In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed & bestselling book Microsoft project veteran Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies & strategies for defining leading & managing projects Each essay distills complex concepts & challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice & the new edition now adds more value for leaders & managers of projects everywhere Based on his nine years of experience as a program manager for Internet Explorer & lead program manager for Windows & MSN Berkun explains to technical & non-technical readers alike what it takes to get through a large software or web development project Making Things Happen doesn't cite specific methods but focuses on philosophy & strategy Unlike other project management books Berkun offers personal essays in a comfortable style & easy tone that emulate the relationship of a wise project manager who gives good entertaining & passionate advice to those who ask Topics in this new edition include How to make things happen Making good decisions Specifications & requirements Ideas & what to do with them How not to annoy people Leadership & trust The truth about making dates What to do when things go wrong Complete with a new forward from the author & a discussion guide for forming reading groupsteams Making Things Happen offers in-depth exercises to help you apply lessons from the book to your job It is inspiring funny honest & compelling & definitely the one book that you & your team need to have within arm's reach throughout the life of your project Coming from the rare perspective of someone who fought difficult battles on Microsoft's biggest projects & taught project design & management for MSTE Microsoft's internal best practices group this is valuable advice indeed It will serve you well with your current work & on future projects to come ...
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A group of disparate ham radio enthusiasts become close friends on the air-waves but exaggerate who they are on the assumption they&ll never meet When circumstances change two of them have to try & live up to their larger than life personas with disastrous results Actors Craig Henderson Susie Benton & Tom Bacon Director Nicolas van Pallandt Certificate 15 years & over Screen Widescreen 1781 Languages English - Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English ; English For The Hearing Impaired ...
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Making a piece of wood move is fun but making it tell the time is truly amazing! Inside this book you'll find ingenious plans for creating impressive wooden machines that actually move & keep time These working wooden wonders might just be the most enjoyable projects you ever build in your shop Wooden gear clocks are not only fascinating to watch but can be surprisingly accurate timepieces Just don't expect atomic precision- after all they're modelled on 17th-century technology! But as you build these clocks you'll use all of the basic principles that still govern mechanical clocks today Seven well-illustrated step-by-step projects are arranged by skill level from beginner to advanced & full-sized patterns are attached to the book in a handy pouch With a little perseverance you'll soon be ticking along happily with your own wooden clockworks All you have to do is build them wind them up & let them run-no batteries required ...
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Making Wildlife Ponds: How To Create A Pond To Attract Wildlife To
Your Garden By Jenny Steel (Paperback, 2016)
This third guide in the 'Gardening with Nature Series' gives step by step advice on where when and how to create a pond to enrich the wildlife in your garden 70 pages about 100 colour photos Steel Jenny
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This third guide in the ' Gardening with Nature Series' gives step by step advice on where when & how to create a pond to enrich the wildlife in your garden 70 pages about 100 colour photos Steel Jenny
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