Official reference material for the Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) Credential ExaminationProject portfolio management (PPM) is a term that is used to describe methods for analyzing and collectively managing groups of projects based on numerous factors and considerations. The fundamental objective of PPM is to determine the best projects ......
Developing, Reengineering, and Improving IT Service Management
The Definitive Source for Certified Process Design Engineers. IT organizations increasingly recognize the need to design, re-design, and improve their internal IT service management (ITSM) processes. While popular frameworks such as the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL ), Control Objectives for IT (COBIT ), Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF), ......
Best Practices, Tools and Techniques for Software Developers
This is an essential guide to best practices for anyone involved in software development. Packed with expert advice and practical guidance, Mastering Software Quality Assurance is comprehensive guide to the four dimensions of software development quality - specifications, design, construction, and conformance - from both micro and macro ......
A Practical Guide to Project Selection, Scoping, Estimation andManagement
This unique how-to implementation guide unifies project management, portfolio management, and requirements engineering into one proven, comprehensive best practice framework to help organizations deliver exceptional project results on a consistent basis. Delivering Exceptional Project Results transcends differences in the various "types" of ......
Although currently not widely used, sulfur construction materials can offer improvements over more traditional materials, especially in specific applications. Sulfur construction materials include sulfur concrete and sulfur-extended asphalt pavements as well as pre-cast concrete components, extrusions, and cast-in-place forms. This one-of-a-kind ......
This is an indispensible working tool for anyone involved in the management of residential construction projects. This book provides construction managers with a concise and practical guide to managing residential construction projects across their entire lifecycle - initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and closing. By ......
Intellectual Property (IP) covers all rights that are generated by one's creative intellectual efforts. Being intangible, intellectual property has no material existence but is, nevertheless, a valuable asset with substantial commercial value. With the knowledge gleaned from Intellectual Property for Integrated Circuits, integrated circuit (IC) ......
Maximizing Business Results Through Strategic Collaboration
Despite the significant benefits that suppliers and customers can realize through collaboration on projects, programs or operational improvement initiatives, current literature barely discusses project management beyond the scope of a single company. This unique book fills this void with its practical straight forward description of the processes ......
Software engineering from a project point of view embarks on software products that are both feasible technically and financially. Moreover, software projects must be completed on time and within budgets and are important challenges to software engineers. Research has shown that one-third of software projects are never completed, another third do ......
