Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something — and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 135 Flash CS4 Professional tasks. Each task-based spread covers a single...
When to Hire—or Not Hire—a Consultant:Getting Your Money's Worth from Consulting Relationships is a hands-on, practical guide for anyone thinking about hiring a consultant to set strategy, solve problems, increase profits or revenue, develop new products, open new markets, or improve efficiency.
A benchmark text on software development and quantitative software engineering
"We all trust software. All too frequently, this trust is misplaced. Larry Bernstein has created and applied quantitative techniques to develop trustworthy software systems. He and C. M. Yuhas have organized this quantitative experience into a book of great...
The goal of Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition is to provide a real-world understanding
of information systems (ISs) for business and computer science students. Like its predecessor, this
Sixth Edition provides students with a firm foundation in business-related information technology
(IT) on which they can build successful...
In the middle of 2006, I was preparing for an important executive review for Jeff Raikes to seek approval to kick off the project to build "CCS"—a communication and collaboration service from Microsoft. As was Jeff's approach to big decision meetings, he would ask for the PowerPoint slides in advance so he could review the...
Reaching beyond statistics and prevalent assumptions, Uninsured in America goes to the heart of why more than forty million Americans are falling through the cracks in the health care system, and what it means for society as a whole when so many people suffer the consequences of inadequate medical care. Based on interviews with 120 uninsured men...
This practice- and research-based book caters to the needs of executive managers who see customer satisfaction as their primary goal. The authors identify the need for an effective complaint management strategy that prevents the loss of dissatisfied customers. Dissatisfied customers are at risk of migrating; accordingly,...
Whether you are a senior executive or a project manager, it’s your job to help your organization grow and increase its value to its stakeholders. Project management is the unique organizational competency that manages change and drives competitive advantage—with the outcome of delivering results in line with corporate strategy. A...
This book is the first real inside look at the business of professional audio recording, which fuels a multibillion dollar global music industry. Industry pioneer Chris Stone, founder of the legendary Record Plant, provides hard-earned business strategies, guidelines, and advice on every aspect of launching and managing a professional audio...
As much as this book is about how to buy and use a Media Center PC, down deep it is…about how owning one changes the way you watch TV and manage your entertain-ment content. Like all good revolutions, this one empowers you.
One device. One remote. If that isn’t a revolutionary approach to entertainment, what is? Now a former PC...
IT education, particularly at business colleges, is undergoing a transformation because of the emerging federated systems or enterprise-wide systems (ES). This follows a trend in industry, which uses complex software applications like SAP and others. This movement toward ES in industry has created major challenges for integrating ES into the...
Faster, cheaper, better. Accidental project manager. In or out? Are you done yet? We’re in a mess! Why can’t we . . . ? If these challenges sound familiar within your organization, welcome aboard.
This is a book about improving organizational performance by implementing a project office system that develops...
