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ISBN 13 : 9781446617922
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Project Manager's Little Book of Assumptions written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Thomsett
Publisher : AMACOM
ISBN 13 : 081441530X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)
Download or read book The Little Black Book of Project Management written by Michael Thomsett and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revised and updated third edition of this book reflects the newest techniques, the latest project management software, as well as the most recent changes to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK™). For nearly twenty years, The Little Black Book of Project Management has provided businesspeople everywhere with a quick and effective introduction to project management tools and methodology. You will find invaluable strategies for: organizing any project; implementing the Six Sigma approach; choosing the project team; preparing a budget and sticking to it; scheduling, flowcharting, and controlling a project; preparing project documentation; managing communications; and much more. Project management has increasingly become about getting more and better results with fewer resources. In this fast-read solution for both seasoned and first-time project managers, author Michael C. Thomsett shares his not-so-little secrets to achieving the results professionals want, increasing their organizational ability, generating consistent profit, and gaining a reputation for both quality and dependability.
Author : Beth Spriggs
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781523234653
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (346 download)
Download or read book The Project Manager's Little Book of Cheats written by Beth Spriggs and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-23 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no such thing as cheating in project management, but if there were it would be this book. It includes quick steps, relevant tips, fun stories, and applicable advice to solving common problems and questions focused around the work of a project manager. The book is in question / answer format with 11 chapters covering 65 questions. Chapters: 1 - Starting 2 - Communication 3 - Change 4 - Scope 5 - Time 6 - Risk 7 - Process 8 - Portfolios 9 - Teams 10 - Tools 11 - Vendors Some of the questions include: #12 I need to convince someone of my idea. How do I sell an idea? #16 Since most of my work communication is through email, how can I make my email communication more effective? #22 How can I convince those who are change resistant? #39 Assumptions introduce a lot of risk. What are some common assumptions to watch out for? #41 How can I tell if a project is getting off track before it's too late? #47 What process could I use to evaluate project requests to determine if they should be approved or not? #51 How can I make my team meetings more productive? #58 My project tracking needs have grown beyond Microsoft Excel. What are some good project management tools? When you have a question or problem do you have time to stop what you're doing and read a three hundred page book on a single topic? Wouldn't it be great if you could open a book and find a one to two page answer that you can apply immediately, in the moment when you need it? Now you've found one. This book has hopes and dreams. It hopes that it will sit on or in your desk and be opened frequently when questions or problems arise. It wants you to write on its pages, make your own notes, and highlight what works for you. And it dreams that you will share its contents with your colleagues.
Author : Jarrod W. Wilcox
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A Method for Measuring Decision Assumptions written by Jarrod W. Wilcox and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1972 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research reported here deals with finding why people make some choices rather than others, why different people make different decisions in objectively similar situations. The book requires that its reader have some basic knowledge of statistical methods, and, since, it cuts across normally separate fields, it requires an adventuresome spirit. But, in return, the reader may expect to gain the use of a powerful tool that can be applied in his own practical projects and social science research.The message is on two levels. On one, the work is a practical handbook for application. On the other, it discusses some fundamental issues in the theory of decision-making and the social sciences.The book presents an application method for measuring assumptions realistic enough for use in management context. In a test-case study, the author uncovered startling diversity in the attributes investors use in picking stocks. More generally, such measures of assumptions are useful in managerial planning and control to aid in decision-making consistence, in learning to revise decision assumptions, and in designing information systems to support decision-making. They are also useful in improving joint decision-making and communication. Still other important applications are possible in consumer market research and in operations research modeling of decision processes. These applications are described with suggestive examples.To the management scientist the author seeks to show the benefits of extending explicitness beyond the traditional bounds of information systems into the realm of subjective decision assumptions. That is, subjective assumptions made explicit in a practical manner are employed as useful inputs to managerial information systems.Such measurement methods as reported here may also have widespread use in building social theory. Individual decision assumptions are key variables in microeconomics, in political science, in organization theory, and in the sociology of knowledge. Their measures play an analogous role in social science to that of thermometers in the development of thermodynamics.The material is developed as follows: First, the problem of discovering the assumptions which underlie decisions is sketched broadly. Alternative possible measurement approaches and theories are then described in logical order. An outline of the method for measuring assumptions is followed by the account of its use in a case study of stock market participants. It is this narrative that provides a practical handbook for the reader's use. A number of prototype applications are shown in some detail. The final chapters propose uses of the method for research in the social sciences and in accounting and the financial markets.
Author : Paul C. Dinsmore
Publisher : Amacom Books
ISBN 13 : 9780814429242
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (292 download)
Download or read book The AMA Handbook of Project Management written by Paul C. Dinsmore and published by Amacom Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative guide to project management...completely revised to meet the accelerating pace of today''s project environment.
Author : Richard Newton
Publisher : Pearson UK
ISBN 13 : 0273747177
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (737 download)
Download or read book The Project Manager's Book of Checklists written by Richard Newton and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managers are faced with complex tasks all the time. Completing these tasks may require setting up and running a project or on other occasions it may need a short, structured action plan. A huge amount of approaches exist, in thousands of books, to help managers complete tasks. Occasionally, a manager has the time to go off and read a text on a topic like how to manage a project, but often they have an immediate requirement to do something now. There isn’t time to plough through a project management book. Usually, all that is needed is a simple list of steps, a checklist that the manager can read to kick start them into action. The core contents of this book will follow a standard project management process – starting in initial concept identification, and going through to complete implementation. At each stage there are tasks and problems that face project managers, and for each identified task or problem there will be a checklist. Unlike normal project management texts, which are written to be read end-to-end, this book is designed to act as an everyday reference source that will be picked up and used every time the question “how do I …..” comes into the readers mind. The book will sit on a manager’s desk at work and be referenced regularly. It will become as much an important supporting tool as a book to read.
Author : Jim McGrath
Publisher : Pearson UK
ISBN 13 : 0273788779
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (737 download)
Download or read book The Little Book of Big Management Theories written by Jim McGrath and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 89 management theories from the world’s best management thinkers – the fast, focussed and express route to success. As a busy manager, you need solutions to everyday work problems fast. The Little Book of Big Management Theories gives you access to the very best theories and models that every manager should know and be able to use. Cutting through the waffle and hype, McGrath and Bates concentrate on the theories that really matter to managers day-to-day. Each theory is covered in two pages – telling you what it is, how to use it and the questions you should be asking – so you can immediately apply your new knowledge in the real world. The Little Book of Big Management Theories will ensure you can: • Quickly resolve a wide range of practical management problems • Be a better, more decisive manager who gets the job done • Better motivate and influence your staff, colleagues and stakeholders • Improve your standing and demonstrate that you are ready for promotion All you need to know and how to apply it – in a nutshell. ‘I’ll make sure that every manager in our pharmacy outlets gets a copy of this book.’ Manjit Jhooty, Managing Director, Jhoots Pharmacy ‘Every manager should read this book.’ Geoff Round, Chief Executive, Birmingham Civic Housing Association Ltd
Author : Cynthia Snyder Dionisio
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119864518
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (198 download)
Download or read book A Project Manager's Book of Templates written by Cynthia Snyder Dionisio and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-11-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A PROJECT MANAGER'S BOOK OF TEMPLATES A helpful compendium of ready-made templates for managing every project in alignment with the latest PMBOK® Guide, 7th ed. Project Management is a growing discipline that has seen considerable recent development. Project managers are now expected to deploy predictive and adaptive methods, and to draw upon a considerable base of knowledge in developing and formalizing project plans. The Project Management Institute (PMI) publishes the authoritative Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), which contains the global standard for the Project Management profession. A Project Manager’s Book of Templates is a vital companion to the PMBOK® Guide, providing a comprehensive set of templates and reports that helps project managers translate the content of the Guide into practical applications. It promises to be an indispensable resource for professionals in this fast-moving field. A Project Manager's Book of Templates readers will also find: Templates covering all types of work, such as starting, planning, project documents, logs and registers, and reports and audits. Templates representing all updated features of the PMBOK® Guide, including hybrid, adaptive and iterative practices, including Agile Easy, readable structure that moves project managers through the different types of work that is performed in project A Project Manager’s Book of Templates isan essential companion for those preparing for the PMP Certification Exam, as well as practitioners and consultants to a range of global industries.
Author : Andrew Johnston
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136400249
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Hacker's Guide to Project Management written by Andrew Johnston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-02-18 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing a software development project is a complex process. There are lots of deliverables to produce, standards and procedures to observe, plans and budgets to meet, and different people to manage. Project management doesn't just start and end with designing and building the system. Once you've specified, designed and built (or bought) the system it still needs to be properly tested, documented and settled into the live environment. This can seem like a maze to the inexperienced project manager, or even to the experienced project manager unused to a particular environment. A Hacker's Guide to Project Management acts as a guide through this maze. It's aimed specifically at those managing a project or leading a team for the first time, but it will also help more experienced managers who are either new to software development, or dealing with a new part of the software life-cycle. This book: describes the process of software development, how projects can fail and how to avoid those failures outlines the key skills of a good project manager, and provides practical advice on how to gain and deploy those skills takes the reader step-by-step through the main stages of the project, explaining what must be done, and what must be avoided at each stage suggests what to do if things start to go wrong! The book will also be useful to designers and architects, describing important design techniques, and discussing the important discipline of Software Architecture. This new edition: has been fully revised and updated to reflect current best practices in software development includes a range of different life-cycle models and new design techniques now uses the Unified Modelling Language throughout
Author : James McGrath
Publisher : Pearson UK
ISBN 13 : 1292200634
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (922 download)
Download or read book The Little Book of Big Management Theories written by James McGrath and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ann L Cunliffe
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0857029940
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)
Download or read book A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Management written by Ann L Cunliffe and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-06-10 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Ann Cunliffe has produced a quite brilliant critical introduction to the study of management. This lucid, innovative and thought-provoking book takes a much needed look at the ethical and philosophical issues facing managers in contemporary organizations. A readable, thoughtful and intelligent book that students will love' - John Hassard, University of Manchester Written to inform, challenge and entertain, this book explains alternative ways of thinking about management and managing people in a way that is easy to understand and enjoyable. The book covers topics that are central to management, organizational behaviour or leadership courses: what managers do, motivation, communication, and ethics. Ann Cunliffe breathes fresh air into these topics, emphasizing the importance of relations when thinking about management and drawing on a range of disciplines such as philosophy and linguistics. A trusted and respected academic who has written widely on management, Ann Cunliffe's book will stretch, surprise and reward undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students.
Author : Emma Bell
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446292622
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)
Download or read book A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Management Research written by Emma Bell and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Management Research the authors provide a stimulating and critical overview of the key theoretical debates on research paradigms and methodologies, demystifying the process and providing invaluable insights into the politics and practice of research. Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the ‘Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap’ series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way. Suitable for students carrying out Undergraduate and Postgraduate dissertations, MBA projects and PHD theses.
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ISBN 13 : 0814420745
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)
Download or read book The AMA Handbook of Project Management Chapter 25: A Process of Organizational Change–From Bureaucracy to Project Management Orientation written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ruth Pearce
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1523095806
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Be a Project Motivator written by Ruth Pearce and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book will soon become a widely accepted standard on how to deliver a successful project on time and on budget in any industry.” —John Garahan, Vice President, Global Delivery, Broadridge Financial Solutions Successful project managers must engage and motivate others to achieve complex goals. Ruth Pearce shows how behavior, language, and attitudes affect engagement and how leveraging character strengths can help improve relationships, increase innovation, and build higher-functioning teams. This focus on character strengths—such as bravery, curiosity, fairness, gratitude, and humor—can help project managers recognize and cultivate the things that are best in themselves and others. Many project managers do not have the authority to direct the activities of people on their teams—they can only influence them. The most influential people succeed by focusing less on themselves and their message and more on others. They pay attention, they are brave, they are vulnerable, they are curious, and they look for and acknowledge the things that are important about and to the other person. And they model the behavior that they want to see. This book tells you how. Pearce provides tools and frameworks for building a culture of appreciation, understanding character strengths, mapping leadership qualities, understanding learning styles, identifying team roles, and executing plans. She also explores the factors that contribute to conflict and tensions, as well as strategies for getting through difficult times. We see these tools and techniques in action through “Maggie,” a project manager who is struggling to motivate her team. Each chapter concludes with reflective questions to make the ideas stick and with key strategies for success.
Author : Kim Malone Scott
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1760553026
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Radical Candor written by Kim Malone Scott and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radical Candor is the sweet spot between managers who are obnoxiously aggressive on the one side and ruinously empathetic on the other. It is about providing guidance, which involves a mix of praise as well as criticism, delivered to produce better results and help employees develop their skills and boundaries of success. Great bosses have a strong relationship with their employees, and Kim Scott Malone has identified three simple principles for building better relationships with your employees: make it personal, get stuff done, and understand why it matters. Radical Candor offers a guide to those bewildered or exhausted by management, written for bosses and those who manage bosses. Drawing on years of first-hand experience, and distilled clearly to give actionable lessons to the reader, Radical Candor shows how to be successful while retaining your integrity and humanity. Radical Candor is the perfect handbook for those who are looking to find meaning in their job and create an environment where people both love their work, their colleagues and are motivated to strive to ever greater success.
Author : Linda Kretz Zaval
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118173171
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (181 download)
Download or read book Project Manager Street Smarts written by Linda Kretz Zaval and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect workbook for project managers and PMP exam candidates seeking practical experience New project managers and students pursuing the Project Management Professional certification are looking for practical experience to solidify their skills. The step-by-step tasks presented in this book offer them an opportunity to practice the common tasks project managers face in the real world. The authors, both expert project management trainers and consultants, explore each phase of project management: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closing the project, with in-depth instructions for handling the tasks associated with each phase. New project managers and exam candidates need practical experience to perfect their skills; this book helps them learn through real-world scenarios Explores each phase of project management, offering step-by-step instructions to many of the tasks project managers confront each day Covers all phases of project management, including initiating the project, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing the project Looks at defining scope, developing a project charter, creating a plan to manage change, breaking down the work, managing resource allocation, measuring performance, and releasing resources Fully updated to cover everything required for the 2011 PMP exam PMP exam candidates and anyone new to project management will benefit from the hands-on exercises in this book.
Author : Sandra F. Rowe
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1523097701
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Project Management for Small Projects, Third Edition written by Sandra F. Rowe and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project Management for Small Projects shows you how to tailor bureaucratic planning processes to a sleek minimum while still keeping your project running like a well-oiled machine. The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) recommends tailoring the planning processes to fit the size of your project, but it doesn't always fully explain how. Using too much process can be as detrimental to a project as not using a process at all. For years, this book has helped managers of small projects design processes that are neither too big nor too small but "just right." It provides simplified but compliant tools for immediate use in managing small projects. And since most small projects tend to be similar in structure or outcome, a template for one project can be used for future projects. This new edition of Project Management for Small Projects has been updated to align with the latest PMBOK. In addition, there is new material on Agile project management and on the essential leadership skills for small project managers.
