The Definitive Guide to Quantifying, Classifying, and Measuring Enterprise IT Security OperationsSecurity Metrics is the first comprehensive best-practice guide to defining, creating, and utilizing security metrics in the enterprise.Using sample charts, graphics, case studies, and war stories, Yankee Group Security Expert Andrew Jaquith demonstrates exactly how to establish effective metrics based on your organization’s unique requirements. You’ll ...

Use your next three-day weekend to develop valuable Lean Six Sigma skillsWith the integration of Lean and Six Sigma, businesses have a potent tool in the never-ending drive to deliver top-quality service and products. But you don’t need to be a Black Belt to build quality and efficiency into all areas of your operation; you just need The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Lean Six Sigma.Sheila Shaffie and Shahbaz Shahbazi, leading Six Sigma experts and tr...

This PMP Study Guide employs multilearning techniques to maximize your knowledge retention for the many project management terms and concepts. Based on the PMBOK Guide Fifth Edition, the contents deliver the information, knowledge, and confidence needed to pass the PMP exam. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the information required to prepare for the PMP exam in an easy-to-understand format and also includes many practice questions and quizzes. An emphasis on areas of exam diff...

A growing number of senior executives are coming to realize that strategic supply management can be a significant driver of improved corporate performance and better risk management. Spend analysis is the most critical component, and the starting point, of strategic supply management and is essential to achieving world-class performance. If you cant analyze your spend data, many opportunities for improvement beyond the low-hanging fruit are without doubt being missed. There is a lot of con...

A Quick Reference Guide for the PMP Exam which helps the aspirants in recalling the contents & context quickly by providing short notes on the topics. Hence before the main exam and the Preparatory exams you just need to glance through this guide and get ready for the exam. This book can be used in conjunction with other revered PMP books.

Schedule and cost control are the key elements of successful project management. Yet, over 80% of all projects start with underestimated schedules and costs and are doomed to exceed projections before they begin. This clear and concise book demonstrates how to establish realistic estimates for successful project completion. It illustrates how to control a projects schedule and costs, but more importantly, it shows the reader how to develop the projects plans and processes so that controlli...

The Ultimate Interview Book for the Information Technology project manager!In the increasingly global and competitive world of information technology and applications programming, job interviewing is a critical skill to acquire. With adequate preparation, you can position yourself to win the job. More than just a list of ambiguous problems and puzzles to solve on your own time, IT Project Manager Interview Questions provides in depth, real-world questions and answers given on real ...

New edition of one of the most influential books on managing software and hardware testingIn this new edition of his top-selling book, Rex Black walks you through the steps necessary to manage rigorous testing programs of hardware and software. The preeminent expert in his field, Mr. Black draws upon years of experience as president of both the International and American Software Testing Qualifications boards to offer this extensive resource of all the standards, m...

Unique prospective on the big data analytics phenomenon for both business and IT professionalsThe availability of Big Data, low-cost commodity hardware and new information management and analytics software has produced a unique moment in the history of business. The convergence of these trends means that we have the capabilities required to analyze astonishing data sets quickly and cost-effectively for the first time in history. These capabilities are neither theor...

PMP Exam Cram, Fifth EditonProject Management ProfessionalCovers the PMBOK Fifth Edition and 2013 ExamPMP Exam Cram, Fifth Edition, is the perfect study guide to help you pass the 2013 PMP Exam. It provides coverage and practice questions for every exam topic. The book contains an extensive set of preparation tools such as quizzes and Exam Alerts, while the CD-ROM provides real-time practice and feedback with a 200-question test engine.Covers the cr...

Making Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Work for Business: A Guide to Understanding Information as an Asset provides a comprehensive discussion of EIM. It endeavors to explain information asset management and place it into a pragmatic, focused, and relevant light. The book is organized into two parts. Part 1 provides the material required to sell, understand, and validate the EIM program. It explains concepts such as treating Information, Data, and Content as true assets; informatio...

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