Few people realise how many projects people actually manage. Or how many of the theoretical approaches to Project Management do not meet the test of the real world.
This intensive look at Project Management teaches people what they need to know to lead, or be a member of, a project team. Most Project Management texts deal predominantly with technical areas, leaving readers ill-prepared for the real world.

Projects in Linguistics is a unique and essential guide for anyone doing a research project in language and linguistics. With orientation overviews of the main areas of enquiry typically targeted by students, it offers practical help in identifying a topic, finding background reading, planning and designing a study, collecting and analysing data, and writing a convincing account.

How does a radio-controlled car work? Author Ed Sobey guides readers as they take apart and rebuild their own radio-controlled car. In the process readers will also learn about radio waves, acceleration, towing capacity, battery voltage, and more! Many experiments include ideas you can use for your own science fair projects.

Love do-it-yourself projects but have no time?
Have your kids taken your hearth and home hostage?
Let TV’s Superhandy Dad, Eric Stromer, Walk You Through Fun Do-It-Yourself Activities and Home Improvement Projects That You and Your Brood Can Enjoy!

Another boring scarf? More mittens? We're not gonna take it! And neither should you!
Pretty in Punk salutes counterculture fashion with 25 entirely original designs inspired by fashion icons Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano, and punk legends. Indulge your girly side with the Ready Steady Go mini skirt, rebel with Feel the Pain wrist cuffs, or channel your inner rock star with the very same Mohawk hat Depeche Mode's Martin Gore wears on stage.

A master papercrafter illustrates both fold-by-fold (origami) and cut-by-cut (kirigami) methods. Simple instructions, 365 drawings, and 190 photographs bring mobiles, lampshades, and a host of other charming models to life. This versatile guide also offers tips on teaching and entertaining with paper as well as creating gifts and other decorations.

Cassie Barden, author of the best-selling The New Handmade, and talented designer Adrienne Smitke present an exciting new array of designs for the modern sewist. Discover creative, stylish, and above all, practical projects by young designers who really know how to sew.

Have you wondered how to make your small projects run as smoothly as possible—without building in so many steps that they get cumbersome? In this course, author and project manager Bonnie Biafore shows how a successful small project starts with planning: documenting goals, identifying risks, measuring success, and confirming decision makers. The course also covers organizing your files, estimating time and costs, building a solid team, scheduling work, and getting the project underway. In addition, you’ll explore how to hand out and track assignments, communicate with the team, work through issues, and bring your project to a close. This course follows the relocation of a small business as the sample project, but the course’s strategies apply to a wide variety of small projects, including those in marketing, business development, product development, software development, freelancing, and the like.

IsoBuster is an award winning , highly specialized and easy to use CD and DVD data recovery tool. It supports all CD and DVD formats and all common CD and DVD file-systems... Rescue lost files from a bad or trashed CD or DVD disc, save important documents, precious pictures, video from the family, your only system backup.

Stitch up super-stylish handmade goodies with So Pretty! Crochet. Here, editor and craft expert Amy Palanjian presents twenty-four irresistible projects—from craft stars around the world. You'll find patterns for delicate necklaces, a soft and cozy hat and gloves, chic headbands, a darling garland, sweet nesting bowls, and much more.

Would not you like to work on an After Effects project that is as simple and easy to use as possible? One that still produces a sophisticated, cutting edge result for your production? Sound too good to be true? Make way for Simplexity. This brand new product line of Apple Motion templates contains a unique collection of powerfully simple animated projects for After Effects that push the limits of cutting-edge style, while still remaining exceptionally intuitive and easy to use -- even for an After Effects beginner. This unique blend of simple and complex is contained in more than 20 animated template ideas per collection, covering a wide variety of styles and potential uses. These animated ideas can be easily put to work as-is or just as easily adapted for any type of project, giving you the inspiration to draw from - and a ready-to-use, well-designed starting point - for everything from high-tech show opens, wedding videos and network show promos to broadcast television commercials, sports highlights reels and training material.

Become a leading Windows 8 app developer by using Windows 8 App Projects - XAML and C# Edition to learn techniques, tools, and ideas to create successful, 5-star apps.

"You build your business shooting for other people. You build your career shooting for yourself." From creating and choosing projects to organizing details and financing, this course will teach you how to effectively manage personal projects to grow your photography business.

Use C# to accomplish real-world, professional tasks. C# Professional Projects is your key to unlocking the power of C#. Each project focuses on a specific concept and is based on a real-world situation. Enhance your skills as you work through six projects including creating a customer maintenance system, an employee record system, a creative learning windows application, an airline reservation portal, a Web portal for a bookstore, and a mobile application project. When you are finished, you will have the skills necessary to modify projects to fit your professional needs.

This concise HTML5 project demonstrates how to take advantage of browser-based geolocation by using the Google Store Locator Utility Library. Author Joseph Lowery shows designers how to include a robust store locator application in their projects, with access to directions, custom markers, and feature filtering. HTML5 technologies covered include HTML5 geolocation and advanced JavaScript API