J Ross Publishing: 106 books
Beat the Odds
Avoid Corporate Death and Build a Resilient Enterprise
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2007
Beat the Odds fills a crucial void in the current business literature. It clearly illustrates why great organizations slip from leader to follower to road-kill, and how organizations can Beat the Odds and avoid this fate. This is a concise must-read for senior executives, and for any manager interested...
Straight to the Bottom Line
An Executive's Roadmap to World Class Supply Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
During the past 25 years, the procurement and supply chain profession has radically evolved. Once a tactical and back-office function, it is now a strategic business opportunity that can be fundamental to the success of any organization. A few leading companies have achieved an enormous competitive advantage...
Project Management the Agile Way
Making it Work in the Enterprise
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2010
Project Management the Agile Way was written for experienced project managers, architects and systems analysts who are comfortable in traditional methods of project management but now need to learn about agile methods for software projects and understand how to make agile work effectively in the enterprise....
by Howard G. Birnberg
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Since publication of the first edition in 1992, Project Management for Designers and Facilities Managers has remained the leading choice for professionals and students seeking to learn and master the skills needed to successfully lead a project from conception to completion and beyond. Few engineering,...
Innovation, Product Development and Commercialization
Case Studies and Key Practices for Market Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
To succeed in the 21st century, firms must integrate their business, market, technology and resource strategies into a holistic product approach, and match technological innovation to market opportunities. Unlike other books on product development that limit their scope to the product development process,...
Value Innovation Portfolio Management
Achieving Double-Digit Growth Through Customer Value
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2006
The quest for successful products — and a simple, predictable way to determine in advance which products will be successful — is a core concern of all companies. Most firms use financial projections to select the best portfolio of products in which to invest their limited human and capital resources...
Mastering Software Project Requirements
A Framework for Successful Planning, Development & Alignment
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Adapted in part from Avionics Engineering specification DO-178, this book is a concise step-by-step guide to building and establishing the frameworks and models for the effective management and development of software requirements. It describes what great requirements must look like and who the real...
by N. Sivakugan, A. Arulrajah, M.W. Bo
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
Testing rocks and aggregates are rarely covered in soil testing books and there are no separate books on rock or aggregate testing. Laboratory Testing of Soils, Rocks and Aggregates includes laboratory testing methods for most tests for soils as well as rocks and aggregates, which are becoming increasingly...
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...