Download or read book Assessing IT Projects to Ensure Successful Outcomes written by Kerry Wills and published by IT Governance Ltd. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessing IT Projects to Ensure Successful Outcomes is a comprehensive reference guide that focuses on the assessment of IT projects. Organised into five main sections (Approach, Plan, Collect Information, Assess and Recommend, Package and Present), interspersed with case studies based on the author’s extensive experience delivering projects, the book provides exhaustive guidance on structuring and conducting an IT project assessment, from planning to presentation.

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Download or read book It Project Management Complete Self Assessment Guide written by Gerardus Blokdyk and published by 5starcooks. This book was released on 2017-09-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exclusive IT Project Management Self-Assessment will make you the assured IT Project Management domain Assessor by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any IT Project Management challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the IT Project Management work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every IT Project Management task and that every IT Project Management outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring IT Project Management opportunity costs are low? How can I deliver tailored IT Project Management advise instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerardus Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all IT Project Management essentials are covered, from every angle: the IT Project Management Self-Assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the business/project activities and processes so that IT Project Management outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced IT Project Management practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the uncommon elegance of the Self-Assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in IT Project Management are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access to the $249 value IT Project Management Self-Assessment Dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.

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Download or read book Success and Failure of IS IT Projects written by D. Laurie Hughes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the link between change and project management and how creating a closer alignment between these two methodologies can yield greater benefits and mitigate elements of failure of information systems (IS) projects. This study explores the underlying challenges and practicalities of closer integration of the two disciplines and asserts that such a successful change goes beyond the simple training of project managers in the practitioner context. Instead, it requires organizations to conceptualize the necessary challenges to realize the potential benefits of this recommended integrated approach. The integration of both project and change management has been advocated in existing research, but the challenges of moving from a current position of separate methodologies, different standards bodies and in some cases totally separate organizational structures, is a step change for many organizations. Change initiatives where good change management practices are implemented, can increase the probability of successful organizational change. The tasks of leading and sustaining change can be complex and often entail the interplay of multiple factors involving action by people at every level of the business. This book offers a guide that identifies the barriers and major challenges that may arise in the development of the closer integration of change and project management. With a better understanding of these issues, organizations can avoid such pitfalls when establishing their own integrated approach.

Download or read book A Guide to Project Monitoring Evaluation written by Gudda and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for students taking courses in monitoring and evaluation both in college and at the university .The outstanding feature of the book lies in its organization. The chapters are arranged in chronological sequence to correspond to the classic steps in monitoring and evaluation systems. By looking at the monitoring and evaluation steps, the reader is presented with a logical & integrated framework. The principles and ideas expressed herein are relevant to any monitoring and evaluation programme.

Download or read book Project Management written by Ofer Zwikael and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of 2020 PMI David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award This book is a complete project management toolkit for project leaders in business, research and industry. Projects are approved and financed to generate benefits. Project Management: A Benefit Realisation Approach proposes a complete framework that supports this objective – from project selection and definition, through execution, and beyond implementation of deliverables until benefits are secured. The book is the first to explain the creation of organisational value by suggesting a complete, internally-consistent and theoretically rigorous benefit-focused project management methodology, supported with an analytical technique: benefit engineering. Benefit engineering offers a practical approach to the design and maintenance of an organisation’s project portfolio. Building upon the authors’ earlier successful book, Project Management for the Creation of Organisational Value, this comprehensively revised and expanded new book contains the addition of new chapters on project realisation. The book offers a rigorous explanation of how benefits emerge from a project. This approach is developed and strengthened — resulting in a completely client-oriented view of a project. Senior executives, practitioners, students and academics will find in this book a comprehensive guide to the conduct of projects, which includes robust models, a set of consistent principles, an integrated glossary, enabling tools, illustrative examples and case studies.

Download or read book Construction Project Monitoring and Evaluation written by Callistus Tengan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will provide readers with an in-depth theoretical awareness and practical guidance on the implementation of an effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to ensure construction projects meet approved quality, cost, time and social sustainability objectives. The authors discuss the drivers, challenges, determinants and benefits of effective M&E implementation together with the theories and models underpinning construction project M&E practices. Further, a comparative overview of M&E practices in developed and developing countries is presented to elucidate the best practices. The book first conceptualizes M&E as a five-factor model comprising stakeholder involvement, budgetary allocation and logistics, technical capacity and training, leadership, and communication. It then presents an M&E case study on the Ghanaian construction industry before expanding on the idea of M&E systems as an effective tool for project performance and in optimizing a project’s contribution to society and the environment. The book further provides guidance on M&E practice for construction project managers, investors, professionals, researchers and other stakeholders and is therefore of interest to those in architecture, construction engineering, planning, project management and development studies.

Download or read book Systems Engineering Competency Assessment Guide written by INCOSE and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systems Engineering Compilation of 37 competencies needed for systems engineering, with information for individuals and organizations on how to identify and assess competence This book provides guidance on how to evaluate proficiency in the competencies defined in the systems engineering competency framework and how to differentiate between proficiency at each of the five levels of proficiency defined within that document. Readers will learn how to create a benchmark standard for each level of proficiency within each competence area, define a set of standardized terminology for competency indicators to promote like-for-like comparison, and provide typical non-domain-specific indicators of evidence which may be used to confirm experience in each competency area. Sample topics covered by the three highly qualified authors include: The five proficiency levels: awareness, supervised practitioner, practitioner, lead practitioner, and expert The numerous knowledge, skills, abilities, and behavior indicators of each proficiency level What an individual needs to know and be able to do in order to behave as an effective systems engineer How to develop training courses, education curricula, job advertisements, job descriptions, and job performance evaluation criteria for system engineering positions For organizations, companies, and individual practitioners of systems engineering, this book is a one-stop resource for considering the competencies defined in the systems engineering competency framework and judging individuals based off them.

Download or read book Developments in Engineering Education Standards Advanced Curriculum Innovations written by Rasul, Mohammad and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUMMARY.

Download or read book Project Planning Implementation and Evaluation A Guide for Nurses and Interprofessional Teams written by James L. Harris and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project Planning and Management: A Guide for Nurses and Interprofessional Teams, Fourth Edition serves as a primary resource for students developing and implementing clinical projects as a requirement for course completion. Additionally, the text also serves as a guide for faculty and preceptors who assist students in identifying clinical and management gaps as well as in initiating projects.

Download or read book The Doctor of Nursing Practice Project A Framework for Success written by Katherine J. Moran and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2023-02-15 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Doctor of Nursing Practice Project: A Framework for Success, Fourth Edition provides a road map and toolkit for students to use on their DNP scholarly project journey, starting from conception through completion and dissemination. With a focus on key information for planning, implementing, and evaluating a project, the text also emphasizes the impact that DNP-prepared nurses and well-developed DNP projects have in shaping the future of nursing and healthcare. The Fourth Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate the new AACN Essentials and provides greater clarity on the current state of DNP project work. This practical resource features new content on sustainability, knowledge networks, sequential projects, the need for business acumen, financial analysis and implications, the need to work with stakeholders, as well as the need to use data to validate the problem.

Download or read book Assessing Aid for Trade written by Mohammad A Razzaque and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2013-11-25 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aid for Trade (AfT) has been an integral part of official development assistance (ODA) since its inception at the World Trade Organization’s Hong Kong Ministerial in 2005. While many observers agree that the initiative has generated momentum in securing more trade support, the policy discourse on AfT continues to be vibrant and dynamic. This volume, comprising 16 chapters prepared by 20 renowned experts from a range of international organisations, think tanks and academic institutions, including Commonwealth Secretariat, ODI, ECDPM, DIE, ICTSD, Saana Consulting, WTI Advisors, and Columbia University, provides a comprehensive review of the Aid for Trade initiative. Part I of this volume uses quantitative and qualitative analysis to examine the effectiveness of different components of Aid for Trade and underlying factors affecting the outcomes. Part II provides analyses of current issues, including regional AfT, global value chains, infrastructure for development for agriculture, AfT adjustment and lessons from emerging economies in aiding exports. Part III looks to the future, proposing a range of possible directions including an alternative way to improve trade outcomes for developing countries from Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

Download or read book Independent Evaluation at the Asian Development Bank written by Olivier Serrat and published by ADB Knowledge Solutions. This book was released on 2007 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The CIPP Evaluation Model written by Daniel L. Stufflebeam and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book's chapters provide background on how and why the CIPP (Context, Input, Process, Product) Model was developed; a detailed presentation of the model; an explanation of the key role of an evaluation-oriented leader, who can decide what and when to evaluate; detailed presentations on evaluation design, budgeting, and contracting; procedures and tools for collecting, analyzing, and reporting evaluation information; and procedures for conducting standards-based meta-evaluations (evaluations of evaluations). These topics are interspersed with illustrative evaluation cases in such areas as education, housing, and military personnel evaluation"--

Download or read book Risk Based Quality Management in Healthcare Organization written by Dr. Akash Sharma, Ms. Vriti Gamta, Mr.Gaurav Luthra and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-08-09 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Risk-Based Quality Management in Healthcare Organization: A Guide based on ISO 13485 and EU MDR" is a comprehensive handbook that offers practical guidance for healthcare professionals to excel in risk-based quality management. It explores the regulatory landscape of the healthcare industry, emphasizing ISO 13485 and EU MDR as the foundation. The book provides a step-by-step approach to implementing effective risk assessment and mitigation strategies, ensuring compliance with international standards. It includes best practices to navigate risk management throughout the medical device lifecycle. The guide also addresses integrating risk management into existing quality management systems, conducting audits, and meeting EU MDR requirements. By mastering the principles in this guide, professionals can enhance patient safety, improve product quality, and achieve regulatory compliance. It is a valuable resource for healthcare professionals involved in device design, manufacturing, testing, and regulatory affairs.

Download or read book Evaluating the Superintendent written by Jarett Powers and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As local elections and other occurrences can transform a board and its direction, having a performance review cycle to ensure that all board members understand the philosophy undergirding the superintendent’s evaluation is critical to ensuring that all members of the governing board are operating within a similar framework and purpose as they approach the superintendent’s evaluation cycle. Acknowledging that superintendents have the potential to grow in their professional capacity, revisiting the philosophical underpinnings of the evaluation over time ensures that the process does not remain static. Each chapter within this text is designed to develop the basis for understanding the superintendent’s evaluation process to create opportunities for an open and continuous dialogue between superintendents and school boards. This book will support those charged with leading and governing public schools to implement effective evaluations for both school boards and superintendents that provide an objective and summative collection of the superintendent’s annual performance and his/her relative impact on targeted success within a given school year.