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"Effective Project and Change Sponsorship addresses the challenges that organizations face surrounding the sponsorship of projects and change initiatives. This long overdue book provides techniques, remedies, and approaches to improve the way these initiatives are sponsored, led, and executed to ensure context, alignment, and a focus on value creation. Readers will learn key concepts about specific aspects of project sponsorship, including overcoming the most common and challenging project-related obstacles, connecting the key elements of project and change management, and advanced techniques to effectively engage stakeholders and manage their expectations"--

Nutrient enrichment of lakes is a ubiquitous problem, impacting ecological and human health on a global scale by accelerating the pace of eutrophication, often resulting in algal blooms, depleted dissolved oxygen concentrations, and economic harm to surrounding communities. In many lakes, bed sediments are a major but unrecognized source of phosphorus to the water, a process known as internal phosphorus loading. Internal loading is notoriously difficult to measure and manage given the need to access processes operating on and within the lakebed. In addition, climate change threatens to promote internal loading. For example, warming of lakes can increase the release of phosphorus from sediments due to 1) longer and stronger periods of lake stratification resulting in sediment anoxia and 2) enhanced microbial decomposition of organic matter. Degraded water quality not only impairs ecological health but also can influence social pride and community morale. This is the first book dedicated to the understanding of internal phosphorus loading in lakes and examines the causes, the ecological and societal impacts, and options for managing this complex phenomenon. With contributions from leading experts, this edited volume provides a broad view of internal phosphorus loading, methods for measurement, management practices for water quality improvement, case studies from around the world, and recommendations for addressing this growing concern. It is essential reading for environmental and engineering professionals involved in lake and reservoir management, students and faculty in limnology, state and federal authorities involved in water quality regulation, and lakefront homeowners and management boards interested in maintaining lake water quality and managing algal blooms. Key Features - First-ever comprehensive volume on internal phosphorous loading that clearly details what it is and why it occurs - Identifies and explores the drivers of internal phosphorus loading - Provides methods, techniques, and models for measuring internal phosphorous loading - Features over 150 color figures and photographs to illustrate important concepts and procedures - Includes 17 detailed case studies written by experts from around the world to highlight key research principles, treatment options, and management strategies for major lakes affected by internal phosphorus loading

Business analysis is a rapidly growing profession that has evolved from simply being a quality control IT function to a key business skill set for the delivery of value and continued success of organizations today and tomorrow. This book walks through the role and the skill set of business analysis for working with teams on projects and in an enterprise, as well as the relationship with IT. Key skills and techniques are highlighted as the career path of a BA is defined. -Discusses the role of a business analyst in easy to understand terms -Highlights the value a business analyst can bring to an organization -Explains the skill sets required to be successful today and tomorrow -Provides a practical, "real world" explanation of how business analysis can facilitate any change effort in our organizations today -Presents practical business analysis techniques with a focus on rapidly changing environments in the world -Expands the career path by explaining the opportunities in business today well beyond the IT space, while acknowledging the roots in IT and the continued appearance of BAs on IT teams

"Used as a companion to the author's textbook, Mainstreaming Corporate Sustainability: Using Proven Tools for Business Success, this case book provides specific examples of companies who have incorporated successful techniques to promote sustainability within their organization. Com-bined with the textbook, it provides a full curriculum for any introductory course for corporate sus-tainability. Through the examples of companies from around the world, the reader will learn about best practices and helpful tools, including international standards and performance frameworks, that can be adapted to any company. These resources are described in a manner to allow the reader to successfully integrate sustainability into a company's corporate culture. It is useful for students, faculty, and practicing sustainability professionals"--

This reference is the definitive playbook for executives and managers seeking the optimal solution for adapting agile to more complex product development and organizational contexts. It shows organizations how to manage agile and waterfall techniques to outperform their competition in industries with very high technological change, turbulent markets, and innovation.Key FeaturesProvides valuable insights and guidance on how to manage hybrid agile implementations in situations where traditional agile methods typically fall shortPresents new concepts for understanding agility such as "Business Momentum" and "Agile Vorticity" that provides cutting edge insights into a company's position in its marketDescribes a method to determine what "true agility" means within your internal organization and your business in the marketplace, and how to achieve itShows how to determine the "proper mix" of agile and waterfall characteristics for your organization to get the most out of your agile strategySupplies tools executives can utilize to affect change and achieve optimal results from their agile implementation

This desk reference: Discusses the importance of setting ground rules in building a foundation for project success, and outlines concepts for defining success criteria and tying them to project constraints Proposes ways to decipher organizational politics and techniques for improving vertical collaboration through relationship-building and understanding each other's needs to the benefit of a project Provides checklists and measures to determine how prepared an organization is for undertaking a project and addresses questions and observation points to quantify project complexity, so as to better prepare decision makers Presents questions, checklists and tips of things to look for when analyzing stakeholders that will draw a clearer picture of how to manage their expectations, what to expect from them, how to treat them, and how to design a communication plan applicable, relevant, effective and efficient to address all stakeholders' needs Describes ways to determine project health through multiple measures that check a project's interim performance beyond traditional ways of measuring deliverables and results Reviews techniques to reduce the number of requirement and scope changes introduced throughout a project and offers a simple process that enables the proper measure of change impact and associated risks, including the overall impact taking into consideration all other changes in the pipeline Explains how to prioritize risks based on organizational and project priorities for better alignment with objectives, and how to break down the process of risk response into all of its components to align them with the project success criteria Illustrates the link between effective management of quality, risk, communication and change, and delivering success on the traditional measures of scope, time and cost, and the project's intended benefits to the organization Introduces a framework of what integration really means and how to perform it properly

"Project success rates haven't changed in 20 years. Learn why, and what you can do to improve them in your organization"--T.p.

The procurement profession is at a major crossroads. There are changes taking place on many fronts: generational shifts, technology, organizational structure, and skills requirements to name just a few. Practitioners are responding to pressure from executive leadership to become more strategic, in some cases eliminating tactical work through outsourcing or automation. Yet the metrics used to evaluate their performance more often than not emphasize tactical work such as the need to negotiate savings and manage supplier performance. Some companies seem to want a procurement function that is agile and strategic, while others do not. Is procurement in a state of transition or turmoil? This book addresses the major dynamics faced by procurement professionals today (talent, risk, technology, etc.) and provides two distinct viewpoints on the possible evolutionary paths each may take in the coming decades. It is likely to spur healthy debate not only as to where things are headed, but where they should head, and perhaps influence the road actually taken in the future. There is so much misinformation in resources used by procurement practitioners to learn the news about their profession. This reference reveals the real stories.

This book bridges the divide between supply chain management and finance to meet the next level of demands of the global marketplace for improved performance and competitive advantage. Key Features: ¢¢Details the best practice characteristics of each of the primary SCM activities examined from a new perspective ¢¢Presents financial tools, techniques, and concepts in an easy to understand format ¢¢Illustrates how to model and translate the impact of SCM activities on key corporate financial performance indicators, such as return on investment (ROI), return on assets (ROA), and return on invested capital (ROIC) ¢¢Teaches how to present the impact SCM performance results in financial terms to corporate executives and finance professionals ¢¢Provides exercises and cases that allow readers to apply the financial tools, techniques and concepts learned directly to each SCM activity within the section discussed ¢¢Outlines the means for changing the prevailing view that SCM activities are strictly expenses to that of investments ¢¢Offers supplemental resources for training and course instruction

Key Features [[Provides a modular sprint-like format, with module themes, learning objectives, project tips, and discussion questions to facilitate training and course instruction [[Presents a review of popular agile and iterative methodologies for project and program management [[Explains how to transition to agile, and how to scale agile methods for enterprise projects [[Discusses agile as a hybrid with traditional waterfall methods, and supplies practical tips and application advice for how to harmonize agile with mainstream project processes [[Offers a new discussion and instruction guide that can be customized to meet the needs of the individual trainers or instructors, essay type answers to critical thinking questions raised in the book, and new white papers

KEY FEATURES: ¢¢Applies concepts that are aligned with the PMBOK Guide, BABOK and the PMI-PBASM, CBAP/ CCBA certification exams ¢¢Provides proven concepts and approaches for developing functionally harmonious partnerships between the PM and BA roles, within their own context and specific challenges, that maximizes the business value these roles can produce, and ensures the partnerships are maintained from the business case to post project evaluation ¢¢Addresses the challenges associated with the role definitions, overlaps and gaps between the PM and BA roles and introduces collaboration techniques to improve resource allocation, efficiency and effectiveness in projects and the organization ¢¢Illustrates the flow of work and responsibilities between the PM and BA through both the project and product lifecycles ¢¢Offers downloadable checklists for determining Agile suitability, and PM and BA role collaboration areas, a variety of requirements elicitation and management checklists, and other tools at the J. Ross Publishing website

Key Features Discusses building information modeling (BIM) including what it is and the problems the industry is encountering with BIM use Describes the pitfalls of weak or ineffective project management systems and the working relationship between the owner/client and the rest of the project team Offers specific examples based on real life construction industry experience by a long-time industry consultant, trained as an architect Presents some theory while focusing on the actual "nuts and bolts" of managing design and facilities projects Covers effective writing and public speaking skills, delegation techniques, and planning issues neglected by other texts on project management

Project Quality Management: Why, What and How, Second Edition demonstrates how to implement the general methods defined in the Project Management Institute's PMBOK Guide Fifth Edition, 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 lessons learned, and provides course discussion points and practical exercises at the end of each chapter. It offers a walk-through of a wrap-up practical exercise relevant to many project domains, which will help readers gain experience using the tools and techniques of this project quality management process before applying them to their own project work. Course instructor material is also now available. Key Features Establishes a new quality tool the pillar diagram that provides a needed capability to identify root causes of undesirable effects Supplies quality processes attuned to project scope specifications used to ensure a quality product and quality processes and to help maintain cost and schedule constraints to ensure a quality project Provides techniques and tools organized and explained according to their application within this quality process that can be applied immediately to improve project implementation and customer satisfaction in any project context. Presents "off-line" treatment of the related topics of project training, leadership and organization change in appendices WAV Offers numerous downloadable tools for planning project quality, collecting and understanding data, comprehending and analyzing processes, and problem solving, as well as instruction materials for use in college and professional courses on the topic available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at www.jrosspub.com/wav

Every year technology projects face hard decisions about how to mitigate risk and address challenges as teams work to deliver on the promised business value in terms of ROI by creating useful solutions. Those decisions impact scope at every step and help evolve it until the final product is delivered and implemented. It means scope cannot be set in stone. Current literature focuses on scope under the project manager, not as a task that is impacted by multiple factors before, during and after the project. This guide crosses roles, phases and the triple constraint barriers to identify the risks and issues of restricting scope management to a single role, and demonstrates how it should be managed. Going Beyond the Waterfall explains how to define scope at the outset of a project. It provides a solid model for predicting, and managing solution scope across a project life cycle where the decisions and actions of every project team member contribute to that evolutionary process. It will help project teams understand how and when scope shifts and changes as a part of a living development process. This guide identifies the impacts that key tasks and activities will have on scope and how each can be managed effectively to prevent unnecessary scope creep and reduce run-away projects. Key Features Defines scope from program management to business case, to requirements and business as usual (BAU) Identifies how scope evolves and what causes it to change Describes how project and enterprise architecture methodologies impact scope & management Demonstrates the implications of change management and implementation on scope throughout development and roll-out processes Discusses the evolution of scope as a key process in the achievement of the project objectives Explains the definition and management process of scope from concept to implementation Illustrates how stakeholder engagement, requirements, project and enterprise architecture methodologies impact scope & management

Head Related Transfer Function and Virtual Auditory Display covers binaural hearing and the basic principles, experimental measurements, computation, physical characteristics analyses, filter design, and customization of HRTFs. It also details the principles and applications of VADs, including headphone and loudspeaker-based binaural reproduction, virtual reproduction of stereophonic and multi-channel surround sound, binaural room simulation, rendering systems for dynamic and real-time virtual auditory environments, psychoacoustic evaluation and validation of VADs, and a variety of applications of VADs. This guide provides all the necessary knowledge and latest results for researchers, graduate students, and engineers who work in the field of HRTF and VAD.

Project Workflow Management illustrates a completely unique step-by-step workflow guiding approach, which significantly simplifies project management activities by enforcing execution of all required processes on time, and redirecting to an alternative path in the event of project issues. It enables readers with no prior project management skills to manage the entire lifecycle of any small to mid-sized project, and equips experienced project managers with a detailed map to the successful management of large complex projects and programs. Key Features: Describes project management methods, tips and techniques, teaching readers the practical knowledge required to manage projects hands-on from scratch, up to delivering the completed and tested product or service to the client Prompts and instructs users in every step of the project lifecycle from day one to the project closing, while constantly performing qualitative assessments of outcomes Explains and illustrates project management business processes and their flows using over forty process diagrams Enables organizations to more easily implement project management processes, minimize costs, ensure product quality, and green project management Wav Offers risk assessment, earned value analysis and client satisfaction tools available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at www.jrosspub.com

Mastering Software Project Requirements is a concise step-by-step guide to establishing frameworks for the effective management and development of great software requirements. It re-defines the process, and illustrates the requirements life cycle from elicitation to analysis, specification and validation, explaining how to: estimate; measure; benchmark; plan; manage; and deliver complete and accurate requirements from vague concept to detailed design-ready specifications consistently. Key Features Covers all requirements documentation a business analyst will consume and produce, including context and audience of each artifact and deliverable created, enabling well-informed decisions about application in any situation Explains how various methodologies impact requirements results, and provides strategies for adapting requirements activities to project methodologies, including: Agile, Waterfall, WAgile, TOGAF and DO-178 Provides the means for technology and business organizations to: reduce operating costs; increase alignment between technology products and business needs; and maximize return on investment of every business solution WAV Offers downloadable templates for every aspect of requirements including estimation, and materials for academic instruction available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at www.jrosspub.com

In previous years, setting up IT infrastructure involved just the preparation of the data center. It has become much more complex and evolved today. The infrastructure includes not only the data center facility, but also the entire organization by providing internet connectivity to customers, vendors, and company executives on the move. Mastering IT Project Management is the first book to detail how to create IT infrastructure rather than simply describe how to manage the IT function or software development. This unique and comprehensive reference covers all aspects needed to successfully manage this type of project in an organization.

This best-seller has been fully revised to cover the new features available in Microsoft Project 2010. Using real examples and cases drawn from various industries and government, this guide gives a complete picture of how to use this software to achieve the best results in practice.