Agile may be the best-kept management secret on the planet and if you want a quickstart introduction, then Agile NOW is essential reading. Agile is a different way of thinking that’s steeped in common sense and produces immediate results. That’s why there’s a quiet revolution going on.

Agile will help you design better products, get faster results, cut down costs, and keep improving as you go. With a simple system called The Golden Triangle - Prioritising, Time Boxing and Change Management - you can hit the ground running and get started immediately.

Agile NOW is slim, accessible and easy to dip into - yet covers all the essential theory and provides practical advice. Agile is for everyone - from one-person start-ups to multinationals – the promise of quicker, cheaper, better has universal appeal. Agile NOW shows you how to get going fast at minimal cost.

Get up to speed on Microsoft Project 2013 and learn how to manage projects large and small. This crystal-clear book not only guides you step-by-step through Project 2013's new features, it also gives you real-world guidance: how to prep a project before touching your PC, and which Project tools will keep you on target. With this Missing Manual, you'll go from project manager to Project master.

The important stuff you need to knowLearn Project 2013 inside out. Get hands-on instructions for the Standard and Professional editions.Start with a project management primer. Discover what it takes to handle a project successfully.Build and refine your plan. Put together your team, schedule, and budget.Achieve the results you want. Build realistic schedules with Project, and learn how to keep costs under control.Track your progress. Measure your performance, make course corrections, and manage changes.Create attractive reports. Communicate clearly to stakeholders and team members using charts, tables, and dashboards.Use Project's power tools. Customize Project's features and views, and transfer info via the cloud, using Microsoft SkyDrive.

Microsoft Project is brimming with features to help you manage any project, large or small. But learning the software is only half the battle. What you really need is real-world guidance: how to prep your project before touching your PC, which Project tools work best, and which ones to use with care. This book explains it all, helping you go from project manager to project master.Get a project management primer. Discover what it takes to handle a project successfully Learn the program inside out. Get step-by-step instructions for Project Standard and Project Professional Build and refine your plan. Put together your team, schedule, and budget Achieve the results you want. Build realistic schedules, and learn how to keep costs under control Track your progress. Measure your performance, make course corrections, and manage changes Use Project's power tools. Customize Project's features and views, and transfer info directly between Project and other programs

This comprehensive study guide delivers complete coverage of every topic on the CompTIA Project+ exam Take the challenging CompTIA Project+ (Exam PK0-005) with complete confidence using the detailed information contained in this highly effective self-study guide. You will get clear explanations of every topic on the test along with special elements that reinforce and teach practical skills, step-by-step exercises, exam tips, and notes. The book serves both a powerful exam preparation tool and an ideal on-the-job reference. Written by an expert in the field, CompTIA Project+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide (Exam PK0-005) offers complete coverage of every topic on the test and features accurate practice questions. You will get coverage of IT project life cycles, project roles, and the skills necessary to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor and close a project. Sidebars throughout offer real-world insights and practical applications, and end-of-chapter summaries and review questions aid in retention. Delivers 100% coverage of all objectives for the CompTIA Project+ certification exam Contains a discount code for 10% off of the exam Online content includes 180 practice questions, video training, and downloadable worksheets and templates

Many successful project managers are beginning to utilize Microsoft SharePoint to drive their projects and operational initiatives. SharePoint Server provides teams with a centralized location for project information and facilitates collaboration between project team members. The intention of this book is to provide a hands-on case study that you can follow to create a complete project management information system (PMIS) using SharePoint Server 2010.
What you'll learn Create custom lists and content types Handle incoming emails Use web parts to customize your SharePoint portal Implement key performance indicators (KPIs) Integrate Excel charting capability Build a state machine workflow Create custom forms using InfoPath Develop a simple approach for prioritizing requirements Provide tools for managing agile development (sprints, backlog, burn down, etc.) Communicate development and testing metrics Who this book is for

This book is intended primarily for project managers and IT professionals that would like to leverage Microsoft's SharePoint technologies to help manage projects within their organization. Also, developers who are responsible for implementing a PMIS will find this book invaluable. Most of the projects presented in this book can be implemented without writing any code. Table of Contents Introduction Collecting Requirements Processing Incoming E-mail Managing Requirements Supporting Discussions User Stories Project Backlog Iteration Backlog Burndown Charts Getting Organized Creating Test Cases Reporting Defects Testing Metrics Workflow Tasks State Machine Workflows Creating Custom Forms

Create project plans that make the most of your money and time

Get your projects on track, manage resources, and share information online

Project 2007 helps you keep your projects on track by providing sophisticated tools for building task outlines and important timing relationships; efficiently assigning people, cost, and material resources; and keeping everyone and everything on schedule. Get an overview of the benefits of Project Server and Project Web Access for communicating with your team and managing your project online.

All this on the bonus CD-ROMTools for creating enhanced graphics and reportsStrategic planning and brainstorming toolsProject add-ons that improve your time reporting and tracking capabilitiesFor details and complete system requirements, see the CD-ROM appendix.

Discover how toEmploy the powerful new features of Project 2007Track down problems with Task DriversExplore Project's new Visual ReportsGet tips for saving time and money on your projects

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

The book is aimed at Project Management Professionals who are casual or new users and understand the software basics but require a short and snappy guide. It is the sort of book that may be read without a computer on the bus, train or plane. This book quickly gets down to the issues that many people grapple with when trying to use some of the more advanced features of the software and enlightens readers on the traps that some users fall into and how to avoid them. It demonstrates how the software ticks and explains some tricks that may be used to become more productive with the software and generate better schedules. Suitable for people who understand the basics of Microsoft Project but want a short guide to give them insight into the less intuitive features of the software. It is packed with screen shots, constructive tips and is written in plain English. The book is based on the Microsoft Project 365 and 2021 but may be used with earlier versions of Microsoft Project as this book points out the differences where appropriate. The book picks out many of the key aspects from the author's exiting books and adds a substantial amount of new and original text to produce a pocket guide that omits describing the intuitive and obvious functions and concentrates on the issues that many users get stuck on or find hard to understand.

Take your supply chain to the cloud! Walk through the SAP Integrated Business Planning applications-S&OP, demand, response and supply, demand-driven MRP, and inventory. Then learn to monitor and control these processes. See how to set up and use your SAP IBP system, from planning areas to key figures. With coverage of intelligent visibility, SAP IBP for demand-driven replenishment, and more, you can be sure you're getting the latest information on supply chain planning with SAP! Highlights include: 1) Planning model 2) Planning areas 3) Sales and operations planning (S&OP) 4) Demand planning and forecasting 5) Supply planning 6) Response planning 7) Inventory planning 8) Demand-driven replenishment 9) SAP Supply Chain Control Tower 10) Implementation methodology 11) Case studies

YOU HAVE TO OWN THIS BOOK! Software Exorcism: A Handbook for Debugging and Optimizing Legacy Code takes an unflinching, no bulls$&# look at behavioral problems in the software engineering industry, shedding much-needed light on the social forces that make it difficult for programmers to do their job. Do you have a co-worker who perpetually writes bad code that you are forced to clean up? This is your book. While there are plenty of books on the market that cover debugging and short-term workarounds for bad code, Reverend Bill Blunden takes a revolutionary step beyond them by bringing our attention to the underlying illnesses that plague the software industry as a whole. Further, Software Exorcism discusses tools and techniques for effective and aggressive debugging, gives optimization strategies that appeal to all levels of programmers, and presents in-depth treatments of technical issues with honest assessments that are not biased toward proprietary solutions.

Schedules, budgets, communications, resources. Projects big and small include them all, and Microsoft Project 2007 can help you control these variables -- not be controlled by them. But Project is complex software, and learning it is, well, a project in itself. Get up to speed fast with Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual. Written by project management expert Bonnie Biafore, this book teaches you how to do everything from setting budgets and tracking schedules to testing scenarios and recognizing trouble spots before your project breaks down. Find out what's new in Project 2007 from previous versions, and get help choosing the right edition, whether it's Project Standard, Project Professional, or Enterprise Project Management Solution. With Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual, you get more than a simple software how-to. You also get a rundown on project management basics and plenty of solid advice on how to use Project to: * Define your project and plan your approach * Estimate your project, set up a budget, define tasks, and break the work into manageable chunks * Create a schedule, define the sequence of work, and learn the right way to use date constraints and deadlines * Build a project team and assign resources to tasks: "who does what" * Refine the project to satisfy objectives by building reality into the schedule, and learn to keep project costs under control * Track progress and communicate with team members via reports, information sharing, and meetings that work * Close out your project and take away valuable lessons for the future Microsoft Project 2007 is the flagship of all project management programs, and this Missing Manual is the book that should have been in the box. No project manager should be without it.

No matter what business you're in, at the end of the day, it's all about people. Workers are people, and so are managers. Every day, millions of people wake up, get dressed, and go to work. The fact that all of them do different jobs and have different levels of authority has been used for ages to divide us. The truth of the matter, however, is that we're all just trying to make a living and provide for the ones we love-and that's a powerful common bond. If you can grasp that one concept, you'll have the power to change your world for the better in ways that you never dreamed possible. When you reach people at this fundamental level-letting them know that you care about what's important to them and showing what's in it for them personally when they join forces with you-nothing is beyond your grasp. Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success presents the "Ten Pillars of the Empire" for just this purpose. You don't have to become a great charismatic leader to make them work. Each pillar speaks to you as an individual employee and shows you how to improve both your career and the company's bottom line in a practical and organized manner. These principles and tactics are designed for the real world, where things inevitably do not always go right. The pillars are at once practical, sensible, and applicable in the hectic realities of the workplace because they focus on people, which you'll come to see as the most unstoppable force in a company's dynamic. The workforce doesn't have to settle for less any longer. Working together, we have the power to build a better tomorrow. Unite, and be invincible!

Microsoft SharePoint is perfect for project management, but most companies don't understand it's power. This hands-on book demonstrates how SharePoint can help you organize and manage complex projects--a decidedly more productive way to use this popular collaboration software. You'll learn how to apply common and practical project management concepts in SharePoint, and build a Project Management Information System (PMIS) that can efficiently coordinate communication and collaboration among team members.

Learn to publish content online effectively with maximum ROI using this most definitive guide on Captivate Prime from the author of bestselling Captivate books, Damien Bruyndonckx Key Features Explore Captivate Prime to publish e-learning content such as videos, SCORM packages, and PPTs online Discover best practices for creating, managing, and administering an online learning platform Implement gamification, social learning, and AI-enabled recommendation for an immersive learning experience Book DescriptionAdobe Captivate Prime is an enterprise learning management system (LMS) that enables organizations to deliver, manage, and track engaging learning experiences for employees, partners, and customers. This book will help you unlock the full potential of this platform to deliver world-class learning experiences. Complete with walkthroughs, examples, and strategies to fully understand Captivate Prime, this book will set you on the path to becoming an administrator, author, or teacher and see you experiment with Captivate Prime from different perspectives. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of how the features relate to one another and to your business. After setting up the platform, you'll learn how to push learning content online and arrange it to build an online course that provides a blended learning experience. You'll be able to deploy your content to different devices and explore Captivate Prime's features for monitoring your students' progress on a daily basis. Finally, you'll see how to organize and maintain your course catalog and take the learner experience to the next level. By the end of the book, you'll be able to implement your organization's training strategy and provide engaging learning experiences while building meaningful reports to monitor their effectiveness. What you will learn Configure and customize Captivate Prime LMS to fulfill your business training needs Integrate Captivate Prime into your existing IT infrastructure Manage different types of users such as employees, partners, and customers on your training platform Publish and organize your learning content to build courses, learning programs, and certifications Track your students' progress and manage course instances daily Organize your learning catalogs to meet the most demanding security and instructional requirements Who this book is forThis book is for learning and development professionals, HR managers, corporate instructors, LMS admins, and team leaders looking to set up and manage training and development programs for employees, partners, and customers using Adobe Captivate Prime LMS. The book assumes working knowledge of operating systems and the common tools used by most L&D professionals. A beginner-level understanding of online learning platforms will be beneficial.

Implement future-proof solutions for all types of teams with Data Center by learning about performance, reliability, scalability, and security Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF Key Features Explore all of Jira's core features as well as the advanced features offered by Data Center Learn to use Jira for issue management, field management, screen management, and business workflows Install, update, and manage third-party apps from Atlassian marketplace to extend Jira capabilities Book DescriptionThis new and improved sixth edition comes with the latest Jira 8.21 Data Center offerings, with enhanced features such as clustering, advanced roadmaps, custom field optimization, and tools to track and manage tasks for your projects. This comprehensive guide to Jira 8.20.x LTS version provides updated content on project tracking, issue and field management, workflows, Jira Service Management, and security. The book begins by showing you how to plan and set up a new Jira instance from scratch before getting you acquainted with key features such as emails, workflows, and business processes. You'll also get to grips with Jira's data hierarchy and design and work with projects. Since Jira is used for issue management, this book will help you understand the different issues that can arise in your projects. As you advance, you'll create new screens from scratch and customize them to suit your requirements. Workflows, business processes, and guides on setting up incoming and outgoing mail servers will be covered alongside Jira's security model and Jira Service Management. Toward the end, you'll learn how Jira capabilities are extended with third-party apps from Atlassian marketplace. By the end of this Jira book, you'll have understood core components and functionalities of Jira and be able to implement them in business projects with ease. What you will learn Examine various deployment options and system requirements for hosting Jira Data Center Understand Jira's data hierarchy and learn how to design and work with projects in Jira Use Jira for agile software projects, business process management, customer service support, and more Explore field configuration schemes and find out how to apply them to projects Develop and design customized screens and apply them to different projects Create configurable reports on projects and share information through dashboards for reporting and analysis Who this book is forThis book is especially useful for project managers, but it's also intended for other Jira users, including developers, and any other industry besides software development, who would like to leverage Jira's powerful task management and workflow features to better manage their business processes.

Learn how to automate tasks and create rules in Jira with the help of different use cases Key Features Automate daily repetitive and tedious tasks without coding experience Discover how to automate processes in the Jira family including Jira software, Jira Service Desk, and Jira Core Explore different use cases to understand automation features in Jira Book DescriptionAtlassian Jira makes it easier to track the progress of your projects, but it can lead to repetitive and time-consuming tasks for teams. No-code automation will enable you to increase productivity by automating these tasks. Automate Everyday Tasks in Jira provides a hands-on approach to implementation and associated methodologies that will have you up and running and productive in no time. You will start by learning how automation in Jira works, along with discovering best practices for writing automation rules. Then you'll be introduced to the building blocks of automation, including triggers, conditions, and actions, before moving on to advanced rule-related techniques. After you've become familiar with the techniques, you'll find out how to integrate with external tools, such as GitHub, Slack, and Microsoft Teams, all without writing a single line of code. Toward the end, you'll also be able to employ advanced rules to create custom notifications and integrate with external systems. By the end of this Jira book, you'll have gained a thorough understanding of automation rules and learned how to use them to automate everyday tasks in Jira without using any code. What you will learn Understand the basic concepts of automation such as triggers, conditions, and actions Find out how to use if-then scenarios and conditions to automate your processes with practical examples Use smart values to achieve complex and more powerful automation Implement use cases in a practical way, including automation with Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, and Bitbucket Discover best practices for writing and maintaining automation rules Explore techniques for debugging rules and solving common issues Who this book is forThis book is for Jira administrators and project managers who want to learn about automation capabilities provided in Jira. Familiarity with Jira and working knowledge of workflows and project configurations is required.

All scheduling software is difficult to learn for a number of reasons. None have the optimal settings when installed and Layouts, User Preferences and default options need to be adjusted to obtain the best possible performance. Usually the Help files do not connect the user to real life situations and do not explain the practical use of functions. Furthermore, there are many flicks and switches with obscure names that are difficult to understand or decide what they do or which are important. These issues make learning the software very difficult without a comprehensive guide written by an experienced user. Investing in a book written by Paul E Harris will address all these issues and allow you to setup the software properly and understand all the obscure functions letting you become productive more quickly and enhance your career opportunities and salary with a solid understanding of the software. This book is an update of the author's Primavera P6 Version 8 to 20 book and the workshops have been updated so they start in the future. The book has been written so it may be used with any software industry version. The book is packed with screen shots, constructive tips and contains workshops with solutions at the end of each chapter for the reader to practice the skills taught. It has been written so it may be used with either the Professional Project Management Client version or the Enterprise Project Portfolio Management Optional Client. The book is aimed at: 1. People who wish learn the software but are unable to attend a training course and find the software reference manual hard going. 2. Project management companies who wish to run their own software training courses or provide their employees with an alternative text to the vendor supplied user manual. 3. Training organizations requiring a training manual to run their own training courses. The book is designed to teach planners and schedulers in any industry how to setup and use the software in a project environment. It explains in plain English and in a logical sequence, the steps required to create and maintain an unresourced and resourced schedule. It tackles some of the more complex aspects of the software that the user manual does not address. It highlights the sources of information and the methods that should be employed to produce a realistic and useful project schedule. The book provides advice on how on how the many software options may be applied to projects environments and it aims to teach readers how to plan and control projects created within the software package and stays focused on explaining how to use Primavera to schedule projects by: 1. Concentrating on the core functions required to set up an enterprise environment and how to plan and control projects. 2. Providing command lists at the start of each chapter as a quick reference. 3. Providing a comprehensive table of contents and index of all topics. The book is intended to be used: 1. As a self-teach book, or 2. A user guide, or 3. A training manual for a three-day training course, instructor PowerPoint slide shows are available from the author. This book is written by an experienced scheduler, who has used the software at the sharp end of projects and is not a techo. It draws on the author's practical experience in using the software in a wide variety of industries. It presents workable solutions to real day to day planning and scheduling problems and contains practical advice on how to set up the software and import data.