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of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside a dog
it’s too dark to read!"
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Marx.
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PMI Standard (from the PMI Melbourne Chapter)
These standards are only
available for delivery in Australia - Payment is
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Melbourne Chapter.
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A
guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge 3rd Edition Price: $66.00 + Delivery charges $11 The PMBOK ® Guide is now considered one of the most essential tools in the profession and is the de facto global standard for project management. To order email: PMI.Standards@mosaicprojects.com.au Download Errata sheets for the PMBOK Guide 3rd Edition [ Sheet 1 ] + [ Sheet 2 ] To see which sheets you need [ click here ] |
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The Standard for
Program Management Price: $60.50 + Delivery charges $11 The Standard for Program Management defines a set of processes that represent generally recognised good practices in program management, as well as promote efficient and effective communication and coordination, among various project management groups including; program managers who would like to improve their skills, project managers who would like to understand more about the role of program managers, portfolio managers who want to learn about the interface between program and project managers and senior managers who would like to improve their understanding of program boards and steering committees. To order email: PMI.Standards@mosaicprojects.com.au |
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The Standard for
Portfolio Management Price: $60.50 + Delivery charges $11 The discipline of portfolio management is a means of helping organisations focus on both “doing work right,” and on “doing the right work.” This Standards defines a set of processes that represent generally recognized good practices in portfolio management. In parallel to the growing acceptance and utilisation of the profession of project management, the discipline of portfolio management is gaining favour as a means of helping organisations remain effective and competitive. The Standard for Portfolio Management provides portfolio managers with a resource to help them develop professionally and achieve success for themselves and their Organisations. Within an organisation, a portfolio represents a collection of active programs, projects and other work undertaken at a specific point in time to help the organisation reach its strategic objectives. In essence, a portfolio reflects the priorities, investments and resource allocations of the organisation. Portfolio management, therefore, is the centralized management of one or more portfolios in order to achieve specific strategic business objectives. As a process, portfolio management enables organisations to identify, categorize, evaluate, select, prioritize, authorise, terminate and review various portfolio components to ensure their alignment with current and future business strategy and goals, which in turn helps the organisation optimise the use of its limited resources. Because portfolios address all aspects of an organisation, reaching into organisational functions such as finance, marketing, corporate communications and human resources, as well as strategic objectives, portfolio management has become a key method used to create and execute effective corporate governance frameworks. With this in mind, The Standard for Portfolio Management is designed to provide a guide to those processes generally recognised as good practices in portfolio management and focuses on portfolio management as it relates to the disciplines of program and project management. To order email: PMI.Standards@mosaicprojects.com.au |
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Project Manager Competency
Development Framework – Second Edition Price: $66.00 + Delivery charges $11 The PMCD framework outlines the key dimensions of project management competency and identifies those competencies that are most likely to impact project manager performance. Project manager competency consists of three separate dimensions: • Knowledge – what a project manager knows about the application of processes, tools and techniques in project activities • Performance – how a project manager applies project management knowledge to meet project requirements • Personal – how a project manager behaves when performing activities in a project environment In order to be recognized as fully competent, a project manager must satisfy each of these three dimensions. [ See also PMI's Career Framework ] To order email: PMI.Standards@mosaicprojects.com.au |
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The Practice
Standard for Scheduling Price: $60.50 + Delivery charges $11 Effective project scheduling is critical to the success of a project. The Practice Standard for Scheduling is a systematic guide describing hallmarks of an effective schedule methodology, as well as providing quantifiable means for assessing the maturity of a schedule model. Chapters: 1 - Intro (1 pg), 2 - Schedule development process (6 pgs), 3 - Good Practices (9 pgs), 4 - Scheduling Components (i.e. 33 page listing of items and characteristics: name, required/optional, calculated/manual, data format, behaviour description, good practices, associated component, definition), 5 - Conformance Index (2 pgs, and Conformance Scoring in App d), plus lengthy Glossary (20 pgs). To order email: PMI.Standards@mosaicprojects.com.au |
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| Interesting and Recommended Books |
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| Stakeholder Relationship
Management: A Maturity Model for Organisational
Implementation, Gower Publishing Ltd, Aldershot, UK. Author: Dr. Lynda Bourne This book is designed to provide project managers and organisations with a framework to deliver successful stakeholder management through a long-term commitment to a structured process for the identification of stakeholders and their expectations and then managing these expectations. The book has two main purposes:
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Managing Group Risk Attitude,
Gower Publishing, Aldershot. Authors: Ruth Murray-Webster and David Hillson, Foreword by Dr. Lynda Bourne [Read the Foreword] 'Managing Group Risk Attitude' looks at the challenges of understanding and managing the attitudes adopted by groups of people when faced with making decisions that they perceive as risky and important. It makes the link between risk management and decision-making explicit, building on existing work from the economic and risk psychology schools but taking a pragmatic, practitioner-focused approach that is relevant to all decision-making groups in any situation. The insights in 'Managing Group Risk Attitude' are derived from the authors' own applied research. Details of the research methods and findings are included in the book in support of a practical model and steps to manage risk attitude using applied emotional literacy. [ For more information visit the Gower website ]
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Construction
Stakeholder
Management, Blackwell Publishing, London. Editor: Chinyio E. Co-Authors Chapter 7: Dr. Lynda Bourne and Patrick Weaver This book breaks new ground by focusing on the stakeholder's involvement in creating successful construction projects. Most construction management books focus on improving the construction process; this one focuses on capturing leading edge practice in construction stakeholder management to provide construction practitioners with a reliable guide to best practice - Publication due 2009. Topics include: Introduction, CSR, Historical Overview, Uptake and Best Practice, Construction Stakeholder Management, Risk and Stakeholders, Mapping Stakeholders, Managing Stakeholders, Negotiating with Stakeholders, Communications, Managing Conflict, Case studies, The Future, Conclusions:
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Procurement
Systems – A
Cross Industry Project Management Perspective,
Taylor & Francis, London. Editors: Walker, D. H. T. and Rowlinson, S. Co-Author Chapter 3: Dr. Lynda Bourne This book is primarily focussed upon how project leaders can make and influence procurement decisions so as to realise a project that truly delivers value to its stakeholders. Particular attention is paid to procuring project value. Organisations tend not to want to merely source products, equipment, people or systems rather they have a complex (often implicit) need for a bundle of resources that help them generate and deliver something that will be valued by those receiving the project product/service.
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The Organizational Zoo, Written
by Arthur Shelley, Illustrated by John Szabo. Organisations are like zoos, they are unnatural environments where animals not normally closely associated are pushed together into small “cages” and forced to interact against their will. This unnatural environment causes stress and difficult situations, which can generate a negative and political culture. The Organizational Zoo is an educational guide to understanding these workplace relationships and how to improve them. The book entertainingly profiles common behavior types found in organizations through animal metaphors and shows how the mix of animals in the hierarchy determines the organizational culture. Readers immediately relate to the simple profiles and learn how to include them in practical exercises for building productive teams. [ Download Organizational Zoo Preview ] For more on the 'zoo', visit: http://www.organizationalzoo.com |
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Heart of Influence,
Author, Jürgen Oschadleus, Published, Act Knowledge
Pty Ltd. Life is about people, communication and relationship. It's about influencing and being influenced. This book shows us how we can live a life of influence, centred on the cornerstones of persuasion identified by Aristotle over 2300 years ago:
To preview and buy 'Heart of Influence' visit: http://www.actknow.com/HoI.asp |
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Faster Construction Projects with
CPM Scheduling, Author,
Murray B.Woolf, Published, McGraw-Hill. Faster Construction Projects with CPM Scheduling contains a full explanation of the new and innovative Scheduling Practice Paradigm, Momentum Management (momentology) and translates it into tangible steps you can use to create powerful project schedules designed to boost productivity on any job. Completely compatible with the Collaborative Model, the new Scheduling Practice Paradigm provides, commitment planning, execution scheduling, and comprehensive performance control through dilemma forecasting. Written by a 30 year scheduling veteran, this book is packed with hundreds of 'tricks of the trade'. Read the ENR review [ open the review ]. To preview and buy visit: http://www.ics-global.com |
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| We will be progressively adding books to this list - check back soon. |
| Training Manuals - Scheduling Software written by Paul E. Harris. |
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Project Planning &
Control
Using Primavera® , Eastwood Harris
Pty Ltd, Melbourne. Author: Paul E Harris. These books are a user guide and training manual written for Project Management Professionals who wish to learn how to schedule projects in an established Primavera Environment. The books are packed with screen shots, constructive tips from an experienced project scheduler, and contain workshops with solutions at the end of each chapter for the reader to practice the skills learned. The books are available in paperback and spiral bound (which lay flat on the desk and are suitable for use as training course handouts). Books available for: - P3® Version 3.1 (revised 2006), - Primavera® Version 5.0 For IT Project Office, - Primavera® Version 5.0 For Engineering & Construction - Primavera® Version 6.0 To preview and buy visit: www.eh.com.au |
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Planning & Scheduling
Using Primavera SureTrak Project Manager®,
Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Melbourne. Author: Paul E Harris. This book presents workable solutions to real day to day planning and scheduling problems and contains practical advice on how to set up SureTrak version 3.0 and import data.Completely rewritten 2006; this book includes more student workshops, many new pages of text and covers more SureTrak functions. It is designed to teach planners and schedulers how to use SureTrak in a project environment and explains in detail how to effectively plan and control projects using the software. The book explains in plain English, and in a logical sequence, the steps required to create and maintain a schedule highlighting the sources of information and methods that should be employed to produce a realistic and useful project schedule drawing on the author's practical experience using SureTrak in a wide variety of industries including building, construction, oil & gas, software development, government and defence. To preview and buy visit: www.eh.com.au |
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Planning and Control Using
Microsoft® Project and PMBOK® Guide Third Edition,
Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Melbourne. Author: Paul E Harris. This book is aimed at Project Management Professionals who understand the PMBOK® Guide Third Edition processes and wish to learn how to use Microsoft Office Project to plan and control their projects in a PMBOK® environment. It is a user guide and training manual written for PMPs who wish to learn how to schedule projects in a single project environment with or without Resources with Microsoft Project. The book is packed with screen shots, constructive tips and is suitable as a training course handout, for learning the software or as a reference book. The book contains workshops with solutions at the end of each chapter for the reader to practice the skills taught in the chapter. The book is based on the Microsoft Project 2007 but may be used with Microsoft Project 2000, 2002 or 2003 (the differences are noted in the book). From the same author: Planning and Scheduling Using Microsoft® Office Project 2007, Including Project 2000 and 2003 To preview and buy visit: www.eh.com.au |
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99 Tricks and Traps for
Microsoft® Office Project: Including Microsoft® Project
2000 to 2007, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Melbourne. Author: Paul E Harris. The casual users “Survival Guide”! Written for people who understand the basics and want a brief text to demonstrate some of the less intuitive but essential functions of Microsoft Project. It is packed with screen shots, constructive tips and is written in plain English; a pocket sized book that may be read without a computer on the bus, train or plane. The book quickly gets down to the issues that many people grapple with when trying to use some of the more advanced features of Microsoft Project and enlightens readers on the traps that await the unwary and how to avoid them. It also explains some of the tricks that may be used to become more productive with the software and generate better schedules. The book is based on the Microsoft® Project 2007 but may be used with Microsoft® Project 2000, 2002 or 2003 as the book points out the differences where appropriate. To preview and buy visit: www.eh.com.au |
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