Project Leadership

All projects are inherently risky, and complex ones can potentially be the downfall for even the most experienced project manager. From technical challenges and resource issues to unrealistic deadlines and problems with your subcontractors, any number of things can go wrong. Fully updated, consistent with PMI® standards, and addressing “VUCA” (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity), this book remains the definitive resource for project managers seeking to be proactive in their efforts to guard against failure and minimize unwanted surprises.

This is a great book for beginners or those seeking general knowledge about the subject matter. It focuses on supply office management, operations management, crisis management, and project management from a leadership perspective. It explores the responsibilities of managers, the roles they play in achieving organizational goals and objectives, and the impact they have on employees and workplaces. The text is informational and educational, and it is written for easy understanding at all reader levels. If you are interested in learning about these four important aspects of management, then ...

Learning Agile is a comprehensive guide to the most popular agile methods, written in a light and engaging style that makes it easy for you to learn. Agile has revolutionized the way teams approach software development, but with dozens of agile methodologies to choose from, the decision to "go agile" can be tricky. This practical book helps you sort it out, first by grounding you in agile's underlying principles, then by describing four specific - and well-used - agile methods: Scrum, extreme programming (XP), Lean, and Kanban.

An unstoppable business revolution is under way - and it is Agile. Companies that embrace Agile Management learn to connect everyone and everything...all the time. They can deliver instant, intimate, frictionless value on a large scale.

Si estás gestionando tu primer proyecto o simplemente estás cansado de improvisar, la Guía HBR Gestión de Proyectos te proporcionará las herramientas y la confianza que necesitas para definir y alcanzar objetivos inteligentes, y te enseñará a aprovechar las lecciones aprendidas para mejorar el desarrollo de futuros proyectos.

Navigate the world of Agile and Scrum with ease and confidence using this comprehensive guide. This book will introduce you to the basics of Agile and Scrum, two of the most popular and effective project management and software development methodologies.

Great engineers don't necessarily make great leaders—at least, not without a lot of work. Finding your path to becoming a strong leader is often fraught with challenges. It's not easy to figure out how to be strategic, successful, and considerate while also being firm. Whether you're on the management or individual contributor track, you need to develop strong leadership skills. This practical book shows you how to become a well-rounded and resilient engineering leader.

What can you learn from the most successful companies in the world? The Spanx Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled entrepreneur Sara Blakely to dominate the shapewear industry and become a billionaire.

Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every engineering manager should know. With ninety-seven short and extremely useful tips for engineering managers, you'll discover new approaches to old problems, pick up road-tested best practices, and hone your management skills through sound advice.

With an easy-to-understand approach, Cost Estimation: Methods and Tools provides comprehensive coverage of the quantitative techniques needed by professional cost estimators and for those wanting to learn about this vibrant career field. Featuring the underlying mathematical and analytical principles of cost estimation, the book focuses on the tools and methods used to predict the research and development, production, and operating and support costs for successful cost estimation in industrial, business, and manufacturing processes.

Installing agile tools and practices won’t be enough to respond to rapid market change unless you lay the groundwork with six key enabling factors, identified by the United Kingdom’s leading agile consulting firm, Agile Centre. From years of experience certifying people in agile leadership, product ownership, and scrum mastery, Karim Harbott has created a model that will help your organization achieve all six factors required for success. This audiobook will help leaders get realistic about the scope of the changes needed in their organization and show them how to get started.

In 2008, Steven Haines started a global shift toward the professionalization of product management with his groundbreaking books about product management. Starting with The Product Manager’s Desk Reference, The Product Manager’s Survival Guide, and Managing Product Management. Since then, more than 100,000 readers around the world have referred to Steven’s books to raise the bar on product management excellence. Leading Product Management is the 2nd edition (retitled) of Managing Product Management to encompass a broad array of practices needed to organize any company to focus on ...

Scale collaboration, not process. If you're trying to use agile and lean at the program level, you've heard of several approaches, all about scaling processes. If you duplicate what one team does for several teams, you get bloat, not delivery. Instead of scaling the process, scale everyone's collaboration. With autonomy, collaboration, and exploration, teams and program level people can decide how to apply agile and lean to their work.

Do you feel like you’re being barraged on every side by the needs of your company, your employees, or your customers? Do you feel overwhelmed by the challenges and constant pressures of leading your organization? Do most days at work feel like you’re trying to hang on in the middle of a storm? What if you could feel calm and lead with confidence and control, no matter what is going on around you? In The Eye Of The Storm, TedX speaker and successful business owner Brad Borkhuis will share with you how he turned his company from a $700,000 loss into a thriving and profitable business ...

Industrial DevOps: Build Better Systems Faster shows listeners how applying Agile and DevOps ways of working into cyber-physical systems presents the opportunity to reap huge rewards, including increased adaptability, shorter delivery schedules, reduced development cost, increased quality, and higher transparency into delivery.

With stories and insights that will create several "ah-ha" moments, a lot of problems you'll recognise and even a few giggles, I hope you'll enjoy this as both entertainment and a learning experience. I guarantee that you'll take away many valuable ideas.

No organization is totally free from destructive friction; the forces that make it harder, more complicated and sometimes downright impossible to get things done. Drawing on years of research and featuring case studies on the likes of Uber, Netflix and Boeing, The Friction Project teaches listeners how to become 'friction fixers'. Stanford professors Sutton and Rao unpack how we should think and act like trustees of others' time. They provide friction forensics to help listeners identify where to avert and repair bad friction, and where to maintain and inject good friction.

It's time to level the playing field! You are accustomed to being the first - the first to go to college, the first to start a business. You often enter rooms where no one else looks like you. You're a trailblazer on a mission to create a new legacy for your family. And yet, despite your success, you still work too hard for too little cash. In Profit First for Minority Business Enterprises, Susanne Mariga, CPA, shows you how to implement the proven Profit First cash-management system that has lifted thousands of entrepreneurs out of the struggle and into success.

"Embark on a transformative journey with 'Strategic Project Management: Unlocking Success Through Effective Strategies.' In this groundbreaking guide tailored for seasoned project managers, discover the keys to elevating your projects from mere tasks to strategic triumphs. Unleash the power of insightful planning, risk mitigation, and adaptive leadership to navigate the dynamic landscape of project management. This indispensable resource delves into the art of aligning project objectives with overarching organizational goals, ensuring not just success, but strategic success. Learn to wield ...

Un livre audio culte dans le monde des entrepreneurs! En appliquant les grands principes du lean management au développement de nouveaux produits, Eric Ries a mis au point une méthode qui change radicalement la donne pour tous ceux qui souhaitent créer une entreprise ou développer un nouveau projet: le Lean Startup. Cette approche révolutionnaire permet en effet d'adapter constamment son offre mais aussi son entreprise aux évolutions du marché, en suivant le principe de l'innovation continue.