July 2011
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
6h 37m
English
book
Executive's Guide to Project Management: Organizational Processes and Practices for Supporting Complex Projects
by Robert K. Wysocki
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Executive Bookshelf
Here are some references that you may find useful. I have included those that reinforce the material introduced in Part I as well as material that gives you more detail on each of the topics discussed.
Center for Project Management. Managing Advanced IT Projects. San Ramon, CA: Center for Project Management, 1995.
DeGrace, Peter, and Leslie Hulet Stahl. Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Yourdon Press Computing Series, 1990.
Eckstein, Jutta. Agile Software Development in the Large. New York: Dorsett House, 2004.
Hass, Kathleen B. Managing Complex Projects: A New Model. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts, 2009.
Highsmith, James A. III. Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems. New York: Dorset House, 2000.
Highsmith, Jim. Agile Software Development Ecosystems. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2002.
Highsmith, Jim. Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products. Boston: Addison Wesley, 2004.
Kerzner, Harold. In Search of Excellence in Project Management. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
Kruchten, Philippe. The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction. 2nd Edition Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2000.
Poppendieck, Mary and Tom Poppendieck. Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit. Boston: Addison Wesley, 2003.
Schwaber, Ken. Agile Project Management with Scrum. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 2004.
Stapleton, Jennifer. DSDM: Dynamic Systems Development Method. Harlow, England: Addison-Wesley, 1997.
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