Understanding project endings is a significant part of project management, yet there is relatively little work published in this important area. This book addresses the gap, focusing on the successful management of project endings, showing how to plan for the ending of a project, how to create ending competencies, and in particular, how to successfully manage relations with different stakeholders of a project as it is coming to an end.
The World's Greatest Project: One Project Team on the Path to Quality
Quality management techniques can be used to lead project teams to success. An invaluable resource, as well as an entertaining read, The World’s Greatest Project!, an updated and expanded version of Darnall’s best-selling Achieving TQM on Projects, tells the fictional story of the successful application of quality techniques in three major projects.
The project's evolution and history, its theoretical and conceptual perspectives, and a discussion of the methodological challenges encountered is presented. Four case studies from four very different project sites are also discussed. The final chapter summarizes what was learned from the case study sites as well as the 13 other sites and concludes with a discussion of the implications of the research
Project-Based Inquiry Units for Young Children: First Steps to Research for Grades Pre-K-2
This book addresses the needs of both library media specialists and teachers in preschool, kindergarten, and primary grades. Educators who want to use stories and nonfiction to promote independent learning in young children will love this book. The reader will find practical hands-on activities where each sample lesson includes content, learning goals, and strategies for teaching and assessing learning.
QUALITYtweet Book01: 140 Bite-Sized Ideas to Deliver Quality in Every Project
Most companies acknowledge the need for a good quality system in their organization. However, most of today's quality initiatives are based on heavy-weight processes, models and metrics. At a time when the attention span of people is shrinking, how do you crystallize key ideas to simplify the process improvement journey?
