Author: Michael West
Publisher: Auerbach Publications
Keywords: cmmi, using, improvement, process, real
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-02-25
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0849321093
ISBN-13: 9780849321092

This book presents readers with non-academic, real-world approaches to process improvement using the CMMI. The author provides concepts and techniques for CMMI-based process improvement which are as effective as they are innovative. Professionals at all levels - from system engineers to CEOs - will find a wealth of practical guidance and new ways to look at model-based process improvement that have already benefited large and small organizations in a variety of environments. Using plain language and enlightening illustrations, the author identifies the most critical concepts of the CMMI, and h

Author: Michael West
Publisher: CRC Press I Llc
Keywords: cmmi, using, improvement, process, real
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-02-24
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0203498380
ISBN-13: 9780203498385

Customer Reviews: Finding that common sense is not so common? Then this book is for YOU!   December 22, 2008Michael P. Cary (Fort Walton Beach, FL USA)How many development cycles must one go through before you want to really change things re: reducing the time to market, improving overal quality of deliverable, AND minimize your product defects? These are all the challenges I have faced as a engineer and product/project manager over the years and CMMI is a great model for improving software development and delivery processes. The CMMI model is wonderful in that it offers a syste

Author: Michael West
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Keywords: strategies, realizing, goals, effective, success, teams, maximize, motivate
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2004-02-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0811836959
ISBN-13: 9780811836951

Teams, with the right management, are a highly effective and dynamic means of business organization -- one that increasing numbers of companies rely upon. This latest addition to the Positive Business series presents a core repertoire of skills and techniques for building better teams. Management consultant Michael West gives readers the tools to assemble the right team, shape a vision, articulate objectives, and assess progress. Established teams will benefit from strategies for problem solving, decision making, and managing teams in trouble. He also includes tips on creating a personal leade

Author: Michael West
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: compensatory, specific, selective, education
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2009-06-04
List price: $23.99
ISBN-10: 1110661320
ISBN-13: 9781110661329

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your u

Author: Michael. West
Publisher: West Press
Keywords: composition, english, advanced
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2007-03-15
List price: $28.45
ISBN-10: 1406750336
ISBN-13: 9781406750331

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your u

Author: Michael A. West
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: psychology, work, organizations, research, organizational, teamwork, practical, lessons, effective
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2004-02-06
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 1405110570
ISBN-13: 9781405110570

Effective Teamwork provides all the tools necessary to help teams become more effective, including case studies, discussion questions, exercises and questionnaires.This practical text provides all the tools necessary to help teams become more effective, including case studies, discussion questions, exercises and questionnaires Drawing on psychological research, the text examines those factors which prevent and promote team effectiveness. The second edition includes new chapters on creating teams and on conflicts in teams. Now includes more material on team leadership, on the sorts of tasks tha

Author: Michael West
Publisher: SWETS
Keywords: media, porous, acoustics
Number of Pages: 334
Published: 1987-01
List price: $162.00
ISBN-10: 2710805162
ISBN-13: 9782710805168