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This book is an anthology of posts on people and project management from 2008 to 2010, when the author was a manager and was roaming between management training sessions. It started as a blog, Management Bits and Tips: Reflections on Software Engineering and Software Technical Support Management, which now survives as a Facebook page, ManagementBits. When the author returned to engineering after management in 2009, he wanted to publish a book with the original title, Management Bits: An Anthology from Reductionist Manager. Around 2015, he changed its title to Critique of Management Reason: Management Bits and Tips from Can't and added a few more bits as late as 2017.

Project Management is evolving. AI is automating tasks while leaders want insight and strategy. This playbook shows you how to use AI, understand data, and apply product thinking so you become the strategic, indispensable PM every team needs. Stop pushing tasks. Start driving value.

Is your team’s ‘busy work’ not translating into shipped features? You’re not alone. The root cause is often a lack of clarity, not a lack of effort. In ‘Build Faster: The Product Clarity Playbook,’ you’ll get:- The 4-part framework to turn vague ideas into buildable work.- The 1-page PRD template that guarantees alignment.- The 2 non-negotiable rules for writing perfectly clear tasks.- Real case studies from the field. Stop the rework cycles and start shipping with confidence.

AI is reshaping industries and products. This book helps Product Managers understand how to use AI tools to plan, design, and deliver great products. It explains the AI stack and strategic frameworks for integrating AI features into products; how to use GenAI to perform customer discovery, market research, and prototypings; and how the Product Development Life Cycle and the Model Development Life Cycle intersect when creating AI-driven products.

Viele Manager wissen, dass Probleme an Engpässen hängen — aber nicht, welche Stellschrauben zuerst zu drehen sind. Dieses E‑Book bündelt die praktischsten TOC‑Werkzeuge für die schnelle Umsetzung im Mittelstand: Diagnose, Priorisierung und drei sofort wirksame Maßnahmen zur Optimierung von Cashflow, Kapazitätsnutzung und Projektpriorität. Ideal für Geschäftsführer, CFOs und Bereichsleiter, die in der Krise schnell, sicher und messbar handeln müssen.

Hai mai sentito dire “facciamo gli OKR come Google”?Bene. Questo libro inizia proprio spiegando perché non dovresti farlo. Tra aneddoti, canvas colorati e qualche camicia hawaiana di troppo, scoprirai che gli OKR non servono a correre più forte, ma a capire dove vale la pena andare.

Dashboard pieni di numeri che nessuno guarda. KPI che cambiano ogni trimestre. Target raggiunti mentre il business va male. Suona familiare? "KPI the Right Way" è il sistema pratico per smettere di misurare attività inutili e iniziare a tracciare ciò che conta davvero. Con framework testati (4 Cavalieri, SMARTER), esercizi interattivi con carte da gioco e casi reali, imparerai a distinguere vanity metrics da metriche actionable e a costruire un sistema KPI che genera decisioni, non confusione. Training from the Back of the Room: impari facendo, non ascoltando.

Most companies are stuck in "pilot purgatory"—endless AI experiments that never scale. Teams spend weeks sharing clever prompts and one-off scripts, but nothing makes it into production. Budgets evaporate, engineers' enthusiasm curdles into cynicism, and executives start asking "we spent how much on this?" The problem isn't the AI tools—it's the approach. AI models are inherently non-deterministic (ask the same question twice, get different answers), while software engineering demands deterministic, reliable results. Without structure to bridge this gap, AI adoption fails spectacularly. This book introduces PIT™ (Plan Implement Test), a proven methodology that transforms unpredictable AI outputs into reliable engineering workflows. Built from thousands of hours of real development work, PIT™ channels AI's capabilities through structured planning, phased implementation, and comprehensive testing—delivering the consistency that production code demands.

Boken Grymma Workshops är 60 sidor med våra samlade erfarenheter om hur vi får till våra workshops som under många år fått fantastiska utlåtanden.Vi berättar hur vi tänker kring workshops, hur vi planerar, och vad vi fokuserar på före, under och efter en workshop.

Boken Grymma Workshops är 60 sidor med våra samlade erfarenheter om hur vi får till våra workshops som under många år fått fantastiska utlåtanden.Vi berättar hur vi tänker kring workshops, hur vi planerar, och vad vi fokuserar på före, under och efter en workshop.

You’ve spent hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, on risk and compliance. Yet you still can’t answer the most basic question: “At this very moment, are we compliant and within our risk thresholds?” Combined Assurance Blueprinting exposes why the system is broken and shows you how to finally fix it.

Stop the endless loop of document reviews and start getting clear approvals. This professional guide provides a simple, battle-tested framework for project managers who want to cut through the noise and get to a firm decision, every time.

No One is Coming to Save You is your no-fluff guide to thriving in chaos. Forget trends and templates—this book delivers the essential human skills (“Power-Ups”) you need to survive and grow in an uncertain world. Straight talk, real stories, and practical tools from two people who’ve failed forward so you don’t have to.