Project Success

Nada es más inspirador que una ambiciosa visión que se convierte en una realidad triunfante: el Empire State Building pasó de ser un boceto a cambiar el skyline de Nueva York en tan solo veintiún meses. Sin embargo, la mayoría de las veces las grandes visiones se convierten en auténticas pesadillas: según las estadísticas, un asombroso 92 por ciento de los megaproyectos superan el presupuesto o el cronograma, o ambas cosas. Incluso los esfuerzos más modestos, como emprender un pequeño negocio, suelen fracasar.

Jennifer Dulski, the head of Groups at Facebook, and former president of Change.org, explains how you can turn your mission into a movement that creates change - whether you're at a startup or a political campaign, at a Fortune 500 company or a local community group, or an intern or a CEO. Anyone can spark change if they believe in the power of taking action, no matter where, or how small, they start. Dulski explains how to create a clear vision, inspire supporters, persuade decision makers, navigate criticism, and more.

Un guide pratique et accessible pour apprendre à utiliser le diagramme d'Ishikawa ! Le diagramme conçu par le professeur Kaoru Ishikawa est un outil précieux de gestion de la qualité qui distingue les causes et les effets d'un problème survenu dans une entreprise. Prenant la forme d'un poisson à arêtes, cette représentation graphique donne une meilleure visualisation de la hiérarchie des causes pour vous aider à identifier plus clairement les sources de la difficulté.

It’s Monday morning, you get to the office, and before you are even at your desk your boss tells you that once again the objectives of your project have changed and so has the deadline. You have been assigned as the manager of a massive company project and the challenges are just beginning.

AI-Powered Project Management: Merging Technology with Team Success by Mohammad Zaripour explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming project management. This guide provides a roadmap for integrating AI into project workflows, helping professionals enhance decision-making, optimize processes, and improve team collaboration.

Whether you’re a student, newly unemployed, looking to change the world, wanting to make your dreams into a reality, or simply tired of the same old scene, you need a way to get on and stay on the path to continuous success. The first volume in the Project: Limitless series provides just that. R.J. Tolson shows you a quick and practical way to get your feet off the ground and into success. You don’t need to be a genius or have a massive amount of money to help you take your first step into the pool of true success—only some time, a dream, and The Success Initiative.

Whether it's the great American novel or a groundbreaking new app, many people want to create a Big Thing, but finding the motivation to get started, let alone complete the work, can be daunting. In The Big Thing, New York Times business writer and editor Phyllis Korkki combines real-life stories, science, and insights from her own experience to illuminate the factors that drive people to complete big creative projects - and the obstacles that threaten to derail success.

Many project managers do not have the authority to direct the activities of people on their teams - they can only influence them. The most influential people succeed by focusing less on themselves and their message and more on others. They pay attention; they are brave; they are vulnerable; they are curious, and they look for and acknowledge the things that are important about, and to, the other person. And they model the behavior that they want to see. This book tells you how.

In the modern world of today with its attendant abundance of information, traditional time management skills just don't cut it anymore. Between the email inboxes full to bursting, ever-expanding to-do list, endless meetings that always seem to go nowhere, it's enough to drive a person insane. Unlike many other guides of this genre, this guide takes you by the hand on a 30-day life-changing productivity plan. By the end of this journey, you're going to become hardwired to deal with the challenges of a fast-moving world efficiently without breaking a sweat.

The guidelines and ideas in this audiobook are a result of my extensive project management experience. I have successfully managed, implemented, and delivered countless projects, including complex global infrastructure-based projects. As a project manager, I have overseen new and modification projects utilizing on-shore and offshore resources and third parties. Thanks to over 25 years of project management experience, I have extensive knowledge covering the entire life cycle of a project.

Written primarily for aspiring professionals who want to enter the world of agile project management and digital delivery, but lack the right knowledge or specific insights, this audiobook is an attempt to share my personal findings and summarize research made as part of becoming a professional Scrum Master. This includes plenty of my subjective yet educated opinions on a number of topics surrounding general theme of presenting yourself as the most appealing agile job candidate, providing advice on how to capitalize on your current professional background.

What is it about Napoleon Bonaparte that has led recognized leaders such as General George S. Patton to study his principles—and countless books on management and leadership to quote his maxims? What lessons can today's project managers and leaders learn from Napoleon's successes and failures? Napoleon on Project Management explores the key principles behind Napoleon's successes, the triggers that led to his downfall, and the lessons to be learned from his ultimate demise—and applies these lessons to modern-day project management and leadership at all levels.

Un guide pratique et accessible pour apprendre à "devenir un manager bienveillant". Le mot de l'éditeur : "Avec l'auteure, Karima Chibane, nous avons cherché à présenter aux lecteurs le management bienveillant, l'importance qu'il donne à la relation humaine dans l'échange professionnel et les changements qu'il implique pour la figure du manager." -Laure Delacroix.Ce livre vous aidera à : Découvrir le management bienveillant et ses implications ; Vous poser les bonnes questions pour savoir si vous êtes un manager bienveillant et congruent ; Appliquer des conseils concrets pour avoir la bonne attitude envers vos collaborateurs ; Et bien plus encore !

Business from the outside can make it seem like you've "got it all". Especially when it allows you to travel the world and live a life with choice. But what happens when two "twenty something" businessmen accidentally peel back the layers of the "filtered" lives they present to the world? What happens when they question things so deeply, they find there's no turning back from what they eventually discover about themselves? This is the side of business no one was meant to see. This is the side of 'success' we often try to hide.

In our society we hear a lot of about IQ. The general norm is that a person with a high IQ is bound for success. But is that necessarily true? Some are naturally gifted with the ability to solve problems and think of the fly. However, the ability to interact with others in social settings or in a work place truly overshadows those with a high IQ. But why is that? How can understanding other people’s emotions have a greater impact than a high IQ?

Many people struggle with remote meetings: a cocktail of factors, such as technical barriers and invisible group norms, increase the uncertainty and risk of the already vulnerable task of collaborating and sharing ideas. When remote meetings go badly, they go really badly. Few things feel as lonely and intimidating as speaking to a screen with unreadable faces staring back in silence. This book will help you improve the quality of your remote meetings.

In the fast-paced world of engineering, effective project management is essential for success. The Engineer’s Guide to Project Management: Practical Strategies for Success offers engineers a practical framework to navigate complex projects with confidence. This comprehensive guide merges technical expertise with strategic planning and leadership, providing actionable insights for each stage of the project lifecycle.

Communications Skills for Project Managers provides practical advice and strategies for ensuring success, even in the face of shifting organizational priorities, constantly evolving expectations, and leadership turnover. This important guide gives listeners the skills they need to keep everyone in the loop.

Ya sea que estés lanzando un cohete o planeando una fiesta de cumpleaños, las habilidades de gestión de proyectos son fundamentales para garantizar que todo salga a la perfección. Ahora más que nunca, las organizaciones buscan formas flexibles, rentables y eficientes de lograr sus objetivos, y la gestión de proyectos eficaz es la respuesta. No solo es una habilidad en demanda en casi todas las industrias, sino que también es una de las habilidades más transferibles que puedas adquirir.

Does it seem like you never have enough time to get everything done? Keeping on top of your tasks, deadlines, and work schedule can be daunting. Managing Time quickly walks you through the basics.