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Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Chris Yapp has blogged for BCS for 6-years on the future of technology and how the economic and social impacts of technical developments may play out. Covering a wide variety of topics including smart cities, the internet of things, big data and privacy, this collection of his articles provides a guide to the opportunities and possible pitfalls of technical progress and how it will change the world we live in today.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Planning, scheduling and time management are all key skills for project managers. Every project, irrespective of time frame, needs accurate plans and a managed schedule to be successful and meet its aims and objectives. This ebook addresses vital aspects of this process, such as identifying and setting tasks, keeping the momentum going and managing fixed project dates.This is one section of the book "Shortcuts to Success".
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Research shows there is no 'model' project manager. Every individual approaches project management in a different way, bringing with them a unique set of skills and experiences. Becoming a good project manager is often largely about self-development. This ebook gives a huge range of ideas and tips on issues such as time management, career progression, managing a personal brand, and navigating office politics. This is one section of the book "Shortcuts...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Project scope forms part of the 'golden triangle' of project management along with resources and time. If there is a change to any part of the triangle, another element has to change to keep the balance. This eBook helps project managers to understand how their project fits into the overall strategy of an organisation, how to avoid the traps of assumptions, manage risks and prevent scope creep. This is one section of the book "Shortcuts to Success"....
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Based on the authors' recent advances, this book focuses on a class of nonlinear systems with mismatched uncertainties/disturbances and discusses their typical control problems. It aims to provide a comprehensive view of the non-recursive control theory and application guidelines. Various applications on the non-recursive synthesis of complex nonlinear systems not only greatly simplify the control design process, weaken the system assumptions, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
There's enormous potential for new digital capabilities to improve business performance -- if business departments can start to trust their IT counterparts. Leaders can take an active role in helping their teams of executives and IT professionals better respect each other's skills. Only when that happens can they begin working together in more productive ways to improve business performance and create more satisfying jobs.
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Digital age", "digital society", "digital civilization": many expressions are used to describe the major cultural transformation of our contemporary societies. Digital Dictionary presents the multiple facets of this phenomenon, which was born of computers and continues to permeate all human activity as it progresses at a rapid pace. In this multidisciplinary work, experts, academics and practitioners invite us to discover the digital world from various...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This alphabetically organized ten-volume set opens up the entire world of science in clear, nontechnical language. Its 798 entries provide fascinating facts covering the entire spectrum of science, from physical, life, and earth sciences to math, psychology, engineering, technology, and the environment. This edition features 204 new entries and 594 updated entries.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
More than one-third of projects have a budget of seven figures or more, so handling the finances is an essential part of a project manager's repertoire. Keeping to budget is not always easy, and it is made harder by the fact that project managers themselves don't always get control over the money. As the 'average' project has its budget revised at least three times, the situation can be further complicated. This is one section of the book "Shortcuts...
12) Co-creating Value in Organisations With ITIL 4: A guide for consultants, executives and managers
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Co-creating value in organizations with ITIL 4 explores how to achieve value across multiple business models using ITIL 4 at different stages of business and product evolution.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods. The Luddites organized guerrilla raids to smash those machines--on punishment of death--and won the support of Lord Byron, enraged the Prince Regent, and inspired the birth of science fiction....
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This book covers different aspects of Internet of Drones (IoD) including fundamentals in drone design, deployment challenges, and development of applications. It starts with a detailed description of concepts and processes in designing an efficient system, and architecture. It details different applications of IoD and its implementations in smart cities, agriculture, healthcare, defense, security, logistics, GIS mapping, and so forth. Recent developments...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Do you control your phone -- or does your phone control you? Within a few years of its unveiling, the smartphone had become part of us, fully integrated into the daily patterns of our lives. Never offline, always within reach, we now wield in our hands a magic wand of technological power we have only begun to grasp. But it raises new enigmas, too. Never more connected, we seem to be growing more distant. Never more efficient, we have never been more...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From Calvert Crary, author of Flower School and executive director of FlowerSchool NY and FlowerSchool LA, [this book] is a first-of-its-kind, ... practical guide to buying and caring for 146 different varieties of cut flowers, including information on how to get the most for your money by prolonging the life of your flowers"--
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Projects succeed through people, so project managers need to be adept at working with others, especially as projects usually involve a group of people whose day jobs have very little in common. Additionally, project managers tend not to have line management authority but still need to instruct, motivate, coach and cajole the team members. This ebook covers managing the team, the project sponsor and the stakeholders. This is one section of the book...
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English
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"Winner of the ASLI Choice Award, Atmospheric Science Librarians International" "Winner of the PROSE Award in Earth Science, Association of American Publishers" "Winner of the Special Book Award, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards" "Winner of the Award of Excellence in Plants and Environmental Change, Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries" Martin Williams is professor emeritus and adjunct professor of earth sciences at the University of Adelaide....
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