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Publisher
Purdue University Press
Language
English
Description
"Choosing the right people to carry out a project is essential to its success. When multiple projects are combined into a complex program, the human aspect becomes even more important. This book is the first to truly balance a complete account of the technical aspects of project and program management with a practical approach to understanding and developing the core competencies required to accomplish desired goals. On the technical side, this book...
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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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Series
Publisher
Project Management Institute, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
PMI's flagship publication has been updated to reflect the latest good practices in project management. New to the Sixth Edition, each knowledge area will contain a section entitled Approaches for Agile, Iterative and Adaptive Environments, describing how these practices integrate in project settings. It will also contain more emphasis on strategic and business knowledge -- including discussion of project management business documents -- and information...
12) The everything project management book: tackle any project with confidence and get it done on time
Author
Publisher
Adams Media Corp
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Publisher
Project Managment Institute, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Updated for iterative, incremental or agile project life cycles, the newly released Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures {u2014} Third Edition is an essential tool to help practitioners organize, plan and track a project{u2019}s total scope. Find out how Work breakdown structures (WBS) are an essential component of the project planning process, regardless of industry or discipline. The WBS organizes the project{u2019}s total scope while...
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Publisher
Saylor Academy
Pub. Date
[2012]-
Language
English
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"In a world that is becoming more virtual, more global, and more complex, the project manager's ability to function in this environment becomes critical to the success of the project. Project Management from Simple to Complex explores project management within this complex, virtual, and global environment. This is not a standard textbook that was adapted to the new publishing paradigm; it was designed from the beginning to utilize its capabilities....
Author
Publisher
Business Expert Press
Language
English
Description
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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English
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The Project Management Institute and Agile Alliance® chartered this practice guide to create a greater understanding of agile approaches in their communities. The vision for this practice guide is to equip project teams with tools, situational guidelines, and an understanding of the available agile techniques and approaches to enable better results. Project teams are using agile approaches in a variety of industries beyond software development. Both...