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For the last 15 years you've been fed a diet of methods and processes as the answer to failing projects. Yet, the best projects are the result of the person that leads them and the environment they create. In order to delight stakeholders and transform organizations you need the skills to inspire project teams and create a culture of success.

Drawing on her extensive experience, Jamie proposes a new role for Agile projects: the Agile business analyst. She details 30 achievable ways that such a role will increase relevance, quality and overall business value, and provide business users with crucial support. This second edition has expanded to include new Agile methods that have emerged or gained prominence since the first edition.

This audiobook is your complete guide to modern Agile product and project management—designed for leaders, practitioners, and students who want to master how products are conceived, built, and scaled in the era of AI. Drawing on real-world case studies from startups to Silicon Valley tech giants, it explains not only what Agile is, but how it drives business value, accelerates delivery, and enables innovation powered by generative AI and intelligent agents.

Fundraising isn’t just about raising money—it’s about creating campaigns that truly make a difference. Take inspiration from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which raised over $220 million and helped develop a new treatment for ALS. That’s the power of effective fundraising.

The revolutionary “Red Book” that helped a generation work smarter, better, and faster—now expanded and updated with new stories, new ideas, and new methods to radically improve the way you and your company deliver results If you’ve ever been startled by how fast the world is changing...

*Includes News Sections on Working with Virtual Teams and Leveraging Modern Technologies Enables project managers to understand priorities, maximize resources, and minimize risks in order to complete projects on time and on budget. For close to three decades, Fundamentals of Project Management...

Research indicates that emotional intelligence (EI) accounts for an astonishing 70-80 percent of management success. Technical expertise just isn't enough anymore: Project managers need strong interpersonal skills and the ability to recognize emotional cues in order to lead their teams to success. Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers introduces listeners to all facets of EI and shows how emotions can be leveraged to meet project goals.

Become a successful project manager in weeks, even if you've never led a team before – Unleash your leadership skills now! Do you want to dive into project management but fear you lack the experience to lead effectively? Worried about handling complex projects and meeting stakeholder expectations? Or maybe you've been unexpectedly thrust into a project management role and feel overwhelmed?

Todo gran proyecto -ya sea crear una nueva tecnología, lanzar un modelo de zapatillas o abrir una cafetería de barrio- requiere una gran inversión para poder ponerlo en marcha. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los proyectos fracasan. Muchos equipos desperdician tiempo, dinero y oportunidades porque siguen la estrategia equivocada y pierden de vista lo más importante: los clientes.

UX Management Methods is a guide for how to lead your UX team to greatness. Learn proven methods for hiring, managing, motivating, and aligning your UX team. Use these insights to focus your team with a road map of key deliverables, present actionable findings to stakeholders, and measure your team's success and return on investment with analytics. If you want to sharpen your user experience leadership skills and build a strong team of talented experts, then you can begin learning UX management methods today.

You've got a great idea that will increase revenue or boost productivity—but how do you get the buy-in you need to make it happen? By building a business case that clearly shows your idea's value. That's not always easy: Maybe you're not sure what kind of data your stakeholders will trust. Or perhaps you're intimidated by number crunching. The HBR Guide to Building Your Business Case, written by project management expert Raymond Sheen, gives you the guidance and tools you need to make a strong case.

This audiobook highlights a little-known fact that took me a long time to understand, namely that all development is done in the same way, it conforms to the same pattern. I learned this from the aircraft factory, and it is logical because a single complex product like an aircraft comprises so many different technologies that are all developed as part of the main development project–the airframe, avionics, electrics, software systems, to name just a few.

What would you do if you knew you would not fail? If you are in the consumer-packaged goods industry, The 27 Unbreakable Rules is the closest thing to a success guarantee. Dr. Mark Young has a 30+ year track record of CPG success and is unmatched when it comes to building successful consumer brands. In The 27 Unbreakable Rules: Build a $100M+ Brick + Mortar CPG Brand, Young draws on decades of brand advertising and product-launch experience to lay out a proven path to building a $100M+ CPG brand.

Right to Left is the third book by Agendashift founder Mike Burrows, doing for Lean and Agile in digital delivery what his 2018 book Agendashift did for change and transformation. Do you see in digital technology the opportunity to meet customer needs more effectively? Do you recognize that this may have profound implications for how your organisation should work? Do you want to help bring that about? Regardless of whether you consider yourself a technologist, if your answer to those questions is “yes”, you are what we refer to in this book as a digital leader.

You have to know your team before you can motivate them, and you have to motivate them before you can manage them. In this book are foolproof techniques to make sure your team connects with you, each other, and everyone they need to get the job done. After all, a team should be more than the sum of its parts - and it’s up to the project manager to provide the glue that holds it all together.

Kanban (or signboard in Japanese) is a scheduling system used in lean and just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing. The Kanban system focuses on eliminating waste, improving efficiency, and maximizing resources while reducing costs, all at the same time. Recognizing the benefits of this system, project managers around the world have started looking at Kanban as an effective project management tool. With Kanban, you’ll be able to equip yourself with the skills to become a master of project management.

4万部突破のベストセラー、待望の新版！質問ひとつで、チームは劇的に変わる。「会議で意見が出ない」「メンバーが指示待ちになっている」そんな悩みを抱えるすべてのリーダーへ。

This book, Scrum Leadership: 5 Levels of Leadership for Agile Success, was written with the aim of providing Scrum Masters with the guidance and tools they need to lead their teams to greatness. The book is based on my experiences, insights, and learnings as an Agile coach and trainer, and it provides practical advice and techniques for leading teams effectively. The five levels of leadership outlined in this book are designed to help Scrum Masters understand the cycle of life within the Scrum team and the importance of developing great leadership skills day by day.

If you are preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam and would like to pass it on your first try, you will need to master the test questions and answers included in this book.

Construction Scrum: How to Deliver Projects Easier, Better, and Faster is the first practical guide for construction professionals to implement the Scrum framework in the construction industry.