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The most essential component of every project manager’s job is the ability to identify potential risks before they cause unnecessary headaches and turmoil all around. All projects are inherently risky, and complex ones can potentially be the downfall for even the most experienced project...

Unlock the full potential of Scrum with “The Comprehensive Guide to Scrum Mastery” by Jean-Claude Kengni. Perfect for aspiring Scrum Masters and experienced project managers, this guide provides a thorough understanding of Scrum, an agile framework emphasizing collaboration, flexibility, and customer satisfaction.

The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, 5th Edition: The Comprehensive, Easy to Read Handbook for Beginners and Pros is a comprehensive guide to real-world project management methods, tools, and techniques. Practical, easy-to-use, and deeply thorough, this book gives you the answers you need now. You'll find cutting-edge ideas and hard-won wisdom of one of the field's leading experts, delivered in short, lively segments that address common management issues. 

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Senior managers speak the language of strategy. Project managers use the language of tasks and activities. While they rely on each other to achieve their goals, this core incompatibility leads to communication breakdowns and project setbacks. Succeeding with Senior Management explains how to bridge the gap and engage the upper ranks. By thinking like an executive, establishing relationships early on, and keeping them informed about progress, project managers win the support they need - especially critical when problems arise.

Like it or not, you’re a leader now. Better step away from your computer and figure out how to deal with people! There are few leadership books tailored specifically to the needs of technical-minded people who like hard evidence, plain language, and industry-specific guidance.

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.

It is time to stop memorizing disconnected definitions and start understanding the strategic framework of project management. CAPM Study Guide is your essential roadmap, designed to cut through the noise and focus exactly on what you need to know to pass the certification.

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In Next Level Nonprofit, Dr. Chris Lambert expertly guides nonprofit leaders, founders, and managers through the proven steps to build team unity, communicate a compelling vision, establish the right strategy, and grow through disciplined execution. He shares not only theoretical, but also experiential wisdom gained in the trenches as he founded, and now leads an award-winning Detroit-based nonprofit. Both his time-tested methods and his upbeat posture instill confidence that you can also build a dream team and increase lasting impact.

Agile in Hardware, Engineering, Construction, and Linear Environments is a comprehensive guide designed to bridge the gap between traditional project management practices and the Agile methodologies that have revolutionized software development.

Whether you're managing your first project or just tired of improvising, this guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to define smart goals, meet them, and capture lessons learned so future projects go even more smoothly.

"Accidentally Aligned" is a practical guide for manufacturing managers seeking to implement lean manufacturing principles to drive operational excellence. Written by an experienced practitioner, this book is not a scholarly treatise but a candid, accessible resource for those thrust into leadership roles, aiming to improve their processes and align with customer expectations. Drawing from the author’s early career challenges, the book addresses the difficulty of finding actionable lean manufacturing knowledge amidst scattered resources and academic debates over terminology.

You've been asked to manage a key project—or perhaps you've volunteered for an assignment that could advance your career. So how do you make sure the project succeeds? Managing Projects walks you quickly through the basics.

Sigue a Chuji, un gerente de tienda de una compañía de automóviles a quien envían a una problemática sucursal. Junto con él aprenderás a sortear los retos que enfrenta a la par que implementa una serie de cambios de gestión para neutralizar la resistencia y hostilidad de colaboradores y líderes. También descubrirás cómo superar los obstáculos y la resistencia al cambio organizacional, y cómo aplicar los principios de visibilidad, comunicación y visión para apalancar las fortalezas dentro de un equipo.

This book is going to be your transformative step-by-step blueprint to help you unplug from the status quo, embrace your passions, and build a life where work success and personal fulfillment can coexist. Not just that, once you are done listening, you will be able to break away from societal expectations and redefine your own success. This book will guide you to a new world of work and life integration.

Small changes can deliver big new product results. Are new products taking too long to develop and failing to deliver the bottom-line impact you need? Now you can accelerate your growth by identifying your innovation bottleneck - just one of the powerful new product development strategies revealed in Simplifying Innovation. As the story in this provocative business audiobook unfolds, you'll discover the first-ever approach to new product growth based on the Theory of Constraints.

Has Kanban become the Kan-Bane of your organization? Are you still lost in the woods when it comes to Kanban? Is WIP driving you crazy? Are you ready to banish all these problems out of existence? In this book bundle, we present to you Gary Metcalfe's best-selling series Kanban. All the way from learning what Kanban actually is to ABC classification to learning Kanban implementation in different environments, this audiobook will walk you all the way from A to Z!

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are indispensable for measuring business, but if they don’t serve a larger mission, it’s easy to lose sight of why you’re measuring in the first place. Tracking the dynamic relationship between mission and measurement, this audiobook is logical, approachable, and filled with relatable anecdotes.