Project Management Leadership

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.

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.

It's a sad fact that most projects fail - as many as 70%, according to one well-known study. Those failed projects cost billions of dollars. Perhaps they’ve even cost you or your company. You’ve hired certified project managers and implemented project management techniques, and yet you still don’t have the success you need. Bare Knuckled Project Management has the answer.

When you start a project, there are many phases that they must be conducted in the right way to complete it. If one phase of the project goes wrong, the whole infrastructure could be compromised (and this is certainly what we don't want to happen). For this reason, this guide's main goal is to teach you how to conduct the entire process of your project correctly to obtain the results that you want and the satisfaction of your client - through the Agile project management system.

Worried about another looming slump? Employ the kaizen ideology today to establish a successful “continuous improvement” mechanism in your business to save it and see dramatic improvements! If you’ve always wanted to increase productivity in your business and maintain the quality of products and services through a sustainable, continuous improvement of processes and products involving the lean and agile startup team, this book is for you.

All projects are inherently risky, and complex ones can potentially be the downfall for even the most experienced project manager. From technical challenges and resource issues to unrealistic deadlines and problems with your subcontractors, any number of things can go wrong. Fully updated, consistent with PMI® standards, and addressing “VUCA” (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity), this book remains the definitive resource for project managers seeking to be proactive in their efforts to guard against failure and minimize unwanted surprises.

In this book, we aim to simplify program management by providing a comprehensive guide that breaks down its core concepts and practices. We will illustrate how program management can be implemented in various industries and sectors, including construction, engineering, IT, and government. Our goal is to equip listeners with the knowledge and tools to understand program management. Whether you are new to program management or seeking to deepen your understanding, this book will provide you with a practical and accessible roadmap to demystify program management and help you succeed in your role.

You know you need to delegate some of your work so that you have time to focus on the things that require your expertise. But it's not easy to do.

Scrum is adaptive, efficient, agile, and simple. So, why are you struggling? Not all organizations that adopt the Scrum framework will have a smooth transition. Some may find themselves grappling with new concepts and new ways of doing things. The work process under Scrum is wildly different from the waterfall method, so even if Scrum is simple to understand, it can be difficult to master.

Todos tienen que enfrentarse todos los días a dilemas importantes: ¿Dónde hay que poner las prioridades y por dónde hay que empezar? Ahora ya disponemos de un método seguro para responder: el Sprint. El diseñador Jake Knapp creó este proceso de cinco días en Google, donde los sprints se empleaban para todo tipo de proyectos, desde el Google Search hastaGoogle X. En Google Ventures empezó a trabajar con Braden Kowitz y John Zeratsky y los tres han conducido más de cien sprints con empresas del sector de la telefonía móvil, del comercio electrónico, la sanidad, las finanzas y otros.

In Future Ready: Your Organization’s Guide to Rethinking Climate, Resilience, and Sustainability, a team of business leaders with deep expertise in engineering, planning, finance, project, program implementation and advisory consulting perspective delivers an essential guide for executives, managers, and other business and infrastructure organization leaders to set and implement a resilience, sustainability and ESG strategy in complex project and operating environments.

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.

RAISE Your Value is the ultimate guide to elevating Architecture and Engineering firms out of the trap of commoditization. Learn how to Uncover Hidden Value, Design a Winning Advantage, and Charge More. As your firm pursues business, your staff must navigate difficult conversations around fees and pricing every day. Pressures from existing and potential new clients to lower fees often force your team to give away profits and avoid asking for change orders to get the work and “be competitive.”

Design and construction industry practitioners collaborated to bring you Transforming Design and Construction: A Framework for Change, the first of LCI's Transforming Design and Construction series, to encourage discussion, learning, and experimentation around Lean processes. The short chapters focusses on various Lean topics. They are not designed as a "how-to" for Lean tools, but as a framework for learning and to guide you along your Lean journey.

As companies mature, their underlying growth naturally slows-this is called the 'growth curse'. It's a pervasive problem that plagues companies, CEOs, and board members alike. In order to safeguard a company's future, a strategic form of governance in which the board plays a more active role on behalf of all stakeholders, must be activated.

Leadership is not static. Instead, authority in projects shifts dynamically between project managers, individual team members, and sub-teams, depending on the situation. Leadership may be exercised through a vertical, horizontal, shared, or distributed leadership approach. However, balanced leadership ensures the best suitable approach is used in any given situation. Based on an award-winning global program of research studies, Balanced Leadership is a thorough investigation of balanced leadership in projects.

There’s nothing more frustrating than an unproductive meeting - except when it leads to another unproductive meeting. Yet every day millions of people conduct meetings - in person or online - without the critical understanding or formal training on how to plan and lead them effectively. This book offers a structured method to ensure that meetings will produce clear and actionable results. Meetings that are profitable and productive ultimately lead to fewer meetings. This book offers leaders a significant edge by

Many companies try to save money and underestimate the importance of project management. You know better than anyone else that project management is more than just quickly briefing your team during work. Even startups with small budgets invest in a project manager (PM) because it's no longer a secret that a skilled project manager can save companies 28 times more money since their output is more reliable.

Installing agile tools and practices won’t be enough to respond to rapid market change unless you lay the groundwork with six key enabling factors, identified by the United Kingdom’s leading agile consulting firm, Agile Centre. From years of experience certifying people in agile leadership, product ownership, and scrum mastery, Karim Harbott has created a model that will help your organization achieve all six factors required for success. This audiobook will help leaders get realistic about the scope of the changes needed in their organization and show them how to get started.

In The Trifecta of Trust, psychometrics and leadership expert Joseph R. Folkman has collected a mountain of compelling data to make the irrefutable case for the value of trust in leadership. Folkman’s life mission has been to provide accurate assessments for leaders to help them understand their effectiveness, impact on outcomes, and specific insights on what they can do to improve. Now you can discover the tools for increasing trust based on quantifiable results and have greater impact and effectiveness as a leader.