"Finally a CM book for the rest of us " "Configuration Management" is a must-have book for anyone deploying CM within their organization. In "Configuration Management," you will learn: - What Configuration Management is - CM Lifecycle Management - Software CM - Hardware CM - Enterprise CM - How to establish a CM Program - How to write a CM Plan - The differences between CMMI, ISO 9000, PRINCE2, ITL - and so much more This handy desk reference is complete with acronyms and a glossary of popular CM terms.

It's late Friday afternoon and you have just been told by your boss that you will be the project manager for a new software development project starting first thing on Monday morning. Congratulations Now, if only you had taken some project management training... This book was written as a crash course for people with no project management background but who still are expected to manage a small software development project. It cuts through the jargon and gives you the basics: practical advice on where to start, what you should focus on, and where you can cut some corners. This book could help save your project... and your job

Practical Guide to Project Scope Management

"J2EE Simplified" is for project managers and other team members with little or no background in J2EE application development working on Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications.

By the end of "J2EE Simplified," you'll understand and be able to explain the J2EE application flow. The very simplistic examples will show you how to follow a user's request to log on to a Web site as it travels from the Web browser, through the Internet to a Web server, onto the J2EE application server where the Java Servlets, Enterprise JavaBeans, and JavaServer Pages executes, and then responds back to the Web browser.

"J2EE Simplified" goes beyond the basic theory of concepts like object-oriented analysis and design, object-oriented programming, Web technologies, and J2EE, explaining how to these technologies work together in a Web application.

The goal of this J2EE introduction is to provide a foundation for non-technical project members to use and build upon as they continue to work with these technologies.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Covering the latest version of this versatile project management tool, How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Project 2007 helps you maximize the software to organize work and people and ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget. You will learn how to set up projects, manage tasks and resources, track status, report project information, and much more. The book covers the standard as well as the professional editions, includes details on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. Work with the project calendar Create tasks and assign constraints, dependencies, and resources Estimate project costs Resolve scheduling problems and resource conflicts Establish project baselines Track schedule and cost information Create and customize project reports Consolidate projects and share resources Create custom fields, change the interface, and use macros

Best practices for managing projects in agile environments-now updated with new techniques for larger projects
Today, the pace of project management moves faster. Project management needs to become more flexible and far more responsive to customers. Using Agile Project Management (APM), project managers can achieve all these goals without compromising value, quality, or business discipline. In Agile Project Management, Second Edition, renowned agile pioneer Jim Highsmith thoroughly updates his classic guide to APM, extending and refining it to support even the largest projects and organizations. Writing for project leaders, managers, and executives at all levels, Highsmith integrates the best project management, product management, and software development practices into an overall framework designed to support unprecedented speed and mobility. The many topics added in this new edition include incorporating agile values, scaling agile projects, release planning, portfolio governance, and enhancing organizational agility. Project and business leaders will especially appreciate Highsmith's new coverage of promoting agility through performance measurements based on value, quality, and constraints. This edition's coverage includes: Understanding the agile revolution's impact on product development Recognizing when agile methods will work in project management, and when they won't Setting realistic business objectives for Agile Project Management Promoting agile values and principles across the organization Utilizing a proven Agile Enterprise Framework that encompasses governance, project and iteration management, and technical practices Optimizing all five stages of the agile project: Envision, Speculate, Explore, Adapt, and Close Organizational and product-related processes for scaling agile to the largest projects and teams Agile project governance solutions for executives and management The "Agile Triangle": measuring performance in ways that encourage agility instead of discouraging it The changing role of the agile project leader

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