Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8 Project and Portfolio Management

Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8 Project and Portfolio Management

 

A comprehensive guide to managing projects, resources, and portfolios using Primavera P6, through version 8.2.

Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management is an integrated project portfolio management (PPM) solution comprising role-specific functionality to satisfy each team member’s needs, responsibilities, and skills. It provides a single solution for managing projects of any size, adapts to various levels of complexities within a project, and intelligently scales to meet the needs of various roles, functions, or skill levels in your organization and on your project team.

This book is divided into two sections, in the first section we learn the fundamental concepts behind managing projects which include organizing projects, adding activities and relationships, assigning roles and resources, scheduling a project, and much more. In the second section we cover portfolio management and how to make the best use of the web client that includes working with portfolios, portfolio analysis, portfolio capacity planning, ROI, tracking performance, and lots more.

What you will learn from this book:

  • Learn the use of Constraints to tweak Activity dates to reflect the real world.
  • Master the real-time reporting features of Project Dashboards
  • Create Portfolio Scenarios to capture Portfolio data for comparisons and analysis
  • Manage Portfolios and know how to create calculated UDFs to enhance them
  • Get to grips with Primavera’s calculated project-level User Defined Fields
  • Organize your projects with EPS (Enterprise Project Structure), OBS (Organizational Breakdown Structure), and WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)

Approach:

This book is written in simple, easy to understand format with lots of screenshots and step-by-step explanations.

 

Who this book is written for:

If you are a Project manager or a consultant, who wants to master the core concepts of Primavera P6 and the new features associated with version 8, then this is the best guide for you.

This book assumes that you have a fundamental knowledge of working in the Primavera P6 environment.

 

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Reengineering Yourself and Your Company – From Engineer to Manager to Leader

Reengineering Yourself and Your Company – From Engineer to Manager to Leader

 

This book is about three significant and interrelated journeysóone toreengineer yourself, the second to reengineer the enterprise of whichyou are a part, and the third, if you are so inclined, is the journey fromindividual contributor to manager to leader.

All three journeys havesteps that are suggested within them. A step at a time makes each jour-ney possible. It also turns out to be the only practical way to get wherewe might wish to go.

 

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The Coaching Handbook An Action Kit for Trainers & Managers

The Coaching Handbook An Action Kit for Trainers & Managers

 

Coaching is proving itself to be the most popular and most effective technique in the field of learning and development. Managers are constantly being reminded that coaching is an important part of their role in getting the best from staff, while trainers are increasingly being called upon to coach individuals in a variety of aspects of both work and life. This one-stop-shop of a book offers everything readers need to be able to harness this powerful and successful technique.

Part 1 provides a detailed and clearly structured step-by-step approach, which will help anyone to develop the ability to coach others. Importantly however, as well as helping to develop the skills of coaching, the authors provide valuable guidance on:

  • where to start when coaching a colleague;
  • how long the coaching will take;
  • which methods should be employed, and when.

Part 2 provides a range of real life case studies from a variety of commercial and non-commercial settings that will help you to decide how coaching can best be tailored to your own organization. The final part of the book contains detailed practical exercises that can be used in a variety of settings. Each of these individual elements combine to provide the definitive coaching handbook.

 

Table of Contents
The Coaching Handbook—An Action Kit For Trainers & Managers
Introduction
Part 1 – The Coaching Process
Chapter 1 – What is Coaching?
Chapter 2 – Learning Theories
Chapter 3 – Introducing the Coaching Model
Chapter 4 – Job description, Skills and Qualities of a Coach
Chapter 5 – Preparing to Coach
Chapter 6 – Stage 1: Clarifying Coaching Needs and Goals
Chapter 7 – Stage 2: Agreeing Specific Development Needs
Chapter 8 – Stage 3: Formulating a Detailed Plan for Coaching
Chapter 9 – Stage 4: Doing a Task or Activity
Chapter 10 – Stage 5: Reviewing Activities and Planning Improved Performance
Chapter 11 – Stage 6: Ending the Coaching Relationship
Chapter 12 – Third-party Initiated Coaching
Chapter 13 – Skills
Part 2 – Case Studies
Case Studies
Part 3 – Activities and Exercises
Activities and Exercises
References and Further Reading

 

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Discovering AutoCAD 2020 Book

Discovering AutoCAD 2020 Book

Designed for introductory AutoCAD users, Discovering AutoCAD 2007 offers a hands-on, activity-based approach to the use of AutoCAD as a drafting tool-complete with techniques, tips, shortcuts, and insights that improve efficiency.

Topics and tasks are carefully grouped to lead users logically through the AutoCAD command set, with the level of difficulty increasing steadily as skills are acquired through experience and practice.

Straightforward explanations focus on what is relevant to actual drawing procedures, and illustrations show exactly what to expect on the computer screen. Introduces readers to the AutoCAD commands using a structured, intuitive approach.

Provides a simple overview of basic command procedures in a step-by-step format. Demonstrates what users should expect to see on their screen and encourages self-paced study. Includes drawing suggestions, timesaving tips, and meaningful explanations of how to use techniques in actual applications. Working drawings accompany drawing problems. Designed for introductory AutoCAD users.

 

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BIM-Based Collaborative Building Process Management

BIM-Based Collaborative Building Process Management

 

The book reports on the great improvements in the information and knowledge management due to the digitalization of the building sector.

By summarizing several research projects addressing the implementation of BIM in different stages of the building process, and the definition of standards at Italian, European and international levels for managing information relying on the implementation of BIM-based processes, it showcases the efforts, especially within the Italian building sector, to build a standardized structure of information and develop tools for collecting, sharing and exchanging information between stakeholders involved in different stages of the building process, so as to enhance the storage, traceability, usability and re-usability of information management.

Further, it presents an enhanced use of information that relies on the adoption of the standardized structure of information, and proposes dedicated applications for automating the process of information fruition. Lastly, it features a digital platform for different stakeholders in the building sector, such as manufacturers, producers and construction companies.

 

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