Project Management Leadership

In the fast-paced world of engineering, effective project management is essential for success. The Engineer’s Guide to Project Management: Practical Strategies for Success offers engineers a practical framework to navigate complex projects with confidence. This comprehensive guide merges technical expertise with strategic planning and leadership, providing actionable insights for each stage of the project lifecycle.

In The Unicorn Project, we follow Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project, to the horror of her friends and colleagues, as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She tries to survive in what feels like a heartless and uncaring bureaucracy and to work within a system where no one can get anything done without endless committees, paperwork, and approvals. One day, she is approached by a ragtag bunch of misfits who say they want to overthrow the existing order, to liberate developers, to bring joy back to technology work.

How can effective project management transform not just outcomes but entire organizations? In a world of constant change, mastering project management is more crucial than ever. This guide explores key principles from the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) to Agile methodologies, helping professionals lead projects with confidence. Covering core concepts like the triple constraint—scope, time, and cost—and the impact of stakeholder engagement, it reveals how communication and collaboration drive project success.

Are you tired of being stuck in the “task manager” zone when you know you were born to LEAD? Are you ready to stop juggling chaos and start commanding clarity? Then this is the book the industry has been waiting for. And you just found it. Whether you're a new project manager wondering where to start or a seasoned pro preparing to lead multi-million-dollar portfolios, this is your ultimate, career-defining blueprint.

Do you find yourself constantly facing unexpected challenges and setbacks in your projects? Are you looking to foster a culture of resilience within your project management team? Resilient organizations are able to withstand and adapt to both external pressures and internal challenges while still fulfilling their mission and objectives. Resilience is all about being able to anticipate and respond to change and disruption, recover quickly from setbacks, and learn and grow from experience. One of the keys to building a resilient organization is to cultivate a culture that values and rewards ...

Being a manager can be an intimidating and challenging task. Managing involves teaching new skills to employees, helping land a new customer, accomplishing an important assignment, increasing performance, and much more. The process of management can be very challenging at times, but it can also bring you a sense of fulfillment that you never imagined possible.

Your digital transformation cannot fail. But many do, and the problem is not technology. The real challenge is transforming your organization. Success requires the right balance of strategy and implementation. Many leaders know how to craft a winning strategy, but few understand how to implement it across the organization. Robin Speculand, a global expert in strategy and digital implementation, guides leaders to apply a proven structure and disciplined mindset to deliver world-class implementation and performance. This book provides the frameworks, tools, and techniques you need to excel in...

For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has never been a better time to learn, to contribute, and to improve ourselves. Yet, rather than feeling empowered, we are often left feeling overwhelmed by this constant influx of information. The very knowledge that was supposed to set us free has instead led to the paralyzing stress of believing we’ll never know or remember enough. Now, this eye-opening and accessible guide shows how you can easily create your own personal system for knowledge management, otherwise known as a Second Brain.

Every organization is plagued by destructive friction. Yet some forms of friction are incredibly useful, and leaders who attempt to improve workplace efficiency often make things even worse. Drawing from seven years of hands-on research, The Friction Project by bestselling authors Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao teaches readers how to become “friction fixers.”

In Project Management QuickStart Guide, author, speaker, trainer, and project management expert Chris Croft draws on his 30+ years of experience to deliver a comprehensive guide for would-be project managers, experienced project planners, and everyone in between.

The basics of being a ScrumMaster are fairly straightforward: At face value, all a ScrumMaster needs to do is facilitate the Scrum process and remove impediments. But being a great ScrumMaster, one who truly embodies the principles of servant-leadership and helps nurture a high-performing team, is much harder and more elusive.

This audiobook will give you an overview of Agile methodologies and how you can use them to speed up development and drive customer satisfaction. Get this audiobook now to learn more about Agile and Scrum!

In this helpful how-to, author Tom Kendrick reveals field-proven principles for navigating high-pressure situations, so you can overcome any obstacle. Even with a terrific project management program in place, problems can arise to derail your team’s hard work. This book explores a wide range of challenging scenarios and practical solutions and is packed with insightful answers to over 100 of your most urgent project management questions.

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 ...

In this audiobook we will be reviewing over 400 questions. All questions are based on the PMBOK Guide 6th Edition. Just like the actual PMP exam, 90 percent of the questions are scenarios and 10 percent are knowledge base. Knowledge-base questions will identify how well you have remembered the PMBOK terms and processes. Scenario based questions will test your ability to apply the many different terms and processes in a real-life situation.

Agile, say its enthusiasts, can transform your company, catapulting you to the head of the pack. Not so fast. In this clear-eyed and indispensable audiobook, Sarah Elk and Steve Berez provide a much-needed reality check. They dispel the myths and misconceptions that have accompanied agile's growth - the idea that it can reshape your organization all at once, for instance, or that it should be used in every function and for all types of work.

In this book, Melissa Perri explains how laying the foundation for great product management can help companies solve real customer problems while achieving business goals. By understanding how to communicate and collaborate within a company structure, you can create a product culture that benefits both the business and the customer. You'll learn product management principles that can be applied to any organization, big or small.

This book offers organization leaders an easy-to-read resource to better understand the latest version of IT Information Library and how best to leverage its capabilities. Service Management Leadership is the name of Jeffrey's consulting practice and YouTube channel.

It seems like a lifetime ago that I was a software project manager for a major telecommunications company. You will see it was sometime ago by the catchphrases and jargon in this little book. These pages were written before it was time to circle back to the issue. Back then, you would call someone and say “I’m calling you to talk about…” rather than “I am reaching out to you…” Here, I tried to distill some of the wisdom of how to manage projects, using the Biblical book of Proverbs as a literary guide. I also looked at my own strengths and weaknesses as well as those of my ...

Learn everything you need to know to ace the new PMP Exam. The Perfect PMP Exam Prep Flashcards are aligned with the NEW PMP exam and the PMBOK Guide, 7th Edition. Master the 714 Most Important Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid PMP concepts you must know to ace the exam. Every concept is explained in a simple way so you can stop memorizing and actually learn!