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181. |  By: Andy Bruce; Ken Langdon Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited Publication Date: 22-FEB-2007 Insert Date: 30-OCT-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Manage Projects
Develop your skills, realise your full potential and make your life work
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182. |  Information Development: Managing Your Documentation Projects, Portfolio, and People By: Hackos, JoAnn T., PhD Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 26-DEC-2006 Insert Date: 14-JAN-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Information Development: Managing Your Documentation Projects, Portfolio, and People A revolutionary new resource that brings documentation product
management ideas up to dateThe 1994 bestselling classic Managing Your Documentation
Projects set the industry standard for technical documentation.
However, since then, much has changed in the world of information
development. With this new title, JoAnn Hackos looks beyond the
structured project of the 1980s and 1990s. Instead, she focuses on
the rapidly changing projects of the 21st century and addresses how
to introduce agile information development without neglecting the
central focus of planning information design and...
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183. |  Project Management with the IBM® Rational Unified Process®: Lessons from the Trenches By: R. Dennis Gibbs Publisher: IBM Press Publication Date: 27-JUL-2006 Insert Date: 13-AUG-2006 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management with the IBM® Rational Unified Process®: Lessons from the Trenches · Master
win–win techniques for managing outsourced and offshore
projects, from procurement and risk mitigation to maintenance
· Use
RUP to implement best-practice project management throughout the
software development lifecycle
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Overcome key management challenges, from changing requirements to
managing user expectations
The Hands-On, Start-to-Finish Guide to
Managing Software Projects with the IBM® Rational Unified
Process®
This is the definitive guide to managing
software development projects with the IBM Rational Unified Process
(RUP®). Drawing on his extensive...
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184. |  By: Rick A. Morris; Brette McWhorter Sember Publisher: AMACOM Publication Date: 18-AUG-2008 Insert Date: 23-JUN-2009 Slots: 1.0 |
The ultimate survival guide for dealing with even the most difficult projects.
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185. |  Project Management Step by Step: How to Plan and Manage a Highly Successful Project By: Richard Newton Publisher: Pearson Education Canada Publication Date: 01-JAN-2006 Insert Date: 05-MAY-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management Step by Step: How to Plan and Manage a Highly Successful Project The proven, practical guide to running a successful project,
every time
“This straightforward and insightful approach gives
results. It provides enough structure to ensure visibility and
reliable delivery without smothering you with paperwork. It's no
nonsense real change for the real world.” Matthew
Deardon, CEO, BT Directories
You’ve got an important project to run. You need to know
what to do, in what order, to make sure it all runs smoothly. You
want to come out of it with the desired result, and looking good.
This book is for you.
Project Management Step by Step is the proven,...
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186. |  By: Francis Marion Webster Jr. Publisher: Project Management Institute Publication Date: 01-SEP-2000 Insert Date: 28-AUG-2005 Slots: 1.0 | Former editor-in-chief for the Project Management Institute
(PMI®), Francis M. Webster Jr. refers to himself as "the Olde
Curmudgeon." After reading his new book, it is difficult to see how
this description applies. What Webster delivers in PM 101 According
to the Olde Curmudgeon: An Introduction to the Basic Concepts of
Project Management is insider information dispensed with a friendly
arm-around-the-shoulders approach.
This is a book of veteran do’s and don’ts,
generously shared with novice project managers. Webster’s
passion is modern project management, those aspects of the field
not...
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187. |  Power & Politics in Project Management By: Jeffrey K. Pinto Publisher: Project Management Institute Publication Date: 01-SEP-1996 Insert Date: 28-AUG-2005 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Power & Politics in Project Management
Power and politics have played an integral part in history since
the dawn of civilization. So it should come as no surprise to find
it today within the confines of your own place of employment. This
thought-provoking book sheds light on power and politics,
specifically in how they relate to effectively managing projects.
Since projects often exist outside the traditional business
structure, project management practitioners frequently have an
unstable base of power and must cultivate other methods of
influence. Power and Politics in Project Management offers you
something that is immediately...
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188. |  Sustainability Integration for Effective Project Management By: Gilbert Silvius; Jennifer Tharp Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 06-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sustainability Integration for Effective Project Management Although it remains one of the most significant challenges in recent years, companies are beginning to integrate the ideas of sustainability into organized projects such as marketing, corporate communications, and annual reports. In this case, sustainability remains an important influence on the initiation of project management. Sustainability Integration for Effective Project Management provides a comprehensive understanding of the most important issues, concepts, trends, methodologies, and good practices in sustainability to project management. The research and concepts discussed in this...
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189. |  The Project Management Question and Answer Book By: Michael W Newell PMP; Marina N Grashina PMP Publisher: AMACOM Publication Date: 10-DEC-2003 Insert Date: 09-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Project Management Question and Answer Book
What is it? Is it right for my organization? Will it save me money and time? Everything you need to know about project management.
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190. |  Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products By: Jim Highsmith Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 06-APR-2004 Insert Date: 11-SEP-2004 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products Please note - there is now a second
edition of this book available, with the ISBN of
0321658396.
“Jim Highsmith is one of a few modern
writers who are helping us understand the new nature of work in the
knowledge economy.”
—Rob Austin, Assistant Professor,
Harvard Business School
“This is the project management book
we’ve all been waiting for—the book that effectively
combines Agile methods and rigorous project management. Not only
does this book help us make sense of project management in this
current world of iterative, incremental Agile methods, but
it’s an all-around good...
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191. |  Project Management Accounting: Budgeting, Tracking, and Reporting Costs and Profitability By: Kevin R. Callahan; Gary S. Stetz; LynneBrooks M. Brooks Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 06-APR-2007 Insert Date: 06-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management Accounting: Budgeting, Tracking, and Reporting Costs and Profitability Praise for Project Management Accounting: Budgeting,
Tracking, and Reporting Costs and Profitability"You don't need to be a Six Sigma Black Belt or a CPA to
understand the principles and the practical tools presented by
Callahan, Stetz, and Brooks in Project Management
Accounting. Their approach focuses on sound financial practices
that will improve the ROI of your project whether it is your first
or your hundred-and-first experience."
—Barry Van Dyck, PhD
Director of Degree Programs, Executive Education, Mendoza College
of Business, University of Notre Dame"Project Management Accounting...
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192. | 
The Goals of Projects and Project Management Publisher: FT Press Publication Date: 01-FEB-2010 Insert Date: 02-MAR-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Goals of Projects and Project Management This Element is an excerpt from A
Manager's Guide to Project Management: Learn How to Apply Best
Practices (ISBN: 9780137136902) by Michael B. Bender. Available
in print and digital formats.
Projects in context: What should your
projects aim to achieve, and how can you help your project managers
achieve it?
Ultimately, both projects and project
management have only one goal: to add value. You, as an executive,
establish the values important to the organization. You then
communicate these values and establish a strategic plan to foster
and improve the organization along these values....
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193. |  By: Rob Thomsett Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 15-APR-2002 Insert Date: 14-MAR-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Radical Project Management Project management for today's complex, chaotic business
environments.
XPM: the first radically new approach to project management in
decades!
Designed from the ground up for today's high-speed,
fast-changing projects
Refocusing project management focused on people, relationships,
and adding value!
Innovative new XPM tools: how to make them work in your
organization
Traditional project management doesn't work any more: it's
inward-looking, static, and just can't respond to rapid, constant
change. Radical Project Management looks outward to
stakeholders, management, and...
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194. |  Project Management: Essentials By: Axzo Press LLC Publisher: ILT Publication Date: 01-JAN-2002 Insert Date: 13-MAR-2004 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management: Essentials
Axzo Press ILT manuals facilitate your learning by providing structured interaction with the software itself. It provides text to explain difficult concepts,
the hands-on activities are the focus of our courses. The basic approach of setting expectations, delivering instruction, and providing summary and review afterwards.
Coverage includes—
To use Axzo Press ILT manuals in
general.
To use course objectives to properly set your
expectations for the course.
Re-key this course after class.
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195. |  Managing eZ Publish Web Content Management Projects By: Martin Bauer; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 30-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 07-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Managing eZ Publish Web Content Management Projects
"Strategies, best practices, and techniques for implementing eZ publish open-source CMS projects to delight your clients
Tips and expert advice for the whole eZ publish web CMS project lifecycle
Learn about the requirements and success factors of an eZ project
Implement eZ publish projects successfully, efficiently, and effectively
In Detail
eZ Publish is an enterprise open-source CMS (content management system) and development framework with functionality for web publishing, intranets, e-commerce, extranets, and web portals.
In this book, Martin Bauer of...
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196. |  By: Axzo Press LLC Publisher: ILT Publication Date: 01-JAN-2002 Insert Date: 13-MAR-2004 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management: Basic
Axzo Press ILT manuals facilitate your learning by providing structured interaction with the software itself. It provides text to explain difficult concepts,
the hands-on activities are the focus of our courses. The basic approach of setting expectations, delivering instruction, and providing summary and review afterwards.
Coverage includes—
To use Axzo Press ILT manuals in
general.
To use course objectives to properly set your
expectations for the course.
Re-key this course after class.
...
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197. |  The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management By: Michael Greer Publisher: HRD Press Publication Date: 01-JAN-1997 Insert Date: 25-AUG-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management
If you want a concise distillation of all the essential tasks an effective project manager should be executing, The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management is the book for you. The author presents a performance support system based on the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge. It reflects the best practices in the emerging field of project management. The Manager's Pocket Guide to Project Management is a set of worksheets, guidelines, checklists, and other tools for use by novices to perform specific project management tasks in a step-by-step fashion....
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198. |  By: Trevor L. Young Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 28-JUN-2010 Insert Date: 15-JUL-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Successful Project Management
The role of project manager requires maintaining a balance between the demands of the customer, project, team and the organization. This provides a real challenge in the fields of time management and prioritization.
Successful Project Management will enable any manager to significantly raise the probability of success with their projects and contains practical and well-tested techniques. It covers project conception and start-up, managing project stakeholders, managing risks, project planning, project launch and execution, closure and evaluation.
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199. |  The Complete Idiot’s Guide™ to Project Management By: Sunny; Kim Baker; G. Michael Campbell Publisher: Alpha Books Publication Date: 13-OCT-2003 Insert Date: 08-JUN-2005 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Complete Idiot’s Guide™ to Project Management A revised guide for a growing field.
This fully updated and revised third edition complies with official
PMI and PMBOK standards and provides full coverage of the
discipline, tools, and processes of modern project
management.
New to this edition: updated examples for risk assessment and
expanded templates, logs, and forms for tracking and
analysis.
A fully updated and revised 3rd edition, with new templates,
forms, and examples
Complies with official PMI and PMBOK standards for project
management
More colleges and universities are offering courses and degrees
in...
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200. |  Practice Standard for Project Configuration Management By: Project Management Institute Publisher: Project Management Institute Publication Date: 01-JAN-2007 Insert Date: 03-SEP-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Practice Standard for Project Configuration Management
Most projects present teams with challenges relating to time, cost and scope. Careful management of these project elements allows projects to be completed successfully. In order to guide a project's direction, project managers utilize the process of configuration management. Project configuration management is the collective body of processes, activities, tools, and methods used to manage certain items during the project lifecycle. Configuration management is implemented to actively guide the direction of the project and support communication that will facilitate successful completion. Due...
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