Download or read book noprojects A Culture of Continuous Value written by Evan Leybourn and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-02-18 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today success comes from building products people love, creating loyal customers and serving the broader stakeholder community. In this thoughtful exploration on the future of work, the authors explore the past, present and future of the ?project?. And why, in today's fast changing & hyper-competitive world, running a temporary endeavour is the wrong approach to building sustainable products and how #noprojects is fundamentally changing the way companies work. The metrics by which we have historically defined success are no longer applicable and we need to re-examine the way value is delivered in the new economy. This book starts from the premise that our goal is to create value, for the customer, for the organisation and for society as a whole and shows how to empower and optimise our teams to achieve this. The authors draw on modern management approaches to provide proven techniques and tools for producing, and sustaining, creative products that go beyond ?meeting requirements?.

Download or read book Directing The Agile Organisation written by Evan Leybourn and published by IT Governance Ltd. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 1 looks at your role as a manager. How will your responsibilities change under Agile Business Management? What techniques can you use to manage your staff? Chapter 2 discusses your organisation’s relationship and interaction with its customers. What are their needs and goals, and how can you work together to achieve them? Chapter 3 provides the organisational context in which Agile Business Management operates. It discusses lean management structures and the techniques to manage different types of staff, teams and organisations. Chapter 4 looks at how you and your team work the “agile way” and describes tools and techniques to help optimise workflow, exploit change and manage customer requirements. The book closes with a look at associated financial models that support your Agile organisation, the processes you can use to run an Agile Business Management transformation, and the first steps to take towards that transformation.

Download or read book Presenting to Win written by Jerry Weissman and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty million presentations will be given today. Millions will fail. Millions more will be received with yawns. A rare few will establish the most profound connection, in which presenter and audience understand each other perfectly...discover common ground... and, together, decide to act. In this fully updated edition, Jerry Weissman, the world’s #1 presentation consultant, shows how to connect with even the toughest, most high-level audiences...and move them to action! He teaches presenters of all kinds how to dump those PowerPoint templates once and for all and tell compelling stories that focus on what’s in it for the audience. Weissman’s techniques have proven themselves with billions of dollars on the line. Thousands of his elite clients have already mastered them. Now it’s your turn! • What you must do to tell your story Focus before Flow: identifying your real goals and message • The power of the WIIFY: What’s In It For You Staying focused on what your audience really wants • Capture your audience in 90 seconds... and never let go! Opening Gambits and compelling linkages • Master the art of online Web conferencing Connecting with your invisible audience • From brainstorming through delivery Crafting the Power Presentation, one step at a time Named by FORTUNE Magazine as a "Must-Read" "Jerry Weissman makes the challenge of producing and delivering effective presentations delightfully simple. Read it and benefit!" Tim Koogle,Founding CEO, Yahoo! “A great read for all of us who have ever struggled with any aspect of our public speaking skills. Presenting to Win contains the same timeless techniques that helped me [18] years ago.” Jeff Raikes, former President, Microsoft Business Division, Microsoft Corporation, and CEO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation “Jerry is The Man when it comes to making great pitches. If your pitch doesn’t get a whole lot better after reading this book, something is wrong with you.” Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director and Chairman, Garage Technology Ventures, and bestselling author of The Art of the Start “Presenting to Win is the shortest path to applause for any presenter. It will be your bible for the PowerPoint Age. It’s loaded with easy actions and real examples that really work. I’ve used them. I know.” Scott Cook, Founder, Intuit

Download or read book Juran Institute s Six Sigma Breakthrough and Beyond written by Joseph De Feo and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-09-05 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Do you feel the victim of continual and unpredictable change? Do you face unrelenting competition? Is the time cycle of your product development too slow? Does your production function produce waste, delays, defects, and other excessive costs? If you've answered "yes" to any of these questions, you need this book Juran's Six Sigma provides a clear roadmap for organizational survival and renewal. Piecemeal improvements won't solve the problem--this book presents the Juran Institute's plan for sustained major improvement across the organization. * The first Six Sigma book to incorporate the Juran philosophy* Useful for implementation and certification for all levels of management * Follow the Institute's unique method for achieving and maintaining Six Sigma breakthrough--with no backsliding

Download or read book Continuous Digital written by Allan Kelly and published by Software Strategy Limited. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the digital world, the business is technology, and technology is the business. Agile software development was the first wave of process change for digital business. Now it is time to update management models and thinking. Continuous Digital sets out a new management model for digital business. A management model that takes Agile to the next level. Allan Kelly describes how software is omnipresent in digital business, how software is an asset and needs treating as such. He describes new management paradigms for the digital and agile age: - How dis-economies of scale not economies of scale rule software development - When planning delays action - How value changes over time - The lifecycle of stable value-seeking teams - Budget alternatives for funding software development Digitisation forces companies to rethink the way they organize themselves. This book offers a template for new businesses and new thinking on managing that work.

Download or read book From No to How written by Adam Mullett and published by Mullett Man Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-13 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "LEADING POSITIVE CHANGE ISN'T WRITTEN ON YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION, AND IT ISN'T TAUGHT IN SCHOOL, BUT IT MATTERS." From "No" to "How?": Get Buy-in and Lead Change is a how-to guide for professionals who want to learn to create positive change from where they are in any organisation. If you want to learn to lead change, this book shows you how you can improve the way things are and create lasting value in a way that will get you noticed. Subjects covered in the book include: • What change and innovation mean • How to identify valuable problems • How to generate ideas • How to get buy-in from others • How to co-create change • How to build momentum • How to sell the value you've created • Where to focus your effort • How to deal with failure • How to make a sustainable impact

Download or read book The Practitioner s Handbook of Project Performance written by Mark Phillips and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practitioners operate in a necessary reality. We work in a space where project performance is above theory or methodology. In the best environments, delivery and an affirmative culture are what matter most. In the worst, it is politics and survival. In any environment we are challenged to adopt best practices and adapt our style to the environment in which the project is occurring. This is a book about those best practices and practitioner experiences. It is a must have reference and guide book for project managers, general managers, business leaders and project management researchers. This book is the result of the hard work and dedication of more than 35 authors from more than 15 countries across four continents. It brings a diversity of experience, professional and personal. It includes practitioners, leading academics, renowned theorists and many who straddle those roles. The chapters cover experiences in software, large scale infrastructure projects, finance and health care, to name a few. The chapters themselves take many forms. Check out the table of contents to get a deeper sense of the topics included. All provide real-world guidance on delivering high performing projects and show you how to build, lead and manage high performing teams. The Practitioners Handbook of Project Performance is complete in itself. It can also be an enticing start to an ongoing dialogue with the authors and a pleasurable path to get deeper into the subject of project performance. Find your favorite place to begin learning from these chapters, to begin taking notes and taking away nuggets to use in your everyday. But don’t stop there. Contact information and further resources for this diverse team of experts authors are found throughout. The Practitioners Handbook is a modern guide to the leading edge of project performance management and a path to the future of project delivery.

Download or read book Building Design Capability in the Public Sector written by Lisa Malmberg and published by Linköping University Electronic Press. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public sector organizations are in need of new approaches to development and innovation. There is a need to develop a capability to better understand priorities, needs and wishes of public sector service users and become more proactive, in order to meet the demands on keeping costs down and quality high. Design is increasingly put forward as a potential answer to this need and there are many initiatives taken across the world to encourage the use of a design approach to development and innovation within public sector. In relation to this trend there is a need to improve the understanding of how public sector organizations develop ability to exploit design; how they develop design capability. This is the focus of this thesis, which through an exploratory study has observed the two initiatives aiming to introduce design and develop design capability within healthcare and social service organizations. One main contribution of this work is an understanding of the design capability concept based on a structured review of the use of the design capability concept in the literature. The concept has previously been used in relation to different aspects of designs in organizations. Another important contribution is the development of an understanding for how design capability is developed based on interpretations founded in the organizational learning perspective of absorptive capacity. The study has identified how different antecedents to development of design capability have influenced this development in the two cases. The findings have identified aspects that both support and impede the development of design capability which are important to acknowledge and address when aiming to develop design capability within a public sector organization. In both cases, the set up of the knowledge transferring efforts focus mainly on developing awareness of design. Similar patterns are seen in other prior and parallel initiatives. The findings however suggest that it is also important to ensure that the organization have access to design competence and that structures like routines, processes and culture support and enable the use of design practice, in order to make design a natural part of the continuous development work.

Download or read book Chaga written by Ian McDonald and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the trail of the mystery of Saturn’s disappearing moons, network journalist Gaby McAslan finds herself in Africa researching the Kilimanjaro Event: a meteor-strike in Kenya which caused the stunning African landscape to give way to something equally beautiful – and indescribably alien. Dubbed the ‘Chaga’, the alien flora destroys all man-made materials, and moulds human flesh, bone and spirit to its own designs. But when Gaby finds the first man to survive the Chaga’s changes, she realizes it has its own plans for humankind... Against the backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro, McDonald weaves a staggering tale of keen human observation and speculation, as the Kilimanjaro Event changes the course of the human race by exposure to something beyond its imagination. Note: Chaga was published in the UK under the title Evolution's Shore. REVIEWS "McDonald... consistently explores new territory with his breathtaking images and incisive language. Both form and substance blend fortuitously in a work that features strong characters, a suspenseful story, and a profound message of hope and transformation. A priority purchase for SF collections." – Library Journal "One of the finest writers of his generation, who chooses to write science fiction because that is how he can best illuminate the world." – New Statesman "...inventive and challenging... [an] often fascinating piece of speculation." – Kirkus

Download or read book Decolonizing Methodologies written by Linda Tuhiwai Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A landmark in the process of decolonizing imperial Western knowledge.' Walter Mignolo, Duke University To the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory. This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research - specifically, the ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of knowledge and tradition as 'regimes of truth.' Concepts such as 'discovery' and 'claiming' are discussed and an argument presented that the decolonization of research methods will help to reclaim control over indigenous ways of knowing and being. Now in its eagerly awaited second edition, this bestselling book has been substantially revised, with new case-studies and examples and important additions on new indigenous literature, the role of research in indigenous struggles for social justice, which brings this essential volume urgently up-to-date.

Download or read book Project Myopia Why Projects Damage Software NoProjects written by Allan Kelly and published by Allan Kelly Associates. This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Projects fail. Some say 40% of all IT projects fail, some say 70%. And it has been that way for years.Each project fails for its own reasons but they all share one thing in common: the Project Model. Could it be the project model itself which creates failure?In this tour de force Allan Kelly explains why the project model is a poor fit for managing software development. Working from industry recognized definitions of projects he describes how the model deviates from reality then goes on to discuss: Why focusing on time, scope, and cost damages software, creates goal displacement and reduces quality. How projects miss the bigger picture. Why maximizing value demands work across projects. When debt is good and how projects increase technical debt to the detriment of value delivery. The false projects and conflicts that arise when companies apply the language of projects to continuing work. Projects end. Successful software continues. Twenty-first century digital businesses want to continue and grow."In the book Project Myopia, Allan Kelly explains in lucid terms why the 'project' model is so unsuitable for most modern software development. In fact, he argues, using projects is actually damaging to business outcomes for organisations building and running software systems." Matt Skelton"Project Myopia is the book I wish I'd had years ago, because it clearly explains why projects are the wrong way to manage software development, from several perspectives." Peter Hilton"If you've ever seen Allan present at conference, you'll know he does this with a lot of energy, and that's how he writes too. It's a book you rattle through, feeling enthused, because of that - yes, we can fix all this stuff!"

Download or read book Lead Without Blame written by Diana Larsen and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed framework for leaders to move past outdated workplace blame and shame strategies to cultivate resilient teams capable of facing adversity and setbacks confidently. Workplace finger-pointing stifles creativity, reduces productivity, and limits psychological safety. Although no one sets out to be judgmental, learning new habits is hard. Two experienced leadership and agilists coaches share a road-tested leadership model that continuously embraces humility and failure as part of the growth process to deliver results. By facilitating blame-free retrospective meetings, leaders chart a productive path forward. They amplify three essential motivators of purpose, autonomy, and co-intelligence within their team. Layered on with four resilience factors: inclusive collaboration, transparent power dynamics, collaborative learning, and embracing conflict. After applying these strategies, learning leaders will help their teams and themselves become more resilient and better equipped to handle any unexpected and challenging tasks that comes their way.

Download or read book A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge PMBOK Guide Seventh Edition and The Standard for Project Management BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE written by Project Management Institute Project Management Institute and published by Project Management Institute. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PMBOK&® Guide is the go-to resource for project management practitioners. The project management profession has significantly evolved due to emerging technology, new approaches and rapid market changes. Reflecting this evolution, The Standard for Project Management enumerates 12 principles of project management and the PMBOK&® Guide &– Seventh Edition is structured around eight project performance domains.This edition is designed to address practitioners' current and future needs and to help them be more proactive, innovative and nimble in enabling desired project outcomes.This edition of the PMBOK&® Guide:•Reflects the full range of development approaches (predictive, adaptive, hybrid, etc.);•Provides an entire section devoted to tailoring the development approach and processes;•Includes an expanded list of models, methods, and artifacts;•Focuses on not just delivering project outputs but also enabling outcomes; and• Integrates with PMIstandards+™ for information and standards application content based on project type, development approach, and industry sector.

Download or read book Business Agility Journey written by Antonio Muniz and published by Brasport. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: > Written collaboratively by 48 people with high performance in the market, sharing experiences and real cases >Content reviewed by 16 executives experienced in diversified business transformation The Jornada Colaborativa is a community passionate about people and technology that writes books uniting diverse experiences of the co-authors and curatorship of the selected organizers to maintain the high standard of quality. Book royalties are reserved with the publisher to help purchase the copies we use at Summit Day and the proceeds are donated to underprivileged institutions (we donated R$ 137,000 to 12 institutions in 2019 and 2020). We congratulate the dedication of the organizers and co-authors to carry out this work and we thank the organizations that support the Summit Day to transform more and more lives. Antonio Muniz Founder of the Jornada Colaborativa and JornadaCast Carla Krieger Leader of the organizing and curatorial team Co-authors: Alexandre Cezilla Alexandre Conceição Ana Cláudia Rodrigues Antonio Muniz Arlete Lemos de Vasconcelos Atila Belloquim Bruno Camargo Carla Krieger Felipe Oliveira Flavia Lins Gabriel de Oliveira Guayçara G. Gonçalves Guilherme Santos Henrique C. Mariano Hermann Rego Isabela Gayno Jacqueline Viana Jennifer de Sousa Freitas Joaquim Torres Julieta S. Dienstmann Júnior Rodrigues Kelly Caldas Leonardo Menezes Luciana Sales Marcelo Fernandez Piñeiro Maria Heloiza Rodrigues Magrin Maurício Corrêa Mayra Augusto Santos Natália Manha Paulo Boccaletti Paulo Marcelo Paulo Vitor Soares de Oliveira Raphael Boldrini Renato Batista Roberta Kühleis Roberto Argento Rodolfo Colares Rodrigo Monteiro Ferreira Samantha de Oliveira Fernandes Samyr Feres Sada Simone Pittner Sonia Lopes Tatiana Feitosa Thayna Mesquita de Sousa Thiago Fernandes V. de Oliveira Vanessa Gonçalves Werther Krause Wesley Soares de Oliveira Review executives: Alexandre Cezilla Alexandre Conceição Ana Cláudia Rodrigues Ana Costa Analia Irigoyen Cezar Taurion Cristiano Barbieri Joaquim Torres Jorge Cordenonsi Marcelo Fernandez Piñeiro Paulo Marcelo Renato Batista Simone Pittner Victor Arnaud Walther Krause Werther Krause

Download or read book Software Estimation Without Guessing written by George Dinwiddie and published by Pragmatic Bookshelf. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estimating software development often produces more angst than value, but it doesn't have to. Identify the needs behind estimate requests and determine how to meet those needs simply and easily. Choose estimation techniques based on current needs and available information, gaining benefit while reducing cost and effort. Detect bad assumptions that might sink your project if you don't adjust your plans. Discover what to do when an estimate is wrong, how to recover, and how to use that knowledge for future planning. Learn to communicate about estimates in a healthy and productive way, maximizing advantage to the organization and minimizing damage to the people. In a world where most developers hate estimation and most managers fear disappointment with the results, there is hope for both. It requires giving up some widely held misconceptions. Let go of the notion that "an estimate is an estimate" and estimate for the particular need you, and your organization, have. Realize that estimates have a limited shelf-life, and reestimate frequently if it's important. When reality differs from your estimate, don't lament; mine that disappointment for the gold that can be the longer-term jackpot. Estimate in comparison to past experience, by modeling the work mathematically, or a hybrid of both. Learn strategies for effective decomposition of work and aspects of the work that likely affect your estimates. Hedge your bets by comparing the results of different approaches. Find out what to do when an estimate proves wrong. And they will. They're estimates, after all. You'll discover that you can use estimates to warn you of danger so you can take appropriate action in time. Learn some crucial techniques to understand and communicate with those who need to understand. Address both the technical and sociological aspects of estimation, and you'll help your organization achieve its desired goals with less drama and more benefit. What You Need: No software needed, just your past experience and concern for the outcomes.

Download or read book Project Risk Management written by Kurt J. Engemann and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing risk is essential for every organization. However, significant opportunities may be lost by concentrating on the negative aspects of risk without bearing in mind the positive attributes. The objective of Project Risk Management: Managing Software Development Risk is to provide a distinct approach to a broad range of risks and rewards associated with the design, development, implementation and deployment of software systems. The traditional perspective of software development risk is to view risk as a negative characteristic associated with the impact of potential threats. The perspective of this book is to explore a more discerning view of software development risks, including the positive aspects of risk associated with potential beneficial opportunities. A balanced approach requires that software project managers approach negative risks with a view to reduce the likelihood and impact on a software project, and approach positive risks with a view to increase the likelihood of exploiting opportunities. Project Risk Management: Managing Software Development Risk explores software development risk both from a technological and business perspective. Issues regarding strategies for software development are discussed and topics including risks related to technical performance, outsourcing, cybersecurity, scheduling, quality, costs, opportunities and competition are presented. Bringing together concepts across the broad spectrum of software engineering with a project management perspective, this volume represents both a professional and scholarly perspective on the topic.

Download or read book Make Your Business Agile written by Peter Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business Agility is an approach that gives the right business flexibility and fast decision-making in a volatile environment, providing a great capacity for innovation, adaptation and change. Businesses everywhere are trying to ‘get business agile’ – but it’s not easy to adapt to becoming this adaptive. How can conventional organisations succeed in this transformation? In this book, project and change management expert Peter Taylor walks you through the change process step by step, providing a tried and tested transformation roadmap: benefits are outlined, solutions to common challenges offered, and tried and tested methods and tools provided. He guides you towards a decentralised management style that offers more successful decision making through collaboration. By reducing processes, adjusting the governance and believing in ‘the power of the people’ to deliver simple success in a time of complex demand, the guidance in this book will help any manager get Business Agile.