Today's project managers find themselves in the dual roles of technical expert and business leader. As project management has evolved, the need has emerged for an organizational entity to manage complexities and ensure alignment with business interests. A project management office (PMO) coordinates technical and business facets of project...

With software and hardware development techniques improving constantly, it’s surprising to learn that more than half of all technology projects overrun their schedules and budgets by 200 percent or more. Computerworld magazine recently reported several surveys showing that project failure is overwhelmingly traceable to poorly...

You also get expert exam tips plus a full review section inside the book that covers all...

Apache can be hacked. As companies have improved perimeter security, hackers have increasingly focused on attacking Apache Web servers and Web applications....

Hey, you know your way around Microsoft Office—so now dig into the 2003 edition and really put your PC to work! Covering Microsoft Access, Excel, FrontPage, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and new Microsoft Office InfoPath, this supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds in...

While creative professionals spend much of their time working on illustrations, photo-editing, and laying out pages, many parts of their jobs are anything BUT creative. Too often, they spend their time doing repetitive, time-wasting tasks such as placing and replacing images, correcting errors in text, cutting and pasting,...

If you’re looking for a solid introduction to programming with WSH and VBScript, then this is the book for you. Developed by computer science instructors, books in the For the Absolute Beginner series teach the principles of programming through simple game creation. By following along with the exercises in this book, you’ll...