The Technology Procurement Handbook


Book Description

With the rise of cloud services and the digitization of all business units, procurement managers need to understand how to buy technology services in order to generate revenue, drive innovation and retain customers. The Technology Procurement Handbook provides a structured and logical view of the digital buying process. It includes invaluable advice on how to manage digital demand, prepare sourcing strategies, analyze the cost and benefits of proposed solutions and negotiate and implement comprehensive agreements. The Technology Procurement Handbook examines the multiple streams of data that feed into the technology procurement process, such as ITIL service lifecycle data, PMI project management and cloud and software contract provisions. The book includes case studies and extensive practical advice based on the authors experience from recent procurement projects. There is also a chapter on modular contracting for the US market, explaining the use of agile contracts for IT projects.




IEC 62304 A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


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How do you produce usable, medical device regulated software? Does your organization have a product security function? Software cannot be released for use until validation has been completed? How frequent are computing technology-related medical device failures? Who is responsible for on-line help? This breakthrough IEC 62304 self-assessment will make you the reliable IEC 62304 domain authority by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any IEC 62304 challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the IEC 62304 work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every IEC 62304 task and that every IEC 62304 outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring IEC 62304 costs are low? How can I deliver tailored IEC 62304 advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all IEC 62304 essentials are covered, from every angle: the IEC 62304 self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that IEC 62304 outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced IEC 62304 practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in IEC 62304 are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the IEC 62304 self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific IEC 62304 Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.




Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law, 2020 Edition


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The Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law will help you navigate complex and potentially costly Human Resources issues. You'll know what to do (and what not to do) to avoid costly mistakes or oversights, confront HR problems - legally and effectively - and understand the rules. The Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law offers fast, dependable, plain English legal guidance for HR-related situations from ADA accommodation, diversity training, and privacy issues to hiring and termination, employee benefit plans, compensation, and recordkeeping. It brings you the most up-to-date information as well as practical tips and checklists in a well-organized, easy-to-use resource. Previous Edition: Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law, 2018 Edition ISBN 9781454899945




Complete Guide to Sport Education


Book Description

This new edition of Complete Guide to Sport Education contains everything your students need to get—and keep—children active. Regardless of skill or confidence level, your students will learn how to get children to work together, support each other, and gain competence in sport and fitness skills so that they can stay moving now and throughout their lifetime. The Sport Education model is appropriate for various dance forms and recreational activities such as swimming, weightlifting, and other fitness programs such as aerobic routines and hiking. The text for this groundbreaking Sport Education curricular model has expanded to 12 chapters, is updated throughout, and offers even more practical examples and real-world applications from both elementary and secondary levels: • A new emphasis on using the Sport Education model to help students reach national goals for physical activity, including outside of class time • Review of the findings from more than 50 research studies that examine the efficacies of the Sport Education model • More online teacher resources—including ready-to-use forms, plans, assessments, charts, and handouts A few examples of new resources include a series of team practice cards that teachers and team coaches can use to plan practices, and templates that allow teachers to choose among several game-play performance indicators (techniques and tactics, rules and strategies, fair play, and so on). The resources make it easy for professors to use this text in college methods and curriculum courses. Authors Daryl Siedentop, Peter Hastie, and Hans van der Mars provide a perfect blend of rock-solid theory and practical application for a wealth of games, sports, and fitness activities. Through their Sport Education model, children quickly become involved in all aspects of a sport or activity, learning skills, sportsmanship, and responsibility. The curriculum helps students develop as leaders and as team players. And as they learn to become true players and performers, they become more competent and confident—thus leading to the likelihood that they will continue being active after school, on weekends, and as they grow. This second edition of Complete Guide to Sport Education will help school programs meet national physical activity guidelines and the national physical education standards established by NASPE. It contains everything that future physical education teachers need in order to implement an effective program. With its greater emphasis on activity and fitness, its expanded resources, its relevance and freshness, and its practical approach, Complete Guide to Sport Education, Second Edition, is just what your students need to point children in the direction of healthy, active lifestyles.




Timeboxing


Book Description

What does Timeboxing success mean to the stakeholders? What are the key elements of your Timeboxing performance improvement system, including your evaluation, organizational learning, and innovation processes? Who is responsible for ensuring appropriate resources (time, people and money) are allocated to Timeboxing? Who will be responsible for deciding whether Timeboxing goes ahead or not after the initial investigations? What would happen if Timeboxing weren't done? This exclusive Timeboxing self-assessment will make you the trusted Timeboxing domain auditor by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Timeboxing challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Timeboxing work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Timeboxing task and that every Timeboxing outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Timeboxing opportunity costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Timeboxing advise instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Timeboxing essentials are covered, from every angle: the Timeboxing self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the business/project activities and processes so that Timeboxing outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Timeboxing practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the uncommon elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Timeboxing are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access to the $249 value Timeboxing self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.




Certified Authorization Professional (cap)


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This book is compendium surgically targeted at passing the Certified Authorization Professional (CAP) certification exam. The questions in the book cover the "Prepare" step of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) that came into effect in December 2019. The book has 250 multiple choice questions with four answer options. Part One covers the questions, while Part Two covers the questions and answers with annotations on why the correct answers are correct and why the other answer options are incorrect. Part Three, section one, has 50 possible interview questions and guided answers deliberately sequenced from the typical introductory question to closing questions that engender continuous communication with a potential employer. This part is a guiding tool for candidates seeking a breakthrough to the Cyber Security field in roles like; Security Controls Assessor (SCA), Cyber Security Analyst and Cyber Security Specialists. The second section of Part Three is a sequenced interview process guide that would be useful for people entering the Cyber Security field in junior roles and also professionals seeking promotion to other roles. In this section you will find tips on how to handle a phone/video interview and especially a face to face interview in a one-on-one or panel setting. Special attribution goes to the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST). The material for the sample CAP questions is developed predominantly based on the most updated Special Publications published the NIST including NIST SP-800-37r2, NIST SP-800-53r4, NIST SP 800-53A, NIST SP 800-137, FIPS 199, FIPS 200 etc. Part Three of the book is developed based on the professional experience of publishers.




AWS Certified Solutions Architect A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


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Have you clearly defined the scope and the business case for the migration? Business agility: how does cloud computing and big data help? How do you test the digital preservation architecture? What has this got to do with the cloud? Does the service collect personal information from the user? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make AWS Certified Solutions Architect investments work better. This AWS Certified Solutions Architect All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth AWS Certified Solutions Architect Self-Assessment. Featuring 2136 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which AWS Certified Solutions Architect improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose AWS Certified Solutions Architect projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in AWS Certified Solutions Architect and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which AWS Certified Solutions Architect areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the AWS Certified Solutions Architect self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific AWS Certified Solutions Architect Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.




A Complete Guide to Energy Savings In a Domestic Household - 2020 Edition


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Save BIG on your energy and water bills. Any household can lead exactly the same lifestyles whilst cutting down at least 25%% on energy and water expenses, and helping the Environment at the same time. A complete Guide to maximum energy (electricity and gas) + water savings in a domestic household Part of Project "CHALLENGE" For the Future A better approach to energy savings Greener behaviours in modern day lifestyles Planning, ahead of changing Cutting down on natural resources used Reducing pollution Fighting climate change Making BIG SAVINGS on that energy bill Project "CHALLENGE" includes: Domestic households Small sized commercial premises Medium commercial businesses Medium and large commercial businesses with high energy demands Industrial premises




Project Procurement


Book Description

Project Procurement: A Real-World Guide to Procurement Skills provides insight into the procurement community across sectors and across the globe. Here, the author covers the most widely used techniques and methods for supplier management, including supplier qualification and selection, supplier development, and supplier performance evaluation during different project stages--topics that have rarely been discussed in the procurement community, because they have traditionally been the area of expertise among financial experts. This book will take you through different types of contracts, their selection in particular scenarios, and illustrates them through real-life examples. Accessible and far-reaching in its grasp of various project procurement scenarios, this book is an indispensable reference for procurement professionals making a career in buying, from junior buyers up to the supply-chain heads of organizations.




Autodesk Maya 2020: A Comprehensive Guide, 12th Edition


Book Description

Autodesk Maya 2020 is a powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, visual effects, and rendering software developed by Autodesk Inc. This integrated node based 3D software finds its application in the development of films, games, and design projects. The intuitive user interface and workflow tools of Maya 2020 have made the job of design visualization specialists a lot easier. Autodesk Maya 2020: A Comprehensive Guide covers all features of Autodesk Maya 2020 software in a simple, lucid, and comprehensive manner. It will unleash your creativity, thus helping you create realistic 3D models, animation, and visual effects. In this edition, new tools and enhancements in modeling, animation, rigging as well as performance improvements in bifrost are covered. Additionally, the newly introduced Mash module, which is used for creating motion graphics, is also covered in the book. Salient Features: Consists of 17 chapters that are organized in a pedagogical sequence covering a wide range of topics such as Maya interface, Polygon modeling, NURBS modeling, texturing, lighting, cameras, animation, Paint Effects, Rendering, nHair, Fur, Fluids, Particles, nParticles and Bullet Physics in Autodesk Maya 2020. The first page of every chapter summarizes the topics that are covered in it. Consists of hundreds of illustrations and a comprehensive coverage of Autodesk Maya 2020 concepts & commands. Real-world 3D models and examples focusing on industry experience. Step-by-step instructions that guide the user through the learning process. Additional information is provided throughout the book in the form of tips and notes. Self-Evaluation test, Review Questions, and Exercises are given at the end of each chapter so that the users can assess their knowledge. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Exploring Maya Interface Chapter 2: Polygon Modeling Chapter 3: NURBS Curves and Surfaces Chapter 4: NURBS Modeling Chapter 5: UV Mapping Chapter 6: Shading and Texturing Chapter 7: Lighting Chapter 8: Animation Chapter 9: Rigging, Constraints, and Deformers Chapter 10: Paint Effects Chapter 11: Rendering Chapter 12: Particle System Chapter 13: Introduction to nParticles Chapter 14: Fluids Chapter 15: nHair Chapter 16: Bifrost Chapter 17: Bullet Physics and Motion Graphics Index