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Portfolio Management Delivering on Strategy

Portfolio Management Delivering on Strategy

Portfolio management is becoming the ‘must have’ for organizations to prosper and survive in this decade and beyond. No longer can the organizational focus be one of following best and repeatable practices as resource limitations mean only those programs projects and operational work that add business value can and should be pursued. Executives are focusing on strategic ability and managing complexity which can only be done through a disciplined portfolio process in ensuring the best mix of programs projects and operational work is under way. In turn the portfolio is constantly in flux as difficult decisions are made if a project for example is no longer contributing to business value and providing benefits and should be terminated to reallocate resources to one of higher priority. Commitment to this difficult approach is necessary at all levels and communication is required so everyone knows how their work contributes to the organization’s strategic goals and objectives. Portfolio Management: Delivering on Strategy Second Edition focuses on the benefits of portfolio management to the organization. Its goal is to provide senior executives a view on how portfolio management can deliver organizational strategy. The emphasis is on the specific aspects within the portfolio management discipline and how each aspect should be managed from a business perspective and not necessarily from a portfolio management perspective. Highlights of the book include: Agile portfolio management Delivering organizational value Portfolio management and uncertainty Portfolio governance Marketing a portfolio Portfolio management success Starting with a review of the project portfolio concept and its development this book is a reference for executives and practitioners in the field as well as a students and researchers studying portfolio management. | Portfolio Management Delivering on Strategy

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Effective Processes for Quality Assurance

Effective Processes for Quality Assurance

Driving innovation can reduce costs for companies institutions military programs and successful businesses. Quality is key to successful innovation. Delivery of complex products must have high quality to reduce customer problems and defects. This book explains how to integrate Quality Assurance processes to produce compliant product management and gap analysis. It shows how Quality Assurance provides a common operating framework in which best practices improvements and cost avoidance activities can be shared. Effective Processes for Quality Assurance emphasizes improving process execution and reducing operational costs. It also focuses on how Quality Assurance personnel must support companies institutions military programs and successful businesses by encouraging a cooperative proactive approach and ensure compliance through management and team member participation. Lean and Agile can provide a competitive advantage and this practical reference explains how to implement these two principles to deliver products that have fewer defects. It also explains:Quality Assurance methodsMeasuring benefits of Quality Assurance process improvementQuality Assurance performance and improvementRisk managementQuality Assurance improvement with metricsEffective processes for Quality AssuranceQuantitative process performance and commitmentsQuality Assurance plansQuality Assurance for customers and suppliersSupporting software configurationEffective Processes for Quality Assurance covers the critical issues for implementing Quality Assurance processes that can deliver high-quality products successfully.

GBP 42.99
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Data Center Storage Cost-Effective Strategies Implementation and Management

Data Center Storage Cost-Effective Strategies Implementation and Management

We overspend on data center storage … yet we fall short of business requirements. It's not about the technologies. It's about the proper application of technologies to deliver storage services efficiently and affordably. It’s about meeting business requirements dependent on data center storage. Spend less deliver more. Data Center Storage: Cost-Effective Strategies Implementation and Management provides an industry insider’s insight on how to properly scope plan evaluate and implement storage technologies to maximize performance capacity reliability and power savings. It provides business and use-case focused coverage of storage technology including storage area networks (SAN) capacity-optimized drives and solid-state drives. It offers key insights on financially responsible spending for data center storage. Delivered in accessible language the book starts with a discussion of the business merits of replacing direct attached compartmentalized storage with consolidated SAN-attached storage. The author advises on the use of service level applications (SLAs) as a tool to drive business unit collaboration with IT and prioritize those actions that impact productivity and profit from those that are less critical. This business guide to applied technologies disassembles big problems into digestible segments to help you understand quantify and fix any problems that arise as you work towards meeting your growing storage needs. The book builds on the consolidation and SLA driven approach to take advantage of the compelling benefits and potential savings of managed hosting and cloud storage. | Data Center Storage Cost-Effective Strategies Implementation and Management

GBP 56.99
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A Standard for Enterprise Project Management

A Standard for Enterprise Project Management

Providing structured yet adaptable models of project success within an organization A Standard for Enterprise Project Management explains each of the basic elements needed for project success and integrates them into a balanced life-cycle continuum. It also supplies an inventory of practical policies procedures techniques and templates for consistent management of projects. The book first discusses project authorization and initiation followed by analysis and planning. It then covers execution control and closure. Each phase contains an explanation and an illustration of how to optimize success. Throughout the text the author refers to numerous appendices that constitute both blank and completed templates. He provides details on how to use these tools with an emphasis on balancing the benefits of standardization and the need for flexibility. The accompanying downloadable resources encompass a color version of the book with four bonus features: Quick start with Project 2003 that offers a one-page tutorial and three pages of screen prints designed to quickly generate readable and concise project plans Complex project readiness grid that suggests how to manage intricate interrelationships in a project or program environment Project management competency development grid that outlines a program for developing key skills among project managers within an organization Traceability matrix that illustrates how various levels of requirements and final solutions are interrelated This book offers a painless guide to quickly getting business initiatives out of the clouds and onto the ground. Blending the rigor and discipline of project management with the thoroughness of business analysis it shows how to successfully build complement and enhance project management and business analysis in any organization.

GBP 160.00
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The DataOps Revolution Delivering the Data-Driven Enterprise

The DataOps Revolution Delivering the Data-Driven Enterprise

DataOps is a new way of delivering data and analytics that is proven to get results. It enables IT and users to collaborate in the delivery of solutions that help organisations to embrace a data-driven culture. The DataOps Revolution: Delivering the Data-Driven Enterprise is a narrative about real world issues involved in using DataOps to make data-driven decisions in modern organisations. The book is built around real delivery examples based on the author’s own experience and lays out principles and a methodology for business success using DataOps. Presenting practical design patterns and DataOps approaches the book shows how DataOps projects are run and presents the benefits of using DataOps to implement data solutions. Best practices are introduced in this book through the telling of a story which relates how a lead manager must find a way through complexity to turn an organisation around. This narrative vividly illustrates DataOps in action enabling readers to incorporate best practices into everyday projects. The book tells the story of an embattled CIO who turns to a new and untested project manager charged with a wide remit to roll out DataOps techniques to an entire organisation. It illustrates a different approach to addressing the challenges in bridging the gap between IT and the business. The approach presented in this story lines up to the six IMPACT pillars of the DataOps model that Kinaesis (www. kinaesis. com) has been using through its consultants to deliver successful projects and turn around failing deliveries. The pillars help to organise thinking and structure an approach to project delivery. The pillars are broken down and translated into steps that can be applied to real-world projects that can deliver satisfaction and fulfillment to customers and project team members. | The DataOps Revolution Delivering the Data-Driven Enterprise

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Securing IoT in Industry 4.0 Applications with Blockchain

Securing IoT in Industry 4.0 Applications with Blockchain

The Industry 4. 0 revolution is changing the world around us. Artificial intelligence and machine learning automation and robotics big data Internet of Things augmented reality virtual reality and creativity are the tools of Industry 4. 0. Improved collaboration is seen between smart systems and humans which merges humans' critical and cognitive thinking abilities with highly accurate and fast industrial automation. Securing IoT in Industry 4. 0 Applications with Blockchain examines the role of IoT in Industry 4. 0 and how it can be made secure through various technologies including blockchain. The book begins with an in-depth look at IoT and discusses applications architecture technologies tools and programming languages. It then examines blockchain and cybersecurity as well as how blockchain achieves cybersecurity. It also looks at cybercrimes and their preventive measures and issues related to IoT security and trust. Features An overview of how IoT is used to improve the performance of Industry 4. 0 systems The evolution of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) its proliferation and market share and some examples across major industries An exploration of how smart farming is helping farmers prevent plant disease The concepts behind the Internet of Nano Things (IoNT) including the nanomachine and nanonetwork architecture and nano-communication paradigms A look at how blockchains can enhance cybersecurity in a variety of applications including smart contracts transferring financial instruments and Public Key Infrastructure An overview of the structure and working of a blockchain including the types evolution benefits and applications of blockchain to industries A framework of technologies designed to shield networks computers and data from malware vulnerabilities and unauthorized activities An explanation of the automation system employed in industries along with its classification functionality flexibility limitations and applications

GBP 115.00
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A Software Development Approach for Driving Competitiveness in Small Firms

A Software Development Approach for Driving Competitiveness in Small Firms

The COVID-19 Pandemic has forced many businesses to accelerate their digital transformation strategies to continue to meet the changing needs of their customers. This has resulted in significant growth in the global software market. However for decades managing software product quality has been a major challenge for many software development firms. This low success rate is due mainly to the development and delivery of low-quality software products. In addition to the direct costs associated with poor-quality software software flaws can also raisesecurity concerns as hackers can gain complete control of various devices and data such as mobile phones computers or the operational transactions of businesses. These security and privacy breaches are currently occurring with great frequency. Although producers and consumers of software products spend vast amounts of money developing and purchasing these products in many cases the promised benefits of user satisfaction efficiency productivity and profitability are not realized. In more severe circumstances software development firms have failed and face the threat of going bankrupt being acquired or suffering closure because customers are demanding high-quality software products that they consistently fail to deliver. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating within the software development industry have a more critical need to produce high-quality software since they are less able to absorb both the cost and the reputational impact of producing low-quality output. A Software Development Approach for Driving Competitiveness in Small Firms provides some cost-efficient options that can help SMEs increase the likelihood that their software will be of high quality. It tells the story of the entrepreneurial journey that small firms should take to deliver high-quality software products. By utilizing practical examples and providing several recommended solutions to decrease the likelihood of producing low-quality software the book outlines how mobilizing people processes and technology are integral to the software development process and emphasizes why process maturity is the most influential factor in software development in small and medium enterprises.

GBP 89.99
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Assessing and Insuring Cybersecurity Risk

Assessing and Insuring Cybersecurity Risk

Remote workforces using VPNs cloud-based infrastructure and critical systems and a proliferation in phishing attacks and fraudulent websites are all raising the level of risk for every company. It all comes down to just one thing that is at stake: how to gauge a company’s level of cyber risk and the tolerance level for this risk. Loosely put this translates to how much uncertainty an organization can tolerate before it starts to negatively affect mission critical flows and business processes. Trying to gauge this can be a huge and nebulous task for any IT security team to accomplish. Making this task so difficult are the many frameworks and models that can be utilized. It is very confusing to know which one to utilize in order to achieve a high level of security. Complicating this situation further is that both quantitative and qualitative variables must be considered and deployed into a cyber risk model. Assessing and Insuring Cybersecurity Risk provides an insight into how to gauge an organization’s particular level of cyber risk and what would be deemed appropriate for the organization’s risk tolerance. In addition to computing the level of cyber risk an IT security team has to determine the appropriate controls that are needed to mitigate cyber risk. Also to be considered are the standards and best practices that the IT security team has to implement for complying with such regulations and mandates as CCPA GDPR and the HIPAA. To help a security team to comprehensively assess an organization’s cyber risk level and how to insure against it the book covers: The mechanics of cyber risk Risk controls that need to be put into place The issues and benefits of cybersecurity risk insurance policies GDPR CCPA and the the CMMC Gauging how much cyber risk and uncertainty an organization can tolerate is a complex and complicated task and this book helps to make it more understandable and manageable.

GBP 52.99
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Applied Edge AI Concepts Platforms and Industry Use Cases

Applied Edge AI Concepts Platforms and Industry Use Cases

The strategically sound combination of edge computing and artificial intelligence (AI) results in a series of distinct innovations and disruptions enabling worldwide enterprises to visualize and realize next-generation software products solutions and services. Businesses individuals and innovators are all set to embrace and experience the sophisticated capabilities of Edge AI. With the faster maturity and stability of Edge AI technologies and tools the world is destined to have a dazzling array of edge-native people-centric event-driven real-time service-oriented process-aware and insights-filled services. Further on business workloads and IT services will become competent and cognitive with state-of-the-art Edge AI infrastructure modules AI algorithms and models enabling frameworks integrated platforms accelerators high-performance processors etc. The Edge AI paradigm will help enterprises evolve into real-time and intelligent digital organizations. Applied Edge AI: Concepts Platforms and Industry Use Cases focuses on the technologies processes systems and applications that are driving this evolution. It examines the implementation technologies; the products processes platforms patterns and practices; and use cases. AI-enabled chips are exclusively used in edge devices to accelerate intelligent processing at the edge. This book examines AI toolkits and platforms for facilitating edge intelligence. It also covers chips algorithms and tools to implement Edge AI as well as use cases. FEATURES The opportunities and benefits of intelligent edge computing Edge architecture and infrastructure AI-enhanced analytics in an edge environment Encryption for securing information An Edge AI system programmed with Tiny Machine learning algorithms for decision making An improved edge paradigm for addressing the big data movement in IoT implementations by integrating AI and caching to the edge Ambient intelligence in healthcare services and in development of consumer electronic systems Smart manufacturing of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) AI edge computing and blockchain in systems for environmental protection Case studies presenting the potential of leveraging AI in 5G wireless communication | Applied Edge AI Concepts Platforms and Industry Use Cases

GBP 99.99
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Managing Business Projects The Essentials

Managing Business Projects The Essentials

Managing Business Projects: The Essentials differs from many other project management textbooks. Foremost it is about business projects as opposed to construction or engineering projects. Although many techniques like schedule management apply to both they are usually applied differently. As its title conveys the book explains the essential techniques and perspectives needed for business projects to be successful. The focus is on small- and medium-sized projects up to $20 million but often below $1 million. Some literature favors large and mega-projects but for every mega-project there are many thousands of smaller projects that are vital to the organization and could involve considerable complexity and risk. Nevertheless the techniques outlined here also apply to mega-projects and their many subprojects; they even apply to some aspects of construction or engineering projects. This book does not aim to cover all project management techniques. In real life there is simply no time for sophisticated ‘should-dos. ' Rather it covers the essentials that apply to almost all business projects; these are unlikely to change in the future even as technology and methodologies advance. The driving idea which is stated repeatedly is to do the essentials and to do them consistently and well. Strong emphasis is placed on things that happen before around and after the project itself. So while the basic disciplines like engaging with stakeholders managing scope schedules costs risks issues changes and communication are thoroughly explained other important aspects are covered. These include: governance of a project and of a portfolio of projects project selection with its financial and non-financial aspects effective use of the business case through to benefits realization procurement outsourcing and partnership and also the agile mindset that is valuable beyond Agile projects. Besides project managers and sponsors this book is intended for people who are working in business or government at any level or for MBA students. It offers perspectives that enable them to learn more from their everyday experience. It is not aimed at undergraduate students although many would benefit from the contents. | Managing Business Projects The Essentials

GBP 52.99
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