J Ross Publishing: 106 books
Implementing Positive Organizational Change
A Strategic Project Management Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
In today's increasingly competitive global marketplace, organizations that do not regularly undertake change initiatives will find it difficult—if not impossible—to continue to be successful in the long term.Most organizations only launch change initiatives when forced to address some pain, such...
Agile Business Analysis
Enabling Continuous Improvement of Requirements, Project Scope, and Agile Project Results
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
Agile Business Analysis discusses trends in the business analysis and agile environments, how these two areas align and promote each other, and identifies areas of responsibility and ownership for the business analyst (BA). Readers will learn ways BAs can provide support to agile projects through...
Investment-Centric Project Management
Advanced Strategies for Developing and Executing Successful Capital Projects
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
The persistent failure rates of complex industrial and large capital investment projects are a clear indication that traditional project management is not sufficient to deliver these types of project consistently and successfully. A new thought process needs to emerge. Investment-Centric Project Management...
Bridging the PM Competency Gap
A Dynamic Approach to Improving Capability and Project Success
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Rapidly evolving technologies, global business interdependencies, and changes to project management (PM) processes and tools demand that new PM competencies be continuously developed and adequately applied to achieve successful results. Despite the many advances in the PM discipline, significant competency...
by Frederick Bloetscher, Daniel Meeroff
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Practical Concepts for Capstone Design Engineering is the first and only comprehensive senior-level college textbook that provides the essential information needed to complete a successful capstone project in civil, construction,or environmental engineering. The concept for the book is based on replication...
Diagnosing Greatness
Ten Traits of the Best Supply Chains
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
Diagnosing Greatness is the first supply chain book targeted at all levels and functions of business management. It explains how business performance can be enhanced through a concerted effort to implement improvements across a full supply chain network. Using a significant amount of academic studies,...
Strategic Benefits Realization
Optimizing Value through Programs, Portfolios and Organizational Change Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
This desk reference offers practical guidance for program managers, portfolio managers, and business leaders in the implementation of benefits realization management in organizations. Aligned with global standards, this book extends the knowledge contained in these standards through practical implementation...
Mastering Project Portfolio Management
A Systems Approach to Achieving Strategic Objectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
This unique text provides a holistic view of project portfolio management (PPM) that includes people, process, tools, and techniques that work synergistically within the organization to produce portfolio decisions with the best chance of success. It illustrates the entire PPM process from strategic planning...
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,...
Hyper-Productive Knowledge Work Performance
The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2014
By some estimates, knowledge workers outnumber all other workers in North America alone by a four to one margin. Knowledge work and knowledge workers vary with each profession, depending on the industry from software developers to engineers, architects to pharmaceutical researchers, and so forth. They...
Project Valuation Using Real Options
A Practitioners Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2006
Business leaders are frequently faced with investment decisions on new and ongoing projects. The challenge lies in deciding what projects to choose, expand, contract, defer, or abandon, and which method of valuation to use is the key tool in the process. This title presents a step-by-step, practical...
Lean Six Sigma Service Excellence
A Guide to Green Belt Certification and Bottom Line Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Written for the typical business professional, Lean Six Sigma Service Excellence effectively translates the concepts of Lean Six Sigma from a manufacturing environment to a service delivery environment. It is a user friendly guide to successfully implementing Lean Six Sigma practices in non-manufacturing...
Strategic Supply Management
Creating the Next Source of Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2007
The popular press is loaded with stories about supply problems affecting many industries. Extensive outsourcing of major portions of a firms value chain, relentless pressure from customers to improve product and service functionality and to reduce costs across almost every industry, and steep global...
Supplier Evaluation & Performance Excellence
A Guide to Meaningful Metrics and Successful Results
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2008
Understanding supplier performance is vital to ensuring a well-functioning supply network. This how-to book will help you develop and implement an evaluation process to help you reduce costs, lower risk, and improve both the performance of your company and your suppliers. This practical text includes...