Shutdown management is project management of a special kind: managing the repair, replacement or maintenance of critical systems. Manufacturing and process plants, computer systems, airliners, and many other systems must be regularly closed down or taken out of service for planned maintenance operations. This book provides a complete shutdown project planning guide along with a new, detailed model of excellence and step-by-step project guide. In a critical field, this book shows the mainte...

Project Quality Management: Why, What and How, Second Edition demonstrates how to implement the general methods defined in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge—Fifth Edition (PMBOK® Guide) and augments those methods with more detailed, hands-on procedures that have been proven through actual practice. This edition presents case examples that illuminate the theory of quality planning, assurance, and control with real-world narratives, including situation, analysis, and lesson...

With sales of more than 160,000 copies, Fundamentals of Project Management has helped generations of project managers navigate the ins and outs of every aspect of this complex discipline. Using a simple step-by-step approach, the book is the perfect introduction to project management tools, techniques, and concepts. Readers will learn how to: • Develop a mission statement, vision, goals, and objectives • Plan the project • Create the work breakdown structure • Produce a workable schedule •...

This book provides students of marketing with everything they need to understand and prepare a comprehensive marketing plan. Written in Dr. Wongs vivid and interesting style, and furnished with examples for new products and services, this book helps students to demystify the ingredients of an approved marketing plan.Advance Praise for Approved Marketing Plans for New Products and ServicesDr. Ken Wongs latest work exemplifies the unassuming and straightforward style...

This great guide has been developed specifically for small manufacturing businesses that need a simple, flexible way of implementing Lean Manufacturing ideas relevant to them. The subject is explained clearly and plainly with minimal jargon. Practical application is fundamental.The focus is very much on straightforward implementation in the workplace, so you can quickly obtain benefits in costs, quality and productivity.This has been written for engineers who simply want to...

Learn how to make money by licensing or selling your ideas to companies.This guidebook takes you through a 7-Step process to license or sell your ideas. Based on 24 years of experience, the easy to read guidebook takes you through the important step-by-step procedures to sell your ideas for a payout or license for royalties.You'll discover:* The Process - The 7 step process to selling or licensing for royalties and advances.* Where To Look - How to find companie...

LinkedIn has undoubtedly become an important business tool: with over three hundred million users worldwide, in twenty languages and in over two hundred countries worldwide (via mobile), but why do so many people join, and how do you make best use of LinkedIn? Sales Success on LinkedIn isnt aimed at brand new users of LinkedIn (although it covers the fundamentals). This book has been written to help you translate the great skills you already have in business and for you to apply them effec...

Risk management is not just a topic for risk professionals. Managers and directors at all levels must be equipped with an understanding of risk and the tools and processes required to assess and manage it successfully. Risk Management offers a practical and structured approach while avoiding jargon, theory and many of the complex issues that preoccupy risk management practitioners but have little relevance for non-specialists. Supported by online templates and wit...

Written by two industry executives, Leading and Managing Innovation provides the executive reader an overview of leading and managing an idea into an innovative solution with a measurable outcome.

Many people are confused about corrective action. They know its a requirement for compliance to standards such as ISO 9001, but they dont always realize the benefits of a well-designed and well-implemented corrective action process. This newly revised edition of The Corrective Action Handbook will help make your corrective action process more organized, more efficient, and more productive. Denise Robitailles book is a terrific guide to corrective action for anyone involved in the c...

There has been a sea-change in the focus of organizations - whether private or public - away from a traditional product- or service-centricity towards customer-centricity and projects are just as much a part of that change. Projects must deliver value; projects must involve stakeholders, and Elizabeth Harrin and Phil Peplow demonstrate convincingly that stakeholders are the ones who get to decide what ’value’ actually means. Customer-Centric Project Management is a short guide explaining w...

The author compresses his twenty years of experience to take a step-by-step approach to the product life-cycle, and covers areas such as:* selecting target markets* creating a positioning statement* writing a financial paragraph* motivating othersthereby demonstrating how to act as a bridge between sales, development and finance.Successfully marketing products for technology companies requires the application of precision marketing techniques, a...