The AMA Handbook of Project Management by
Projects are the life blood of any organization. The AMA Handbook of Project Management provides readers with a clear overview of a complex discipline. Covering everything from individual projects to programs and strategic alignment, it addresses project initiation and planning, communication and interpersonal skills, scheduling, budgeting and meeting business objectives, managing political and resource issues, implementing a PMO, and measuring value and competencies. The book compiles essays and advice from the field's top professionals and features new chapters on stakeholder management, agile project management, program management, project governance, knowledge management, and more.
The Burnout Fix: Overcome Overwhelm, Beat Busy, and Sustain Success in the New World of Work by
The Burnout Fix reveals the integrative science-backed model professionals need to maintain success in the new world of work, from licensed Doctor of Clinical Psychology, Jacinta M. Jiménez. Individuals forgo life outside of their jobs and put in huge amounts of hard work and unsustainable effort to become top performers. Over time, however, their success fades as their efforts begin to take a toll, leaving them burned out, unhappy, and sick. Pulse delivers not just the antidote to this burnout, but 5 specific PULSE Principles for Sustained Success.
Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) and the Standard for Project Management by
PMBOK® Guide is the go-to resource for project management practitioners. The project management profession has significantly evolved due to emerging technology, new approaches and rapid market changes. Reflecting this evolution, The Standard for Project Management enumerates 12 principles of project management and the PMBOK® Guide – Seventh Edition is structured around eight project performance domains. This edition is designed to address practitioners' current and future needs and to help them be more proactive, innovative and nimble in enabling desired project outcomes.
Projects, Government, and Public Policy by
Many governments have effectively organized public project implementation systems in their jurisdictions. At the same time, many other countries remain at a less advanced level of public project management. Globally, there is a need for project management knowledge to be transferred between governments. However, no systematic review of these practices has been developed to date. Projects, Government, and Public Policy was written to fulfill this need and presents a review of project management practices in countries with developed project-based capabilities.
