Product Roadmaps Relaunched


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A good product roadmap is one of the most important and influential documents an organization can develop, publish, and continuously update. In fact, this one document can steer an entire organization when it comes to delivering on company strategy. This practical guide teaches you how to create an effective product roadmap, and demonstrates how to use the roadmap to align stakeholders and prioritize ideas and requests. With it, you’ll learn to communicate how your products will make your customers and organization successful. Whether you're a product manager, product owner, business analyst, program manager, project manager, scrum master, lead developer, designer, development manager, entrepreneur, or business owner, this book will show you how to: Articulate an inspiring vision and goals for your product Prioritize ruthlessly and scientifically Protect against pursuing seemingly good ideas without evaluation and prioritization Ensure alignment with stakeholders Inspire loyalty and over­-delivery from your team Get your sales team working with you instead of against you Bring a user­ and buyer-­centric approach to planning and decision-making Anticipate opportunities and stay ahead of the game Publish a comprehensive roadmap without over­committing




The Restart Roadmap


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WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Take control of your happiness and fulfillment with a monumental restart in your career. It’s never too late to redefine yourself and your priorities. In this guide to changing your career and your life, Jason Tartick, a motivational business speaker, investment banker, life coach and host of “Trading Secrets” podcast, shares clear action steps to help you define and achieve your vision of financial, professional, and emotional success. If you’re feeling lost in your pursuit of finding happiness within yourself, your career, or your personal life, The Restart Roadmap is perfect for you. This book will help you: Evaluate your life and identify the questions you should be asking yourself. Drown out the voices that pushed you in the wrong direction and redefine what success means for you. Understand the downside of following the path society and those around you believe you should, rather than the path that is truly right for you. Pinpoint the steps you need to follow to take control of your own happiness and fulfillment. This guide will restart your approach to success - one that aligns your mind, drive, and passion and leads to the ultimate fulfillment you seek.




The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches


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It used to be that “stuff” made you cool. That is so twentieth century. Jeff Yeager, the man dubbed The Ultimate Cheapskate by Matt Lauer on Today, offers a completely fresh take on personal finance, teaching us how to enjoy life more by spending less. He will show you how to buy less stuff, retire young, and live financially free, while you make a positive difference in people’s lives and save the planet along the way. The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches lays out the practices and principles that have made cheap the new cool. Live within your means at thirty and stay there. The Ultimate Cheapskate was living well on what he earned at thirty, so when he made more money, he saved every penny. Now he is “selfishly” employed, doing work he loves and helping others. Do for yourself what you could have others do for you. Cheapskates are die-hard do-it-yourselfers. It’s all about having the right tools, and The Ultimate Cheapskate will get you started. Pinch the dollars and the pennies will pinch themselves. It’s not the $3 cup of coffee; it’s the big-ticket decisions that determine whether you’ll be financially free. So buy a house, not a castle. The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches promises a quality of life you cannot buy, a sense of satisfaction you cannot fake, and an appreciation for others and for the planet that gives life value. Open your road map and prepare to discover the true joys of financial freedom.




AI + ITIL V4 : The Ultimate Roadmap to Digital Transformation Excellence


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AI + ITIL V4: The Ultimate Roadmap to Digital Transformation Excellence In the era of rapid digital evolution, businesses that do not integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into their processes risk falling behind. "AI + ITIL V4: The Ultimate Roadmap to Digital Transformation Excellence" is the definitive guide for organizations seeking to leverage AI while adhering to the best practices of ITIL V4. This comprehensive book offers a clear, actionable roadmap for business leaders, IT managers, and strategic professionals who want to drive innovation, improve service management, and achieve operational excellence. By blending AI technologies with the structured ITIL V4 framework, you’ll learn how to streamline your digital transformation journey with confidence. Key topics covered include: How to align AI-powered services with business goals for maximum impact. Using the ITIL V4 Service Value Chain to manage AI deployments. The role of automation, data analytics, and cloud computing in driving business agility. Real-world case studies that show the transformative power of AI in different industries. Step-by-step guidelines for implementing AI, optimizing IT services, and achieving continuous improvement. Who is this book for? This essential guide is designed for CEOs, CIOs, IT Directors, business leaders, and IT professionals seeking to transform their organizations. It’s also a vital resource for project managers and consultants involved in AI and digital transformation projects. Whether you are looking to improve operational efficiency, enhance customer experiences, or drive innovation, this book provides the tools and insights necessary for success in the digital age. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to lead your organization's transformation—read it today!




The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches


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It used to be that “stuff” made you cool. That is so twentieth century. Jeff Yeager, the man dubbed The Ultimate Cheapskate by Matt Lauer on Today, offers a completely fresh take on personal finance, teaching us how to enjoy life more by spending less. He will show you how to buy less stuff, retire young, and live financially free, while you make a positive difference in people’s lives and save the planet along the way. The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches lays out the practices and principles that have made cheap the new cool. Live within your means at thirty and stay there. The Ultimate Cheapskate was living well on what he earned at thirty, so when he made more money, he saved every penny. Now he is “selfishly” employed, doing work he loves and helping others. Do for yourself what you could have others do for you. Cheapskates are die-hard do-it-yourselfers. It’s all about having the right tools, and The Ultimate Cheapskate will get you started. Pinch the dollars and the pennies will pinch themselves. It’s not the $3 cup of coffee; it’s the big-ticket decisions that determine whether you’ll be financially free. So buy a house, not a castle. The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches promises a quality of life you cannot buy, a sense of satisfaction you cannot fake, and an appreciation for others and for the planet that gives life value. Open your road map and prepare to discover the true joys of financial freedom.




The Ultimate United States Road Atlas


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The Personal Power Roadmap


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Make Great Decisions with Confidence and Clarity - Every Time Whether it's deciding on a career or relationship change, or wanting to increase your income, lose weight, remodel the kitchen, or clean out the garage, any goal that takes more than a few easy steps can lead to paralyzing fear, overthinking, and procrastination. Have you ever wondered why some people know how to make big changes quickly while others, maybe you, are struggling to make decisions? What if your struggling over how to solve problems and reach your goals isn't because you lack what it takes, but rather just because no one showed you the right system to make great decisions? We all were born with the tools for problem solving, but not the directions. The tools are three essential skills you will learn to hone in this book. The directions are in this book. If you're like me and most other people, you learned at random in the School of Hard Knocks. Sometimes it worked out OK, but often you were left wondering, isn't there a better way? Learn One Method, One Time, and Forever Overcome Any of Life's Most Difficult Challenges You're about to discover a 7-step process that allows you to confidently break through your toughest problems by relying on proven, practical methods for great decision making rather than blind luck or theory. Using the 3 Essential Skills you were born with, the START NOW questions in this book, the Personal Power Roadmap chart, and the easy-to-learn exercises and techniques in this book, you'll finally have a fool-proof system for more creativity, clarity, and motivation on-demand for successful problem solving. The Ultimate Guide to Effective, Practical Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Goal Setting This resource for individuals, managers, students, and corporate training programs is a proven system for turning life's problems into successful solutions, in your business and personal life. In this book, you will learn... A 7-step system to use on every problem or goal to get clarity on exactly what you need to do. How to tap into your 3 inner problem solving skills with simple exercises and techniques. A method that is action oriented, not theoretical. How to be proactive, not just reactive. The powerful START NOW questions that get you the clarity you need to be successful. 10 common mental deceptions that keep you stuck and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to remove this "malware of the mind." Practical methods for finally overcoming the procrastination and perfectionism keeping you from a better life. The psychology of how to swap out a bad habit for a good one. A method for making many major life changes without getting completely overwhelmed. Real world case studies to show you exactly how this flexible system can be used to solve a business problem, find a mate, declutter and organize a room, lose weight, and more. BONUS: downloadable customizable forms and mind maps you can use on multiple platforms and devices. Scroll to the top and buy this book NOW to stop struggling and being overwhelmed when you need to make a decision, solve a problem, achieve a goal, or start a project. Get a proven system to make great decisions today!




Fluent Python


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Python’s simplicity lets you become productive quickly, but this often means you aren’t using everything it has to offer. With this hands-on guide, you’ll learn how to write effective, idiomatic Python code by leveraging its best—and possibly most neglected—features. Author Luciano Ramalho takes you through Python’s core language features and libraries, and shows you how to make your code shorter, faster, and more readable at the same time. Many experienced programmers try to bend Python to fit patterns they learned from other languages, and never discover Python features outside of their experience. With this book, those Python programmers will thoroughly learn how to become proficient in Python 3. This book covers: Python data model: understand how special methods are the key to the consistent behavior of objects Data structures: take full advantage of built-in types, and understand the text vs bytes duality in the Unicode age Functions as objects: view Python functions as first-class objects, and understand how this affects popular design patterns Object-oriented idioms: build classes by learning about references, mutability, interfaces, operator overloading, and multiple inheritance Control flow: leverage context managers, generators, coroutines, and concurrency with the concurrent.futures and asyncio packages Metaprogramming: understand how properties, attribute descriptors, class decorators, and metaclasses work




Roadmap to Revenue


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The secret to higher revenue is locked in the mind of your current customers. Using the proven methods in this book, you will learn how to interview your own customers so you understand exactly what they were looking for, why they bought from you, what they value about your product or service, and the steps they went through as they purchased your product or service. You will understand their questions and concerns, and the answers they needed in order to be convinced that your product or service would meet their need. Armed with this information, you can reverse-engineer your successful sales and manufacture new sales in quantity. This is the core premise of the book, and it will transform and empower all of your marketing and sales efforts. You will make it easy for new customers to find you, like what they see, and buy from you. You will be able to map out their buying process and then support that process at every stage. Your content will resonate with potential customers, because you will be using concepts, words, and phrases that came from others with similar problems and seeking similar solutions. You will use marketing methods that will work for your product or service, and avoid those that won't, guided by the information provided by your own customers. Roadmap to Revenue: How to Sell the Way Your Customers Want to Buy is a step-by-step guide to increased sales, using a method that has been tested, perfected, and proven to work, regardless of the size of the company or the industry.




Level Up


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Protect Your MSP And Be Profitable Protecting an MSP is hard work. But having an easy process to evaluate your security, be more effective and grow your business all at the same time is indispensable to growing your MSP. Too many MSPs often focus on only a small piece of the problem (hiring a guru or shiny new tools) and miss out on the critical fundamentals keeping them and their clients vulnerable to major attacks and network breaches. In Level Up, Bruce McCully takes a deep dive into what works and doesn't work within MSP security. Having audited countless MSPs and MSP clients, Bruce has the first-hand experience to make your MSP more effective. Get the latest details on: Launching a security-centric culture Shoring up your security layers Making cybersecurity your competitive advantage The best way to invest in cybersecurity without increasing your spend How to improve your security while being more profitable