Friday, January 2, 2009

Breaking Through or Residential Integrators Project Management

Breaking Through: Implementing Customer Focus in Enterprises

Author: Sandra Vandermerw

In this book the author brings together distinctive and cutting edge work based upon her own research and work with leading companies in the overlapping areas of strategy, marketing and innovation to provide a new and dynamic model to implement customer focus in enterprises. In an environment of falling margins the model shows how to increase value to customers and improve business results.



Table of Contents:
1First phase : the awakening9
Breakthrough 1Create strategic excitement11
Breakthrough 2Recast the business model28
2Second phase : the discovery49
Breakthrough 3Articulate the new market space51
Breakthrough 4Identify the value opportunities61
3Third phase : the story81
Breakthrough 5Build a compelling case83
Breakthrough 6Size the prize97
4Fourth phase : the engagement113
Breakthrough 7Model the concept115
Breakthrough 8Get people working together132
5Fifth phase : the reward151
Breakthrough 9Get critical mass153
Breakthrough 10Gather momentum166

New interesting book: Taverns and Drinking in Early America or Contemporary Cowboy Cookbook

Residential Integrator's Project Management

Author: Todd B Adams

From operations turnover and document review to critical path analysis and the final project schedule, this complete guide to the management of residential integration projects breaks the planning down to eight basic steps. Comprehensive coverage features detailed job descriptions for each member of the team, from project manager and lead installer to basic installer and technician. Readers will learn how to define and estimate a project, develop a scope plan, write a scope statement, store project documents, and more as they develop a solid foundation for understanding project management in the context of the residential integration industry.



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