Johanna’s Books

Hiring Geeks That Fit Manage Your Project Portfolio Manage It! Behind Close Doors: Secrets of Great Management Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies and Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People Corrective Action for the Software Industry Amplifying Your Effectiveness

 

Hiring Geeks That Fit

Do you want to hire great people? Not sure how? Read this book.

If you want your project and organization to succeed, you need great people. These people will adapt to what comes their way, to think. They will solve problems without you having to tell them how.

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Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects

Too many projects? Want to organize them and evaluate them without getting buried under a mountain of statistics? You can.

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Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management

This book is a reality-based guide for modern projects. You’ll learn how to recognize your project’s potholes and ruts, and determine the best way to fix problems—without causing more problems.

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Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management

Want to see how a great manager manages? That’s what Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management shows and teaches you.

Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People

Good technical people are the foundation on which successful high technology organizations are built. Establishing a good process for hiring such workers is essential. Take a look at more of the preface from Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People.

Corrective Action for the Software Industry

You might be one of the many folks confused about corrective action and how to make it work. See Corrective Action for the Software Industry for a clear explanation and templates.

Amplifying Your Effectiveness

We wrote this book for the first AYE conference.The variety of techniques and perspectives represented in the book will help you amplify your effectiveness—whether or not you are able to attend the live event. See Amplifying Your Effectiveness for more information.