Project Leadership

In The Unicorn Project, we follow Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project, to the horror of her friends and colleagues, as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She tries to survive in what feels like a heartless and uncaring bureaucracy and to work within a system where no one can get anything done without endless committees, paperwork, and approvals. One day, she is approached by a ragtag bunch of misfits who say they want to overthrow the existing order, to liberate developers, to bring joy back to technology work.

Microsoft project veteran Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Each essay distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice, and the new edition now adds more value for leaders and managers of projects everywhere.

Harness the potent power of Kanban and Scrum with this bundle and take your project-management skills to the next level.

The world is facing a global leadership crisis. Seventy-seven percent of leaders think they do a good job of engaging their people, yet 88 percent of employees say their leaders don't engage enough. Based on extensive research, including assessments of more than 35,000 leaders and interviews with 250 C-level executives, The Mind of the Leader concludes that organizations and leaders aren't meeting employees' basic human needs of finding meaning, purpose, connection, and genuine happiness in their work.

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal - especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.

Are you a project manager struggling to keep up? Drowning in status reports, buried in Gantt charts, and exhausted from putting out fires? There’s a better way to lead. In a world where technology is changing every rule, your job as a project manager isn't disappearing—it's evolving. The AI-Powered Project Manager is your practical blueprint for a new era of leadership, where technology handles the details and you focus on what truly matters. Written by an industry veteran, this book is a no-nonsense guide that shows you how to partner with AI to build more efficient, successful, and ...

Senior level superintendents on projects should be the chief people officers (CPO) of their teams. This position does a less physical work and more mentoring of others doing the work. In fact, while most entry level superintendent positions execute work, senior leaders lead, organize, and build teams. This book is about building remarkable teams that build remarkable projects. To do this, you must have three key things: a multiplier leader, a strong team, and a strenuous performance target, goal, or milestone. With these three in place, any team can win! This book will help you become the ...

Governance Frameworks for IT Project Management Offices by M.J. Laughlin is an essential ebook for IT executives, PMO leaders, and project managers looking to understand and implement robust governance structures within IT Project Management Offices (PMOs). This comprehensive guide delves into the importance of governance frameworks for successful IT project delivery, emphasizing alignment with organizational strategy, compliance with regulatory standards, and efficient resource allocation. The ebook covers a wide range of governance models—traditional, agile, and hybrid—providing ...

This is much more than a book: It's your day-by-day success system. Leadership in 100 Days offers you the roadmap to power and impact, even and especially in uncertain times. Whatever goal you put your mind to (professional and personal), this easy-to-use toolkit will give you the capacity to achieve it. “Very pragmatic self-study guide that with personal discipline provides a clear roadmap towards (increased) success.” —Hans Toggweiler, CEO Americas, DHL Of course there are no guarantees. “Life,” John Lennon quipped famously, “is what happens when you had other plans.” But ...

Si estás gestionando tu primer proyecto o simplemente estás cansado de improvisar, la Guía HBR Gestión de Proyectos te proporcionará las herramientas y la confianza que necesitas para definir y alcanzar objetivos inteligentes, y te enseñará a aprovechar las lecciones aprendidas para mejorar el desarrollo de futuros proyectos.

By the man who helped invent the red-hot management process known as "Scrum", Scrum unveils what is wrong with the way we currently do work, and how a simple set of principles, applied in exactly the right sequence, can accelerate productivity and quality as much as 1,200 percent.

Product management has become a critical connective role for modern organizations, from small technology startups to global corporate enterprises. And yet the day-to-day work of product management remains largely misunderstood. In theory, product management is about building products that people love. The real-world practice of product management is often about difficult conversations, practical compromises, and hard-won incremental gains.

Mastering One-on-One Meetings: A Comprehensive and Quick Guide to Better Leadership by Taylor Graham is a practical manual designed to help leaders and employees make the most of their one-on-one meetings. The book underscores the importance of these meetings as pivotal opportunities for building relationships, addressing challenges, and fostering employee development. This quick guide includes: 1. **Purpose and Preparation:** Graham highlights that one-on-one meetings are essential for connecting with team members, aligning on goals, and providing support. She advises leaders to prepare ...

Master the Art of Project Leadership in Today’s Complex World In an era of digital disruption, AI automation, remote teams, and ever-shifting stakeholder expectations, traditional project management just isn't enough. "Project Management Mastery" is your modern-day field manual—blending timeless fundamentals with real-world strategies for navigating the unpredictable. Written by seasoned leader Mark M. Strong, this definitive guide walks you through every critical phase of project success, from stakeholder communication and risk mitigation to agile execution, resource prioritization, ...

Could you be happier? When Hugh van Cuylenburg went to India on a teaching trip he met a joyful 10-year-old student who taught him lessons that changed his life. Since setting up The Resilience Project, Hugh has shared what he learned with over a million Australians through his show GEM, a series of comical anecdotes, moving stories and practical methods for leading a happier and more resilient life.

Do you want to discover the must-have project management hacks to achieve more success and master every area of your life? If you’ve ever experienced project failure at home, work or even with your hobbies, you’re not alone. The truth is, project management isn’t easy. And it’s important to remember that this is not your fault! But becoming a successful project manager doesn’t happen by luck...you have to take action. And that’s how Project Management for Beginners will empower you.

For close to three decades, Fundamentals of Project Management has helped managers tackle the complexities of the job. Succinct and easy to digest, this handbook simplifies concepts, answers questions, and helps tame the chaos that can erupt as projects move from planning to completion. The Sixth Edition of this trusted bestseller offers the practical guidelines and tools project managers have come to expect, along with new information explaining changes to the PMBOK® Guide, 7th Edition.

A lot of Engineering Managers and leaders studied for years and years to become the best Engineer they possibly could be... and then they were promoted. It can be very tough for those of us who didn't go into Engineering with the distinct concept that we would become managers, but still want to do our best to support our teams. I wrote this book because there's so much no one told me about management that I wished I would have known. There's a lot to be purposeful about that many of us learn on the job, and worse: learn on people.

Project management consists of delivering projects successfully in a timely manner while ensuring quality, minimizing cost and being within scope. The project management processes may be mechanical and logical in nature however the individuals and teams that make things happen are often ignored in the equation. Understanding the human factors is an integral part of project management, and leadership arguably the most important element in the loop, which has been left out in the large body of project management literature. This book sheds light on the human elements and leadership components...

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. Problem Solving Introduction: If you are or aspire to become a business executive then you cannot escape being confronted with ...