Information Technology project management has changed dramatically over recent years. Drawing on the experiences of successful project management beyond the IT industry and synergizing cutting edge research with well-established practices in the IT industry, this book prefigures the 'next normal' in IT project management.As a milestone publication, this book augments and boosts the specialized body of knowledge in IT project management by capturing and consolidating key elements of...

The proven system for rapid B2B sales growth from the coauthor of Predictable Revenue, the breakout bestseller hailed as a “sales bible” (Inc.)If your organization’s success is driven by B2B sales, you need to be an expert prospector to successfully target, qualify, and close business opportunities. This game-changing guide provides the immediately implementable strategies you need to build a solid, sustainable pipeline—whether you’re a sales or m...

Unique prospective on the big data analytics phenomenon for both business and IT professionalsThe availability of Big Data, low-cost commodity hardware and new information management and analytics software has produced a unique moment in the history of business. The convergence of these trends means that we have the capabilities required to analyze astonishing data sets quickly and cost-effectively for the first time in history. These capabilities are neither theor...

Master the hottest technology around to drive marketing successMarketers are faced with a stark and challenging dilemma: customers demand deep personalization, but they are increasingly leery of offering the type of personal data required to make it happen. As a solution to this problem, Customer Data Platforms have come to the fore, offering companies a way to capture, unify, activate, and analyze customer data. CDPs are the hottest marketing technology around tod...

Unique insights to implement big data analytics and reap big returns to your bottom lineFocusing on the business and financial value of big data analytics, respected technology journalist Frank J. Ohlhorst shares his insights on the newly emerging field of big data analytics in Big Data Analytics. This breakthrough book demonstrates the importance of analytics, defines the processes, highlights the tangible and intangible values and discusses how you can t...

As you move data to the cloud, you need to consider a comprehensive approach to data governance, along with well-defined and agreed-upon policies to ensure your organization meets compliance requirements. Data governance incorporates the ways people, processes, and technology work together to ensure data is trustworthy and can be used effectively. This practical guide shows you how to effectively implement and scale data governance throughout your organization.Chief information, da...

Lean and Agile Development for Large-Scale Products: Key Practices for Sustainable Competitive SuccessIncreasingly, large product-development organizations are turning to lean thinking, agile principles and practices, and large-scale Scrum to sustainably and quickly deliver value and innovation. Drawing on their long experience leading and guiding lean and agile adoptions for large, multisite, and offshore product development, internationally recognized consultant ...

Your all-inclusive guide to all the latest technologiesProviding you with a better understanding of the latest technologies, including Cloud Computing, Software as a Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Open Source, Mobile Computing, Social Networking, and Business Intelligence, The Next Wave of Technologies: Opportunities in Chaos helps you know which questions to ask when considering if a specific technology is right for your organization.

This book is a mix of practical and conceptual knowledge for e-commerce that discusses strategies to use when a business wants to take advantage of e-commerce to increase their sales and international exposure. The material is based on the author's 20 years of applying it in industry, his doctoral studies of e-commerce, and on his lecture notes for e-commerce that have accumulated over the last decade. It is composed of over 20 chapters and is intended mainly for business people that need ...

Continuous Architecture provides a broad architectural perspective for continuous delivery, and describes a new architectural approach that supports and enables it. As the pace of innovation and software releases increases, IT departments are tasked to deliver value quickly and inexpensively to their business partners. With a focus on getting software into end-users hands faster, the ultimate goal of daily software updates is in sight to allow teams to ensure that they can release every ch...

In todays competitive business climate, companies with effective procurement strategies are beginning to separate themselves from the competition. Successful purchase order management (POM) is now a critical core competency and organizations in all industries have started investigating tools and techniques to help them succeed.Purchase Order Management Best Practices brings together the fields latest advances and gives business professionals a comprehensive framewo...

Whether to continue using traditional cost and benefit analysis methods such as systems and software engineering standards or to use a relatively new family of software development processes known as Agile methods is one of most prevalent questions within the information technology field today. Since each family of methods has its strengths and weaknesses, the question being raised by a growing number of executives and practitioners is: Which family of methods provides the greater business...