Ross Publishing: 135 books
Business Driven PMO Success Stories
Across Industries and Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Business Driven PMO Success Stories was written by and with over two dozen contributing authors from the worldwide project management and project management office (PMO) community. It offers executives, managers, and all those involved in the projects of the organization, an understanding of the value...
Agile Practices for Waterfall Projects
Shifting Processes for Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Projects in the near future will be managed with a hybrid of Agile and traditional waterfall processes to better address the speed to market, product innovation, and financial challenges that organizations face. The project managers who learn how to merge Agile with Waterfall methodologies first will...
Lean Materials Planning & Execution
A Guide to Internal and External Supply Management Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2007
Lean materials management is a constant challenge in most supply chains and is one of the most critical issues facing manufacturing organizations. Success is defined by controlling all components of an operation, including the costs of quality, delivery speed and flexibility, and the synchronization...
The Program Management Office
Establishing, Managing and Growing the Value of a PMO
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2006
The role of project management in the modern organization has grown significantly. The effective management of project portfolios that include numerous short-terms projects, large multi-project programs or both has become a growing challenge for industry, government and other institutions. Many organizations...
Project Workflow Management
A Business Process Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Foreword by industry legend Harold Kerzner!This book describes a completely unique step-by-step, workflow-guiding approach to project management which simplifies activities by enforcing execution of all required processes on time, and redirecting to an alternative path in the event of project issues....
The Business Value of Agile Software Methods
Maximizing ROI with Just-in-Time Processes and Documentation
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
Whether to continue using traditional cost and benefit analysis methods such as systems and software engineering standards or to use a relatively new family of software development processes known as Agile methods is one of most prevalent questions within the information technology field today. Since...
Branded Entertainment
Dealmaking Strategies & Techniques for Industry Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Our media options have increased and evolved more in the last decade then over the last century. This evolution affects all aspects of our lives and, more specifically, has forever altered how consumers interact with the brands vying for their attention on all types of media outlets. In today’s world,...
Business Driven Project Portfolio Management
Conquering the Top 10 Risks That Threaten Success
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Project 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 to undertake in support of the goals, objectives, and...
Project Management for Flat Organizations
Cost Effective Steps to Achieving Successful Results
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
A flat organization believes the formal processes and controls used by many hierarchical organizations are too involved, require too much overhead cost, and are too complex and/or time consuming. This book is ideal for the project manager, team member, manager, or project sponsor with limited or no formal...
Project Management, Denial, and the Death Zone
Lessons from Everest and Antarctica
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Today, less than a third of projects deliver their specified business benefits on time and within budget. Nearly 20% of all projects fail outright, and under-delivery of benefits on the average project is as high as 50%. Acutely aware of this and without understanding the root causes of the problem,...
World Class Sales & Operations Planning
A Guide to Successful Implementation and Robust Execution
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2006
The sales and operations planning (S&OP) process is a major baseline for high-performance companies because, when done correctly, it keeps supply and demand in balance at the volume and detailed mix level, integrates and builds teamwork between general management, sales, operations, finance and product...
Delivering Exceptional Project Results
A Practical Guide to Project Selection, Scoping, Estimation and Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2010
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...
Effective PM and BA Role Collaboration
Delivering Business Value through Projects and Programs Successfully
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
The role of the business analyst (BA) has seen rapid growth over the past decade, and for good reason. Business analysis is a hybrid function that evolved from the systems analysis role over several decades into one where the individuals performing it have both a good understanding of the business and...
by Collin Quiring, Tanya Foster
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
In the new economy, organizations in a myriad of sizes and industries are now more than ever seeking a better understanding of how to best utilize and manage the scarce resources devoted to their project portfolios. Microsoft® Project and Project Server are the most widely used and one of the top-rated...