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Effective decisions are crucial to the success of any software project, but to make better decisions you need a better decision-making process. In Evaluating Project Decisions, leading project management experts introduce an innovative decision model that helps you tailor your decision-making process to systematically evaluate all of your decisions and avoid the bad choices that lead to project failure.
Using a real-world, case study approach, the authors show how to evaluate software project problems and situations more effectively, thoughtfully assess your alternatives, and improve the decisions you make. Drawing on their own extensive research and experience, the authors bridge software engineering theory and practice, offering guidance that is both well-grounded and actionable. They present dozens of detailed examples from both successful and unsuccessful projects, illustrating what to do and what not to do.
Evaluating Project Decisions will help you to analyze your options and ultimately make better decisions at every stage in your project, including:
- Requirements–Elicitation, description, verification, validation, negotiation, contracting, and management over the software life cycle
- Estimates–Conceptual solution design, decomposition, resource and overhead allocation, estimate construction, and change management [click to continue…]
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The smart way to learn Microsoft Office Project 2007–one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting tips to master the fundamentals of working with the latest version of Office Project, including information on the new, easy-to-use scenarios and reporting features. You will learn the essentials for managing time, people, and budgets for projects large and small with Office Project 2007. You will learn how to create a task list and assign resources, fine-tune your project plan, track project progress, and share and publish project information. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction, building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Includes a companion CD with hands-on practice files.
From the Publisher
Key Book Benefits:-Lets you take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover–you set the pace
-Includes coverage of all the fundamentals, such as developing a project plan, scheduling resources, and creating reports
-Features easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on skill-building exercises
-Includes a companion CD with practice files and other resources
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A Breakthrough Framework for Adaptive Project Management from Project Management Guru Robert K. Wysocki
For an increasing number of critical projects, traditional project management models simply are not appropriate. In many cases, complete requirements and objectives cannot be specified up front, and significant changes cannot be avoided. What’s needed is an entirely new framework for project management: one that combines agile methods with the profession’s most enduring best practices. In this book, Robert K. Wysocki provides that framework–the Adaptive Project Framework (APF)–and shows how to apply it in any domain.
Wysocki, one of the world’s leading project management consultants, has spent decades helping large organizations succeed with complex projects. Drawing on everything he’s learned, he explains why a fundamentally new framework is needed and introduces all five phases of that framework. He covers artifacts, processes, and deliverables, and shows how to utilize each phase most effectively in your environment. Through four detailed case studies, you’ll discover how APF can help you adapt to unexpected events, encouraging creative responses based on open partnerships between clients and project teams. [click to continue…]
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Sams Teach Yourself Basecamp in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily get up to speed with Basecamp.
10 minutes is all you need to learn how to…
* Choose the right subscription plan for your needs
* Get started fast with collaborative project management
* Customize your Basecamp workspace
* Efficiently manage people, companies, and permissions
* Define, populate, search, and manage projects
* Enter and track milestones, “To Do” lists, and scheduling information
* Use iCalendar and integrate with your company’s other calendar tools
* Post messages and share files
* Collaborate with Basecamp’s Writeboard, Chat, and RSS tools
* Quickly view project activity on the Dashboard
* Simplify access with 37signals ID and Launchpad
* Extend Basecamp with reporting, charting, billing, and accounting
* Integrate Basecamp with the iPhone and other smartphones [click to continue…]
