Project Performance

How many audiobooks have you listened to on project management? On leadership? Too many, right? But no other book combines the practice of project management and leadership into one balanced approach with practical examples—except this book. You don’t even need Project Manager in your title to employ these lessons. You can be any person on any team who has stepped up to take a leadership role on a critical initiative. You’ll learn what it takes to become the binding agent—the glue—that creates cohesive, engaged, high-performing project teams.

Project Controls for Federal Construction is your essential guide to navigating one of the most demanding sectors in the construction industry. With decades of combined expertise, Dr. Scott Arias and Matt Ellis unveil the real-world challenges and solutions that project managers face when working on federal government projects. This comprehensive manual blends proven strategies with practical insights, offering step-by-step guidance from bidding and budgeting to scheduling, quality assurance, and closeout processes.

The book, Simplified Integrated Project Controls, provides clear guidelines on "how" to manage Project Controls based on Earned Value Management Principles. Accredited by ECSA, the Engineering Council of South Africa, the aim of this methodology is to give the reader the necessary understanding and knowledge of how to set up a simple project, as well as a multi-discipline complex project correctly, which is one of the main reasons for project control failure. It has been found that the methodology in this book, if applied correctly, enhances the performance of most of the project management...

From a Tony Award-winner and the star of TV’s Younger, funny and intimate stories and reflections about how crafting has kept her sane while navigating the highs and lows of family, love, and show business (and how it can help you, too). "An inspiring memoir about overcoming fear, finding true...

For the first time, legendary singer, songwriter, and Grammy Hall-of-Famer Aaron Neville tells his personal story of overcoming poverty, racism, addiction, and loss through faith, family, and music. Aaron Neville’s first #1 hit, “Tell It Like it Is,” was released in 1966. In the...

If you’re trying to earn the PMI-ACP credential while juggling deadlines, meetings, and a full calendar, you don’t need a book that reads like a standards document. You need a study guide that respects your time, teaches the concepts cleanly, and helps you think the way the exam expects you to think. PMI-ACP For Busy People is built for that reality. The goal is simple: help you build confident, repeatable exam judgment by turning agile ideas into decisions you can explain, defend, and apply. You’ll finish with a stronger grasp of agile practices and a clearer sense of how to ...

**Unlock the Power of Collaborative Project Management and Build Teams That Drive Results** Are you tired of bottlenecks, poor communication, and team misalignment derailing your projects? *Building Strong Collaborative Teams in Project Management* is the essential guide every project leader needs to unify talent, maximize productivity, and deliver projects that exceed expectations. Whether you're managing agile workflows, remote teams, or cross-functional departments, this actionable handbook empowers you to lead with clarity, confidence, and cohesion. **Inside, you'll discover how to:** -...

You ran a clean, safe, on-schedule job for ten months. Nobody will remember that if the last four crash-land. The structure went up perfectly. The concrete was a work of art. And then month eleven arrives, the building is beautiful — and it's dead. The air handlers won't run. Test and balance hasn't started. The owner walks the gorgeous, lifeless space and asks the only question that matters: when can my people move in? And nobody has a clean answer. Commissioning is the frog nobody wants to eat — the hardest part of any building, with the most interfaces, the most trades depending on ...

Are you fed up with toxic and ineffective work cultures? Now is the time to be the leader who transforms teams to reach successful outcomes. Picture a world where leaders don't just manage—they inspire. Every interaction becomes an opportunity for growth, and every challenge transforms into a stepping stone for development. This isn't just a vision; it's the reality that coaching leadership creates. This book provides a comprehensive framework for developing coaching leadership skills, backed by real-world examples, practical tools, and actionable strategies. Whether you're managing ...

When the empirical meets the adorable. Babies can be a joy - and hard work. Now they can also be a 50-in-1 science project kit! This fascinating and hands-on guide shows you how to re-create landmark scientific studies on cognitive, motor, language, and behavioral development using your own bundle of joy as the research subject. Simple, engaging, and fun for both baby and parent, each project sheds light on how your baby is acquiring new skills - everything from recognizing faces, voices, and shapes to understanding new words and learning to walk.

High performing organizations see better results than their contemporaries and have more satisfied employees. This book clarifies this unique point in history where key technologies like AI, collaboration platforms, and low code development have converged to transform project and work management and provides practical strategies for seizing this moment to become a higher performing organization with happier people. In the ever-evolving landscape of business and technology, project management stands as a critical pillar, orchestrating the rhythm of progress and innovation.

In 2008, Steven Haines started a global shift toward the professionalization of product management with his groundbreaking books about product management. Starting with The Product Manager’s Desk Reference, The Product Manager’s Survival Guide, and Managing Product Management. Since then, more than 100,000 readers around the world have referred to Steven’s books to raise the bar on product management excellence. Leading Product Management is the 2nd edition (retitled) of Managing Product Management to encompass a broad array of practices needed to organize any company to focus on ...

The Main Objective of this publication is to have readily available answers to the 20 Most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Project Controls or Integrated Planning and Cost Control. These FAQs are aimed at assisting Project Teams to find the answers to these questions that would enable them to produce progress-, performance-, and status reports for managers to take proactive and informed decisions. The answers provided in this publication are based on the accredited Simplified Integrated Project Controls Based on Earned Value Management Principles.

Do you find yourself constantly facing unexpected challenges and setbacks in your projects? Are you looking to foster a culture of resilience within your project management team? Resilient organizations are able to withstand and adapt to both external pressures and internal challenges while still fulfilling their mission and objectives. Resilience is all about being able to anticipate and respond to change and disruption, recover quickly from setbacks, and learn and grow from experience. One of the keys to building a resilient organization is to cultivate a culture that values and rewards ...

WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION? This publication demonstrates innovative cutting-edge, accredited, integration techniques and methodologies for more accurate project progress and reporting. Earned Value Management requires the project scope, schedule, and budgets to be integrated at Control Account levels. In this publication, there are practical examples of how to integrate the scope, schedule, and budgets as well as how to accurately assess Earned Value progress, Measure Performance and establish the True Status of the work. ONE AGREED INTEGRATED WBS To enable effective progress ...

Most technical consultants are hired for what they know. The best ones are trusted for how they perform under pressure. There is a gap between consultants who are technically excellent and consultants who build exceptional careers. It is not a knowledge gap. It is a performance gap: the difference between the consultant who stays composed when a project goes wrong, who has the difficult conversation in week two rather than week eight, who gives clients honest advice rather than comfortable advice, and who delivers to the same standard at the end of a hard engagement as at the beginning. The...

Effective Contract Administration Skills: Practical Implementation in Geospatial Data Management A Comprehensive Guide to Post-Award Contract Execution, Performance Monitoring, and ISO-Aligned Administration Overview Effective Contract Administration Skills by Dr. Mohamed-Ali Ibrahim serves as a practical guide for professionals managing contracts in complex, multi-disciplinary environments. The book bridges the gap between commercial strategy and operational delivery, providing actionable tools, frameworks, and case studies aligned with international ISO standards.Key Features ...

Achieve Project Success in Just Weeks, Even If You’re Juggling Multiple Deadlines, Diverse Teams, and Unpredictable Challenges Are you constantly racing against the clock to deliver projects on time? Do you find team communication and stakeholder engagement more challenging as your workload grows? Are you searching for a clear, actionable system to lead with confidence and consistently deliver results, without getting lost in jargon or theory? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you’re not alone. Ambitious professionals everywhere crave practical solutions that cut ...

Time is democratic. We all have the same 24 hours per day. But trying to figure out what to do with that time is where most artists and entrepreneurs struggle. Failing to focus on the right things will mean missed opportunities, lost income, and unfortunately, the shattering of precious life goals and dreams. If you don't already have a highly optimized and personalized productivity system that supports you in achieving everything you've set out to do, then you are behind the eight-ball, and time is ticking. The answer is David Andrew Wiebe's Productivity, Performance & Profits Blackbook. ...

The Project: Thinking, Leadership, Planning, Performance, and Review is a guide to project development. Included are a fair number of concepts both for initiating a project and seeing it through to a meaningful conclusion. I also include a discussion concerning effective leadership. Please see the "Read sample" Kindle feature for a generous introduction to the text.