Project Management Leadership

We think that we fail in decisions because of our own faults. In Business Decisions: D - Side Practical Decision Making Business Guide, we see this is not the case. Many recent popular science books have gleefully shown how irrational we are in making decisions. However, that is not the main reason why we fail in our decisions. The real challenge is our failure to grasp the complexity in most everyday life problems.

Another failed project? You need these 100 project management pearls of wisdom to make the next one a success. In Six-Word Lessons to Avoid Project Disaster, you get 100 reasons why projects fail with an added bonus: The right questions to ask your team leads to help your project stay on track. Meant for the novice as well as experienced project manager, Six-Word Lessons to Avoid Project Disaster will help you ask the pointed questions to keep you in the know, ensure your team leads focus on the right things, and put your project in the win column.

Starting a software development project is easy…but finishing it? Successfully? Is a different story. Software CAN be developed that meets real needs, and its development can be both efficient and effective. But. You have to know what you are up against. You need to know what questions to ask and how to understand the answers.

The scrum framework is a simple framework for delivering projects. Although it is targeted towards complex projects, its principles can be used to ensure that any project or task is delivered on time. In scrum, delivering a project "on-time" means that those involved commit to and deliver a set of features by the end of a defined period called a sprint. When the product owner is happy that enough "sprints-worth" of features have been delivered he or she can make a decision to release the product.

Need to hone up those project management skills? Get 100 project management lessons to get smarter fast. Thirty years of project management wisdom on setting scope, budget, and schedule management, managing sponsors and stakeholders, getting the most out of vendors and consultants, creating high-performance teams, and much more! 

Creating the most efficient system for your business, development team, support team or any other organization can often be a game of trial an error. We spend years aiming to create efficient practices which meet the demands of our customers as quickly as possible without overspending our effort, time or money. Imagine if there was a system that helped optimize the effort of our teams to meet the demands of our customers.

Creating the most efficient system for your business, development team, support team, or any other organization can often be a game of trial and error. Imagine if there was a system that helped to optimize the efforts of our teams to meet the demands of your customers. In this book you will learn how the kanban system can do this. After you hear this guide, you will have an excellent foundation in this popular system and a great basis for helping others understand it.

With this guide, you can produce your own professional business plan without hiring a consultant. This is a fast, quick, and proven method of creating a business plan that will allow you to (i) approach potential investors, or (ii) show to stakeholders of the business - employees, banks, shareholders, etc.

If you’ve always wanted to increase productivity and efficiency by improving workflows and increasing your team’s ability to complete (more) work on time and as well as everyone’s comprehension of complex information such as task relationships but haven’t been able to figure out the best path to get there, keep reading...You are about to learn how to spot impediments in work progress visually, improve teamwork and communication between your team members and have a perfect workflow by leveraging the power of Kanban boards!

Loss prevention is necessary to protect a company's profit. We must identify the changes and the steps needed to fix the problem of loss, or make the loss prevention department identify what has worked at preventing loss compared with what has not worked at preventing loss. I solve the problem by using over 20 different professional resources and even a personal interview. This solution can be a model for all, and every retail corporation cited has been tested and researched in a scholarly fashion.

Knowledge Café is a process for creating, exchanging, and optimizing knowledge, whether face to face or virtual. This popular and practical knowledge management tool supports a culture where projects and innovation thrive.

In Fostering Innovation: How to Build an Amazing IT Team, accomplished technology strategist, executive, and leader Andrew Laudato delivers an eye-opening exploration of how to design, build, staff, and run a high-performing IT department. The book is filled with universally applicable strategies and techniques that can transform any IT team into an all-star cast perfectly aligned with your organization's objectives.

Have you always wondered what you can do to improve the team you work with? Do you wonder if there is a way to ensure the product is updated periodically to ensure the final product has all the features the stakeholder wants? If you answered yes, then this is the book for you. Most project managers and organizations throw the word Agile around a lot when working on software development. Little do they know that this project management methodology can be used to develop almost any product and used by any team with a deliverable. So, what are you waiting for? Grab a copy of this book.

Is your problem-solving methodology keeping your team in the Stone Age? This ultimate guide is your handbook for implementing the last problem-solving methodology you will ever need to learn. Lean Six Sigma can be applied to a business of any size, in any industry, and in any sector for dramatic growth of profits and customer base. Optimize your business now.

The ability to manage and recover from stress is crucial for resiliency and cognitive, medical, mental, and social health. Burnout is the enemy of productivity, creativity, and overall business success. Until recently, it was difficult for leaders to get reliable data on people's ability to perform at their best and understand levels of burnout within the business. The Heart(beat) of Business presents the science behind peak performance and how stress and burnout destroy people's health and devastate business outcomes.

Today’s workplace has evolved. Yet the strategies to empower employees and teams are still maturing. Getting the Job Done fills this gap by providing a practical framework to inspire teams and keep them accountable for ultimate success. Rather than impose a single method to make you a better project manager, Getting the Job Done gives a flexible strategy that will help you lead confidently, take advantage of all the perspectives on your team, and get the job done on time without having to sacrifice quality.

In an increasingly competitive and crowded marketplace, it's not uncommon for business leaders to stick to well-established approaches for growing their bottom lines. But what if those methods are actually bottoming out their businesses? In The 5-Day Turnaround, Jeff Hilimire uses his 20+ years of success in the entrepreneurial arena to teach leaders how to strategically embrace a startup mentality to create transformative growth for their companies. Told through the eyes of Will, a highly accomplished entrepreneur who's running a fast-growing marketing agency.

Project management is about amplifying the output of others and being the best version of yourself, as both a project manager and a human being. The knowledge contained in this guide provides information designed to transform old methodologies, introduce new ones, and rejuvenate proven practices for successful people management.

Running a business can be a joy and a pain. It all depends on how you handle it. Other factors that contribute to your success or failure may be the demand, the market, the numbers, accounting, and the nature of your brand or product. However, there are certain skills everyone should have. These are the basics for running a business. And you may think that everyone possesses these general abilities, but you might be surprised by how many people have no clue what they are doing, and they never stand a chance of making it work.

Ever joined a new team and found them resistant to your direction or ideas? Here are some great easy and creative approaches to get people engaged and moving along when they have stalled or are stuck in a rut.