intended for executives and developing professionals who face the challenges of delivering business benefits for today, while building the capabilities required for an increasingly changing future. The book is structured to build from foundational requirements toward connecting the highly interdependent aspects of success in an emerging complex world. A wide range of concepts are brought together in a logical framework to enable readers of different...
Author
Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Archaeology, the science in charge of studying ancient cultures, is without a doubt one of the most alluring professions in today's academic world. It is a versatile and complex discipline requiring a lot of skill expertise from both students and specialists, including the efficient management of team of coworkers, logistics, resources, etc. Project Management for Archaeology is a first approach to students and inexperienced archaeologists striving...
Author
Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
If stakeholders matter, then their impact should affect the way we plan, execute and implement projects. Most projects--and all valuable projects--have stakeholders, and require some form of stakeholder engagement. It is the engagement that needs managing, not the stakeholders, because the right type of engagement varies depending on the types of stakeholders involved and the context of the project. This book provides a stakeholder-centered analysis...