Projects can go over budget, exceed deadlines, or deliver restricted features and quality. This can result in economic damage for companies and their clients. The difficulties arise at source. Established metrics and management methods slow projects down by creating conflicts in operations and decision-making. A radically new approach is needed; one that features • simple, constraint-oriented management, • clear, robust priorities, • company-wide rather than locally focused optimization, •...

Businessmen and managers, consultancy clients, readers of the Goldratt novels, and workshop attendees often ask: What is this Theory of Constraints? How can it benefit me? How is it different from other management theories? Is there something I can read to quickly understand its fundamentals? This book is an answer to these questions. Using engaging language and offering many real-life examples, it provides an overview of the methods and tools of the Theory of Constraints: Drum-Buffer-Rope...

Projects can go over budget, exceed deadlines, or deliver restricted features and quality. This can result in economic damage for companies and their clients. The diffi culties arise at source. Established metrics and management methods slow projects down by creating confl icts in operations and decision-making. A radically new approach is needed; one that features • simple, constraint-oriented management, • clear, robust priorities, • company-wide rather than locally focused optimization,...

Problem Solved!Uses your favorite top-drawer tool -- the Post-it Note. Great for individuals, great for groups -- large or small.Problems come in all shapes and sizes, yet most have common characteristics that can be addressed with the techniques found in this book. Rapid Problem-Solving with Post-it Notes shows you how to use six types of techniques:The Post-up-Provides methods for getting information into chunksThe Swap So...

THE RIGHT PHRASE FOR EVERY SITUATION . . . EVERY TIME DON'T MISS THESE OTHER BOOKS IN THE PERFECT PHRASES SERIESHow do you get face time with someone who doesn't accept sales calls? What is the best way to present the value of your offering? How do you handle price objections? Answer: You need to speak the right language.This fully revised second edition of the popular Perfect Phrases for the Sales Call provides an arsenal of persuasive language and word-for-word...

The book details on various phases involved in CMMI Implementation in an organization. The people who ever is interested to know about how to implement CMMI as a program in their organization can use this as starting point. The various details on different funtions in organization and how they can be sychronized to implement this culture changing model in software organizaion is given.

Surf the waves of change.We are no longer an economy of products and services. The digital transformation demands that we focus our attention on experiences and outcomes. Business leaders and their organizations must shift to keeping promises-no matter how their customers interact with them.But organizations no longer control the conversation. In this era of social and mobile technology, customers, employees, suppliers, and partners are in direct communicat...

JUMP START PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITABLILITY, AND BUSINESS GROWTH WITH SOCIAL MEDIA!Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have changed everything. Some managers fear their employees will waste entire days using online social media. Smart managers, though, understand that social media is a powerful tool for engaging customers and growing their business.Manager’s Guide to Social Media is a primer on the biggest thing in business since the Internet itself, helping you successfu...

Master IT Project ManagementThis practical, up-to-date guide explains how to successfully manage an IT project and prepare for CompTIA Project+ certification. IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish, Third Edition walks you through each step of the IT project management process, covering critical strategies for on-time and within-budget projects. You'll get proven methods for initiating a project, selecting qualified team members, conferring with management,...

As a top executive, you've almost certainly forged strategic alliances with other companies. Some of these deals have worked--but many others have likely failed. In fact, companies worldwide launch more than two thousand strategic alliances every year, and more than half never deliver as promised.In Strategic Alliances, Steve Steinhilber proves that, despite the odds, alliances are critical to the business strategy for companies competing globally: customers want integrate...

Get Control of Your BusinessEvery business person wants to do more in less time, use resources fully, and stay on top of their game. But some are able to work smarter than others.Well now you can, too.This Book Will Show You HowMake mind maps your secret tool for increasing productivity and enhancing creativity.You’ll find yourself saving hours of time once you learn how to create mind maps for all the diffe...

THE RIGHT PHRASE FOR EVERY SITUATION . . . EVERY TIMEWith more and more employees working offsite, effective communication among remote team members is absolutely critical. Perfect Phrases for Virtual Teamwork provides hundreds of ready-to-use phrases that will ensure your virtual teams collaborate as effectively as the most cohesive face-to-face team. Learn the most effective language for:Defining and aligning team culturePersonali...