Project Leadership

Sometimes people dive into new projects because they really want to make some money or to "get something going". They put pressure on themselves to start a project mainly for the sake of trying to create some forward momentum. While forward momentum can be a beautiful thing, I would actually recommend against this approach. Usually when I see people try to motivate themselves like this, their projects fizzle out.

Niemand könnte ein Praxisbuch schreiben, das anschaulicher erklärt, welche großen Herausforderungen Unternehmen mit Scrum bewältigen können, als die Erfinder der Methode selbst. Anhand zahlreicher Beispiele aus Branchen, die disruptiven Veränderungen ausgesetzt sind - wie Bosch, Saab oder der Ölförderer Schlumberger - verdeutlicht Sutherland die positive Kraft von Scrum. Denn diesen Unternehmen ist es gelungen, ihre Leistungsfähigkeit zu erhöhen, bessere Zahlen zu schreiben und ihre Zukunft selbst zu gestalten.

Healthcare is a big business and is only continuing to grow. Because of this, technology must adapt and transform to meet the needs of the public. Failed healthcare IT projects are nothing new. However, they surely are something that can be learned from. In every failure is a lesson that can be used for a future project - a lesson that can help to save, or better, someone else's life.

Every one of the parties working on a project has their own interests, which many times are conflicted with the interests of the project itself. Nothing affects the progression of projects more than this conflict of interests, and yet, the theory of project management disregards it entirely. The Manager’s Dilemma is a groundbreaking project management book. It explains why the Critical Path and the Critical Chain methods fail time and time again, and paves a new road to project efficiency improvement, through the Theory of Constraints and Game Theory.

Few things are as fundamental in business as communication. At a time when routines are being displaced by automation and everything is just "a project," employees often feel uninformed, and companies feel like piles of chaos. Face-to-face meetings, emails, and phone calls are holding the enterprise together in a makeshift way, as if tied together with twine. Internal politics is not only the order of the day, but a fundamental tool for effectiveness. Board members as well as employees who simply want to get meaningful work done are becoming more and more frustrated.

The IT world is fascinating inside and out. Every year, new technologies come to the market to much appeal and praise, from phones to computers to cybersecurity programs. However, what people do not see covered in the press as much are the IT projects that do not make it big. A realty of the technology world is that projects fail every year - many projects. Furthermore, government entities, who one would think had all tools necessary to launch a successful IT project, have a long list of failed IT projects.

This book is crafted to serve as a comprehensive guide for aspiring and seasoned IT project managers. It delves into the core aspects of project management, offering practical advice, insights, and strategies drawn from real-world experiences. It primary focus is on A Day in the Life of a Project Manager. Other subsequent books in this series will touch on different aspect of project management principles.

Many companies have attempted to implement popular methodologies (think Six Sigma, Agile, SCRUM, etc.) in a bid to enhance communication with remote workforces and technical vendor teams.

This book has been deliberately written in straightforward, jargon-free language understandable by anyone with even a modest background in business. It’s designed to show you how to manage projects of all types, small or large, local or global, in-person or digital, for any kind of organization. I want it to be your toolbox - and I’m looking at you, engineers, software developers, managers, and teachers. Your toolbox is what you go to without thinking, knowing it has the thing you need, and knowing, too, where to find it.

Das Hörbuch zum Bestseller, gesprochen vom Autor, Ronald Hanisch, selbst. Projekte erreichen selten ihr Ziel: Sie dauern zu lange, sprengen das Budget, bieten nicht die versprochene Qualität. Die neuen Führungskräfte haben sich vom Projektmanagement der alten Schule verabschiedet. Sie arbeiten schneller, vernetzter, mobiler, erfolgreicher. Ronald Hanisch hat bereits zahlreiche Projekte mit der neuen Generation durchgeführt.

Juggling all the tasks and resources you need to make a project run smoothly can seem like an onerous task—from engaging with stakeholders and scoping out the full specification of the project, through to keeping a rein on costs and sticking to schedules. Manage Projects Successfully offers calm and practical advice to help you with setting priorities, communicating with others, monitoring progress and dealing with unexpected events.

Arbeiten in agilen Teams und flachen Hierarchien ist toll und schafft Freiräume, die in klassischen Strukturen oft fehlen. Dass in agilen Strukturen zugleich große Herausforderungen lauern können, erfahren Mitarbeiter*innen und Führungskräfte spätestens dann, wenn Entscheidungen getroffen werden müssen. Wen beziehe ich ein, wen nicht? Welche Aspekte müssen berücksichtigt werden? Und nicht zuletzt: Darf, kann und sollte ich das überhaupt selbst entscheiden?

Seja você um líder novato ou um executivo experiente, é fundamental saber conduzir reuniões eficazes–e até mesmo agradáveis! Talvez você não esteja se preparando adequadamente ou tenha dificuldade de prender a atenção das pessoas.

Die Ernüchternde Wahrheit: 75 Prozent aller Projekte scheitern, sind nicht on time fertig, übersteigen das Budget oder verfehlen das Projektziel. Das bedeutet, dass von jedem für ein Projekt ausgegebenen Euro, 75 Cent rausgeworfenes oder ineffizientes Geld sind! Wilfried Reiter zeigt, welche Projektplanungsmethoden wirksam sind, wie man sich gegen falsche Vorstellungen von Auftraggebern und Kunden zu Wehr setzt und sein Projekt doch noch erfolgreich ans Ziel bringt. Wilfried Reiter ist selbständiger Trainer und hat 1999 zusammen mit seiner Frau das Unternehmen in2ition gegründet.

Bücher über Projektmanagement gibt es jede Menge - doch seltsamerweise keines über das Thema, das Projektmanager am brennendsten interessiert: Wie kann ich meine akute Projektkrise lösen? Klaus D. Tumuscheit bietet dem gestressten Projektmanager die nötigen Werkzeuge. Tumuscheits 33 praxiserprobte Erste-Hilfe-Massnahmen lösen jene 33 Projektprobleme, an denen Projektmanager immer wieder verzweifeln, wie zum Beispiel: "Unsere Termine sind nicht zu schaffen!", "Die da oben wissen nicht, was sie wollen!", "Wir kriegen kein Budget!", "Der Papierkram stiehlt meine Zeit!", "Unser Chef funkt ständig dazwischen!".

70 bis 80 Prozent aller Projekte scheitern, werden schöngeredet oder in aller Stille begraben. Von den wenigen, die durchkommen, liegen die meisten weit über Budget, hinter dem Zeitplan, dem Markt und den Ergebniserwartungen zurück. Weshalb erreichen Projekte trotz kompetenter Projektleiter und engagierter Projektteams so selten vollständig ihr Ziel? Warum geht so vieles schief, obwohl sich so viele Mühe geben? Vielleicht ist Ihnen auch schon der leise Verdacht gekommen: Jemand sabotiert die Projekte!

This audiobook includes two manuscripts, Machine Learning and Agile Project Management. Machine learning is vital to the world of information technology. While many people may have no idea what machine learning is, they probably use it in their daily lives. Agile project management has grown in popularity over the past several years. Those that have implemented the agile strategies you will learn in this audiobook are the ones that will be around for years to come.

Management is understood in different ways by different people. Economists regard it as a factor of production. Sociologists see it was a class or group of persons, while practitioners of management treat it as a process. For our understanding, management may be viewed as what a manager does in a formal organization to achieve objectives. It is called by Mary Parker Follet "the art of getting things done through people”. This definition throws light on the fact that managers achieve organizational goals by enabling others to perform rather than performing the tasks themselves.

Do you want to manage projects more effectively? Do you want to increase your team’s productivity, collaboration, and deliver business value sooner? Scrum is the leading Agile methodology used by Fortune 500 companies and is transforming businesses everywhere. In this ever-changing world of customer expectations and new technologies, businesses need to be Agile to get ahead and stay there. With Scrum, you can be ready to adapt to the inevitable change.

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