From the earliest cities on earth through the Great Wall of China on to the Three Rivers Gorges Dam project, project management has been a part of the march of civilization. Common Sense Project Management is a straightforward, often entertaining workbook approach to organizing and managing projects of virtually any size or complexity. Its...
Intelligent decision support relies on techniques from a variety of disciplines, including artificial intelligence and database management systems. Most of the existing literature neglects the relationship between these disciplines. By integrating AI and DBMS, Computational Intelligence for Decision Support produces what other texts...
Presentations have become the de facto business communication
tool. Companies are started, products are
launched, climate systems are saved—possibly based on
the quality of presentations. Likewise, ideas, endeavors,
and even careers can be cut short due to ineffective
communication. Out of the millions of presentations...
The bane of my existence has always been the management (or
in my case, the mismanagement) of time. I have struggled with
finding time to ‘‘do it all.’’ In high school and college, I was notorious
for pulling all-nighters to study or write papers (a habit I have
not outgrown). When I started my career, I...
FOCUSING ON CONTAMINANT FATE AND TRANSPORT, DESIGN OF ENVIRONMENTAL-CONTROL SYSTEMS, AND REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS
This textbook details the fundamental equations that describe the fate and transport of contaminantsin the water environment. The application of these fundamental equations to the design of environmental-control...
Schema matching is the task of providing correspondences between concepts describing the
meaning of data in various heterogeneous, distributed data sources. Schema matching is one of the
basic operations required by the process of data and schema integration, and thus has great effect on
its outcomes. Schema matching research has...
The only thing which is not constant is change; change provides new ideologies and methodologies for getting things done in more efficient and cost-effective ways. We all have been seeing a drastic shift of industry where every single product and IT system being supported is migrated to a virtualized server platform also known as a virtual...
Many organizations are looking to implement Service Level Management as a
way to improve the structure and quality of the business.
This document describes the contents of the Service Level Management
Guide. The information found within the book is based on the ITIL Version 2
framework, specifically the Service...
The predominate language for the development of embedded systems is clearly C. Other
languages certainly have their allure, but over 80% of all embedded systems are developed
in this classic language. Many of the advances in the industry assume the use of object-oriented
languages, web clients, and technologies that are either...
The author of the bestselling The Art of Innovation reveals the strategies IDEO, the world-famous design firm, uses to foster innovative thinking throughout an organization and overcome the naysayers who stifle creativity.
The role of the devil's advocate is nearly universal in business today. It allows individuals...
It’s been four years since, via a post to the Apache JIRA, the first version of Sqoop was
released to the world as an addition to Hadoop. Since then, the project has taken several
turns, most recently landing as a top-level Apache project. I’ve been amazed at how
many people use this small tool for a...
The ability to sell products and services successfully is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career. Written by Christine Harvey, a leading expert on selling as both a coach and a practitioner, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order to achieve profitable sales. The highly motivational 'in...
