Scrum Masters, Project Managers, Agile Coaches, and Delivery Leaders: You're probably tired of being questioned, undervalued, dismissed. You know you're making a difference, but you're struggling to prove it to the people signing your paycheck. Layoff rumors aren't just whispers anymore - you're watching friends and colleagues lose their jobs ......
Projects do not fail because the plan was wrong. They fail because the people running the plan were not led with clarity, courage, and care. The Hidden Project Drivers shows why charts and status meetings are not enough in a world defined by speed and uncertainty, and it replaces control with leadership rooted in behavioral science and ......
A Modern Guide to IT Project Management: Agile Waterfall Approaches offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to managing projects in today's fast-paced and ever-evolving technological landscape. As organizations strive to innovate and remain competitive, effective project management has become an essential skill in both IT ......
Strategies for Successful Projects and Investments
Why do so many billion-dollar megaprojects fail, and how can leaders prevent it? Megaproject Development and Decision Making provides the answers. Drawing on decades of global leadership across energy, mining, refining, and infrastructure, Akin Oni reveals that the destiny of megaprojects is shaped not in execution, but long before, during ......
Aviation projects are high-stakes, high-risk, and highly regulated-yet existing project management standards often fall short of addressing their unique demands. As the field of project management evolves toward more conceptual and flexible approaches, aviation professionals are left without the concrete, process-driven guidance they need to ......
Quantum technology interest is accelerating for two key reasons: first, quantum technologies promise transformative capabilities. Indeed, quantum computing is seen as a strategic necessity by the world's leading economies. Second, experts unanimously agree that a cryptographically-relevant quantum computer will have the capability to break ......
The second edition of this comprehensive has been fully revised and updated, streamlining chapters and ensuring accessibility. Sustainability is now at the core of this textbook, showing students how projects can achieve success and create value for all stakeholders, ensuring projects for people, planet and prosperity. Key features of this edition include: * Sustainability Development Goal icons throughout highlighting where topics related to sustainability are covered. * New and expanded coverage of agile approaches, remote working, digitalisation, artificial intelligence and Industry 4.0. * Over 100 case studies from across different industries and countries such as Spain, Denmark, Qatar, Kenya, South Africa, Australia and Brazil. With an array of pedagogical features and complemented by supplementary online resources, this textbook is essential reading for students and managers undertaking a project management course at either the undergraduate or postgraduate level.
Information Technology Project Management: An Integrated Approach illuminates the crucial role of IT project management in delivering successful projects and aligning them with organizational goals. The book underscores that IT projects involve many complex, interdependent components and require careful planning and management to be completed on ......
Good project decisions result in successful careers and profitable companies. Bad decisions can be costly and cause operational downtime, may hurt employee morale, and impact customers and suppliers. Making a good decision has become very difficult because of increasing operating complexity and less marketplace predictability. Because of this: ......
