Project Leadership

Scrum is a project management approach based on Agile principles that allows organisations and individuals to deliver the highest possible value in the shorted possible time. This framework has often been met with adversity as it is a departure to traditional methods, but has stood the test of time and has demonstrated through countless organisation that they are able to deliver more with less.

Gorilla in the Cockpit offers a revolutionary way to understand megaproject failures. It opens the black box to reveal the hidden drivers of project crashes. The root causes cannot be found in traditional project management books. They are neither technical nor financial. They are human.

Lean Manufacturing has long been an accepted practice in manufacturing environments. Leaner Manufacturing™ is the next generation that takes into account other process improvement tools and methodologies. Leaner Manufacturing™ also makes all the concepts easier to understand. Leaner Manufacturing ™ (LG) Manifesto SSD Global Solutions supports the following concepts in Lean Manufacturing applications: Maximize customer value by eliminating waste in the production process. Engage staff members and outside parties in ongoing enhancements and problem-solving initiatives.

You have a limited amount of time to create software, especially when you’re given a deadline, self-imposed or not. You’ll want to make sure that the software you build is at least decent but more importantly, on time. How do you balance quality with time? This audiobook dives into these very important topics. After listening to Scrum Essentials, you will know about scrum roles, sprints, scrum artifacts, and much more.

Project management is an essential skill for anyone who needs to get things done in any organisation, and is absolutely critical for anyone leading strategic change. In Lead Successful Projects, the Penguin Business Expert guide, Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, introduces a simplified but strategic approach to project management developed over the last 20 years coaching executives, managers and MBAs. Learn how to break down your project into manageable elements, define smart goals and meet them in this concise and practical guide to project success.

So, you think you want to be a freelance writer and you are looking at doing some ghostwriting. Well, ghostwriting is hard work! Yet when properly managed and priced, ghostwriting can be one of the most lucrative freelance writing careers. This book goes through how to successfully run a ghostwriting project, from the initial contact with a prospective client to delivering the completed work. Potential pitfalls are discussed in detail, along with solutions and suggestions.

Your idea may be groundbreaking. The potential profits might be exhilarating. The time to act may be right now, but if you’re not able to craft and deliver a clear message that doesn’t lead the audience to gain your perspective, that can be the difference between your pitch being transformational and becoming forgettable. Executive coach and leadership expert John Baldoni provides this concise tool kit containing more than 100 practical tips for creating and communicating meaningful messages with presence and authority.

Top performance transforms people, products, organizations and institutions. Top Performers have unique personal characteristics that go far beyond the numbers. While they appear to be laser-focused on results, it is their relationships, professional acumen, and drive to achieve that all work together seamlessly to fuel breakout performance – day in, and day out. Your path to becoming a Top Performer starts here. Jeff Standridge’s amazing insights, based on his 25 years of experience across five continents, will light the path that catapults you beyond your wildest dreams – a life ...

The ability to manage and recover from stress is crucial for resiliency and cognitive, medical, mental, and social health. Burnout is the enemy of productivity, creativity, and overall business success. Until recently, it was difficult for leaders to get reliable data on people's ability to perform at their best and understand levels of burnout within the business. The Heart(beat) of Business presents the science behind peak performance and how stress and burnout destroy people's health and devastate business outcomes.

Despite Agile's dominance in software development, 81% of UK and 89% of US business leaders are concerned about the timely delivery of projects. The success rates for transformation initiatives are alarming, with 96% of Agile transformations and 70% of digital transformations failing. Just 10% of companies that enter restructuring survive the process. Personal transformation success is also exceedingly rare, with only 7.5% of smokers successfully quitting despite 55% attempting to quit each year and just 1.8% of obese individuals maintaining a modest 5% weight loss over five years.

I often feel like a freak in the Kingdom. It’s not because I don’t fit in, or because I don’t have great friends and connections in the ministry. Rather, it’s because I’m continually provoked by the possibilities to change the world through various ministries, projects and endeavors—and that results in a lot of action, shifting, trial and error that takes many beyond their comfort zones. As a visionary, my heart is to provoke and awaken a generation to the greatness of God, and I am seeking any and every vehicle I can find, or invent, to get that message out there. God is ...

Many companies try to save money and underestimate the importance of project management. You know better than anyone else that project management is more than just quickly briefing your team during work. Even startups with small budgets invest in a project manager (PM) because it's no longer a secret that a skilled project manager can save companies 28 times more money since their output is more reliable.

Menschen abholen, mitnehmen und mitreißen - mit Agilität durch den eigenen Workshop. Erinnern Sie sich mit Grausen an die unerträglich langen, schläfrigen Stunden, die Ihnen schon als Workshop verkauft wurden? Wo man vor Langeweile und Trockenheit den Staub der nicht vergehen wollenden Zeit schon in der Luft schmeckte? Jetzt können Sie es besser machen: Es ist Ihr Workshop, Ihre Bühne - reißen Sie Ihre Teilnehmer von der ersten Sekunde an mit und sorgen Sie mit Flexibilität und Elan dafür, dass sie Ihnen bis zur letzten Sekunde folgen.

Join NASA Astronaut and Director of the Kennedy Space Center Andrew Allen and contributing scholars as they discuss doctoral research findings regarding the exciting field of project management. Doctoral scholars will share current research and their words of wisdom regarding effective strategies project managers use to enhance workflow and increase productivity. Are you in the know regarding the most up to date strategies? Come join us! This volume will continue to shape the conversation of future success in business leadership around the world. When professional sports teams experience a ...

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The Velocity Advantage teaches how to bring these two worlds together to more systematically improve implementation results and reduce organizational aggravation.Your projects can be planned and implemented better and faster using the breakthrough approach. Proven to work consistently across industries and project types, applying the Velocity Advantage will make both you and your projects more successful.

The Mentoring Project’s flagship mentoring resource is its field guides. These long-form pieces provide practical guidance on various aspects of life as a Christian, like finances, purity, technology, work, and more. Written by pastors and other Christian leaders, these field guides provide a biblical framework for mentors and mentees to discuss these topics and grow together.

Las directrices e ideas de este libro son el resultado de mi amplia experiencia en la gestión de proyectos. He gestionado, implementado y entregado con éxito innumerables proyectos, incluyendo complejos proyectos globales basados en infraestructuras. Como gerente, he supervisado planes nuevos y de modificación utilizando recursos on-shore, offshore y de terceros.

Waterfall methodology is part of the linear, scope-driven lifecycles family of approaches. As it is the manifestation of the command-and-control organization, it is highly prescriptive. Almost all organizations using the methodology have a similar set of processes, mostly based on the PMBOK (more on that later).

How is your Scrum going? Scrum provides you a framework but doesn't exactly tell you how to do it. Do you want to deviate from “textbook” practices but ensure that you’ll still be Agile? This guide will show you how to practically implement Scrum.