Download or read book The MBA Distilled for Project Program Professionals written by Bradley D. Clark and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certifications in project management are like birthdays: everybody has one. You need something more to distinguish yourself in this profession. This book is a practical guide for project and program managers who want to increase their skills by incorporating relevant theory, formulas, and tools from Master of Business Administration (MBA) curriculum. The book provides an overview of core classes taught in most MBA programs, but in a way that makes the material practical for project practitioners. Readers will learn new tools to improve critical decision making, formulas and techniques for making recommendations to leadership, and an assortment of theories for up leveling their project management skills.

Download or read book The MBA Distilled for Project Program Professionals written by Bradley D. Clark and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certifications in project management are like birthdays: everybody has one. You need something more to distinguish yourself in this profession. This book is a practical guide for project and program managers who want to increase their skills by incorporating relevant theory, formulas, and tools from Master of Business Administration (MBA) curriculum. The book provides an overview of core classes taught in most MBA programs, but in a way that makes the material practical for project practitioners. Readers will learn new tools to improve critical decision making, formulas and techniques for making recommendations to leadership, and an assortment of theories and techniques for up leveling their project management skills. The book concludes with a fresh and honest look at whether the reader would benefit from pursuing and MBA themselves.

Download or read book The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management written by Eric Verzuh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The all-inclusive guide to exceptional project management The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management is the comprehensive guide to real-world project management methods, tools, and techniques. Practical, easy-to-use, and deeply thorough, this book gives you answers you need now. You'll find the cutting-edge ideas and hard-won wisdom of one of the field's leading experts, delivered in short, lively segments that address common management issues. Brief descriptions of important concepts, tips on real-world applications, and compact case studies illustrate the most sought-after skills and the pitfalls you should watch out for. This new fifth edition features new case studies, new information on engaging stakeholders, change management, new guidance on using Agile techniques, and new content that integrates current events and trends in the project management sphere. Project management is a complex role, with seemingly conflicting demands that must be coordinated into a single, overarching, executable strategy — all within certain time, resource, and budget constraints. This book shows you how to get it all together and get it done, with expert guidance every step of the way. Navigate complex management issues effectively Master key concepts and real-world applications Learn from case studies of today's leading experts Keep your project on track, on time, and on budget From finding the right sponsor to clarifying objectives to setting a realistic schedule and budget projection, all across different departments, executive levels, or technical domains, project management incorporates a wide range of competencies. The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management shows you what you need to know, the best way to do it, and what to watch out for along the way.

Download or read book Project Control Methods and Best Practices written by Yakubu and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to know how to reduce financial wastage and cost overrun on projects and the applied best practices to enable project success, then this book is for you. This book reveals the many challenges of project control in practice and then provides practical good practices to overcome them. This is done by presenting a robust project control framework that includes several good practices to mitigate project control inhibitors and enhance the entire project control process. The core project control techniques and methods in practice and how to design an enabling environment for effective project control are also explained. The aim of this book is to expose the readers to several good practices which they can then apply confidently to enhance the success of their projects.

Download or read book Managing Projects With PMBOK 7 written by James Marion and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2022-08-26 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a simple explanatory guide for the layman that clarifies the ‘big picture’ of the PMBOK. The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), published by the Project Management Institute, provides a roadmap of performance domains designed to support project managers in all phases of project management. The sheer number of models, methods, and artifacts may leave project managers in a quandary about where to start and how to apply the many components. This book provides a simple explanatory guide for the layman that clarifies the ‘big picture’ of the PMBOK.

Download or read book Project Profitability written by Reginald Tomas Lee and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project Profitability explains why opportunities are not realized and offers a framework that will guarantee your teams identify projects that align with your strategy, calculate cash savings appropriately, and realize these cash savings upon implementation. Consultants and internal project teams often make substantial claims about the savings opportunities resulting from their projects. Most of the time, these claims do not come true. Project Profitability explains why these opportunities are not realized and offers a framework that will guarantee your teams identify projects that align with your strategy, calculate cash savings appropriately, and realize these cash savings upon implementation. Customers of consulting organizations can use this book to keep their consultants honest when savings are promised. Consulting organizations can use this book to help document the value their solutions bring, how much of that value can be realized, and what’s necessary to achieve it. If you are a consultant, you do not want to risk having your customer know the content of this book and challenge the value promise!

Download or read book The Portable MBA in Project Management written by Eric Verzuh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-07-21 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dies ist der Nachfolgetitel des erfolgreichen "The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management", von dem bislang über 70.000 Exemplare verkauft wurden. "The Portable MBA in Project Management" diskutiert die aktuellsten Themen im Projektmanagement und enthält Beiträge von allen führenden Autoritäten auf diesem Gebiet. Die Beiträge dieser Experten verknüpfen wichtige Ideen mit Originalmaterial und decken alle Trends, alle Themen und alle Aspekte des modernen Projektmanagement ab. Autor Eric Verzuh präsentiert eine Vielzahl von erprobten Techniken für das Managen einzelner Projekte und projektbasierter Unternehmen. Hier erfahren Projektmanager, wie sie die Kraft einzelner Projekterfolge miteinander verbinden können, um das Unternehmen so zu einem höheren Maß an Produktivität und Reaktionsfreudigkeit im Kundenkontakt anzuspornen. "The Portable MBA in Project Management" - der umfassende Ratgeber für erfolgreiches Projektmanagement und ein Muss für jeden ambitionierten Projektmanager. Eric Verzuh ist als Consultant für führende internationale Unternehmen tätig, darunter u.a. Adobe, Boeing, GE und Nordstrom.

Download or read book Shields Up written by Gregory J. Skulmoski and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The demand for cybersecurity expertise is growing phenomenally; enhancing cybersecurity project skills will boost technology professionals’ careers and improve organizational cybersecurity readiness. Shields Up: Cybersecurity Project Management provides an end-to-end framework tuned for cybersecurity projects. More experienced cybersecurity professionals will appreciate the innovative and lean elements of this approach. The reader is guided through the delivery, management, and optimization approach that increases the probability of cybersecurity project success. Cybersecurity project management in Shields Up brings together international frameworks such as the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework, ITIL 4 Service Management, the ISO 27001 Information Security Management, ISO 31000 Risk Management, and ISO 9000 Quality Management. A key benefit of this book is the reader can quickly apply the hybrid project management approach since it combines global frameworks already followed by cybersecurity professionals leading to successful projects. Never before has cybersecurity project management been so important.

Download or read book Greatness in Construction History written by Sherif Hashem and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are into construction project management, this book is certainly for you. This is creative non-fiction. Travel through times and spaces. Meet with historic world leaders. Work alongside the world’s greatest master-builders. Live the sights and sounds of ancient cities and construction sites. Discover the stories behind the greatest landmark buildings shaping the world skyline. Feel the genesis of great creatures and the moments they age or die out. Witness inaugurations celebrated by the entire universe. Hear the buildings breathe, laugh, cry, and at times suicide. Shed a tear for the martyrs of construction greatness. Moreover, if you are into construction project management, this book is certainly for you. It includes a bulk of Agile, PMBOK© Guide, and Design-Build project management lessons learned extracted right from the stories of a host of the greatest projects in human history. Enjoy!

Download or read book When Graduation s Over Learning Begins written by Roger Forsgren and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What They Didn’t Teach You in School: Lessons for STEM Students and Professionals Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education has been described as, “drinking from a firehose.” STEM students are required to absorb an overwhelming amount of technical information before they can earn their undergraduate degrees. But it takes more than a thorough understanding of math, science, and engineering concepts to become successful in today’s job market. NASA’s former Chief Knowledge Officer, Roger Forsgren, was responsible for training the agency’s technical workforce and provides critical lessons learned for STEM students and graduates to build successful careers as they compete in today’s workplace. Being an introvert in an extroverts’ world: You may certainly be the smartest person in the room but that may not be enough to convince a client, make a persuasive presentation, or effectively manage others. Learn how to remain in your comfort zone yet still make a compelling impact by becoming an ambivert. Communication Skills: How to get your point across and express yourself in a cogent, concise manner. How to make yourself heard, and respected, in a group of experienced professionals. Critical Thinking: Avoid jumping to conclusions by training yourself to look beyond the obvious for the real clues to a problem or situation. Ethics: STEM professionals possess unique skills, but such technical expertise also requires a sense of personal responsibility ensuring your talents are being put to the best use for yourself and for society. Case studies have proven to be valuable learning tools and Roger Forsgren includes twelve compelling historical case studies that demonstrate the critical knowledge needed for STEM students as they progress through their careers.

Download or read book The Inner Building Blocks written by Abhishek Rai and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2022-05-06 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agile is the ability to quickly and naturally adapt to respond to changes. Most companies are inherently fragile and not agile – when they are hit by new developments, shifting consumer behavior or fast-moving competition, they struggle and even cease to exist! Inner Building Blocks is a novel about Neil Frost, a Director of Digital Transformation and Agile Centre of Excellence at Walkers Mart. The company is already grappling with a failing transformation and on the verge of bankruptcy when COVID-19 strikes! Sid, the Coach instils constructive discomfort through a series of probing questions to: Rethink agility and reimagine the future of work with hybrid operating models. Launch a series of experiments to reinvent the Building Blocks (e.g., strategy, talent, culture, structures, practices and digital technologies). Discover twenty-six solutions to embrace lean-agile mindset for strategic agility. Could the company survive amid the global pandemic and ensuing supply chain challenges? A compelling storytelling approach and provocative dialogues provide relatable context to adopt the concepts. The principles and techniques are delicately camouflaged within the underlying characters, their conversations and situations.

Download or read book Operations and Cash Management Series written by Reginald Tomas Lee and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2022-08-08 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now you can own all of Reginald's books in one convenient set! Lies, Damned Lies, and Cost Accounting Business leaders rely on accounting data such as profit and calculated costs as a guide to whether they are making money. Should they? Accounting was designed to report financial performance not model cash flow. Accruals can disconnect cash flow from the timing and extent to which it occurs. Statements of cash flow do not provide insight into what was bought and how efficiently it was used. Costs and profits are not absolute, they change based on the model you use to calculate them. To manage cash, you must manage what you buy and how effectively you use it. The largest expenditure for most companies is capacity; space, labor, materials, equipment, and technology. Unless you model and manage capacity effectively, you will not achieve the cash flow results you seek. This book introduces capacity management, describes cash flow dynamics, and offers ideas about how to manage both. After reading it, you be able to see, understand, and manage cash flow as never before. Strategic Cost Transformation Your product costs $2.86 to make. What does the number tell you about your operations, how effectively they were run, demand, or how much money you spent on capacity? Nothing. Shouldn’t you know? Accounting information creates a limited picture of operations and true cash performance. Strategic Cost Transformation offers a new framework, business domain management, which creates a comprehensive picture of your organization for improved cash based decision-making. Project Profitability Consultants and internal project teams often make substantial claims about the savings opportunities resulting from their projects. Most of the time, these claims do not come true. Project Profitability explains why these opportunities are not realized and offers a framework that will guarantee your teams identify projects that align with your strategy, calculate cash savings appropriately, and realize these cash savings upon implementation. Customers of consulting organizations can use this book to keep their consultants honest when savings are promised. Consulting organizations can use this book to help document the value their solutions bring, how much of that value can be realized, and what’s necessary to achieve it. If you are a consultant, you do not want to risk having your customer know the content of this book and challenge the value promise!

Download or read book Cybersecurity Training written by Gregory J. Skulmoski and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizations face increasing cybersecurity attacks that threaten their sensitive data, systems, and existence; but there are solutions. Experts recommend cybersecurity training and general awareness learning experiences as strategic necessities; however, organizations lack cybersecurity training planning, implementation, and optimization guidance. Cybersecurity Training: A Pathway to Readiness addresses the demand to provide cybersecurity training aligned with the normal flow of IT project delivery and technology operations. Cybersecurity Training combines best practices found in standards and frameworks like ITIL technology management, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO risk, quality and information security management systems, and the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Trainers will appreciate the approach that builds on the ADDIE model of instructional design, Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Thought, and Kirkpatrick’s Model of Evaluation, a trilogy of training best practices. Readers learn to apply this proven project-oriented training approach to improve the probability of successful cybersecurity awareness and role-based training experiences. The reader is guided to initiate, plan, design, develop, pilot, implement and evaluate training and learning, followed by continual improvement sprints and projects. Cybersecurity Training prepares trainers, project managers, and IT security professionals to deliver and optimize cybersecurity training so that organizations and its people are ready to prevent and mitigate cybersecurity threats leading to more resilient organizations.

Download or read book The Agile Enterprise written by David Asch and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of eminent software developers gathered at a Colorado ski lodge in 2001, codifying The Agile Manifesto, a philosophy for efficiently accomplishing technical work. In this accessible, real-world-example-laden, and unexpectedly entertaining book, The Agile Enterprise explains how to apply The Agile Manifesto's ideas company-wide. The wisdom imparted in The Agile Enterprise teaches students to decompose large problems into manageable chunks, helps managers find their value among self-managing teams, and enables executives to measure and recognize success in their own Agile Enterprises.

Download or read book The AMA Handbook of Project Management written by Paul C. Dinsmore and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-read for any project management professional or student. Projects are the life blood of any organization. Revised to reflect the latest changes to A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R)) and the Project Management Professional Exam(R), the fourth edition of The AMA Handbook of Project Management provides readers with a clear overview of a complex discipline. Covering everything from individual projects to programs and strategic alignment, it addresses: Project initiation and planning Communication and interpersonal skills Scheduling, budgeting and meeting business objectives Managing political and resource issues Implementing a PMO Measuring value and competencies. The book compiles essays and advice from the field's top professionals and features new chapters on stakeholder management, agile project management, program management, project governance, knowledge management, and more. Updated with fresh examples, case studies and solutions to specific project management dilemmas, it remains an essential reference to the critical concepts and theories all project managers must master.

Download or read book EMBA written by Jason A. Price and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for employees and employers: Stay fully employed and graduate in two years! The Executive MBA is designed for working professionals who wish to receive a fully accredited MBA within two-years while maintaining full time employment. This book is written for career minded working professionals employees and employers who have chosen to gain several years of work experience before returning to the classroom and value professional development. The Ideal EMBA candidate is between the ages of 28 and 55 and feels it is time to augment work with a highly practical and hands-on graduate business education. Students network with the best and the brightest and course work may include international consulting projects. The Executive MBA teaching method merges business school with professional work experience. With An Insider's Guide, learn the employee perspective by getting inside the classroom and see why each year more than 5,000 graduates choose the Executive MBA over the traditional full-time and part-time MBA. Join an ambitious classroom of managers, vice presidents, executives, doctors, and lawyers from corporate and non profit, many who are parents, including working mothers. Learn the different types of MBA sponsorship and how to secure funding from your employer. Read how the program is customized to help you reach your professional goals and get you on fast-track to executive status. Chapters include detailed reviews of the unique executive educational delivery method, important program facts, tips on balancing work with school, with special sections for doctors, lawyers, and women considering a graduate business degree. The book provides guidance on the application process, helpful questions during the interview, sample essays and helpful tips for financial sponsorship. Take the EMBA self-assessment to determine if the Executive MBA is right for you. Read first hand accounts from EMBA graduates, faculty, and administrators representing top MBA programs. The Insider's Guide is ideal for employers and career professionals who want to understand, value, and institutionalize a corporate sponsorship program. The book describes various forms of corporate sponsorship and teaches best practices on using the EMBA as a tool for professional development and to identify, recruit, and retain top employees. An Insider's Guide offers guidelines on setting up a corporate sponsorship program based on the best practices of many top companies. Equally important, the book details an entirely new form of corporate sponsorship that helps employers protect the corporate sponsorship investment while still supporting its employees. Read from employers, hiring managers, and human resource officers of non profits to major corporations on why they sponsor their employees and hire graduates of the Executive MBA. The Insider's Guide also includes a comprehensive EMBA directory that profiles over 180 US and International schools. Graduate business school is a serious investment for both employees and employers. Get all the facts, know all your options and use An Insider's Guide to help make the right decision for your professional career and learn its competitive advantage to the company. Order now and learn more about the EMBA by visiting www.embaworld.com.

Download or read book Integrated Project Management written by Bruce T. Barkley and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2010-05-12 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for a wide scope of professionals (engineers, accountants, researchers, information technology specialists, telecom workers) who are tasked with implementing multi-departmental projects A must-have for the 40,000 candidates who take the Project Management Professionals exam each year