Addison-Wesley

People CMM; a framework for human capital management, 2d ed.

Software quality consultant Curtis, Hefley (Carnegie Mellon U., and Miller (Software Engineering Institute) are the developers of the People Capability Maturity Model (People CMM), a proven set of human capital management practices that provide a roadmap for continuously improving the capability of an organization's workforce, which is explained in detail in this text. An update to the 2001 People CMM, Version 2, the second edition features revised content of many practices in the People CMM; a new chapter containing eight case studies of People CMM around the world and across varied industries, from hospitality and services to high technology and pharmaceuticals; and a new chapter describing the Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) with People CMM. For professionals involved in organizational development and implementation of human capital strategies, workforce management or development, and organizational culture transformation. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Stand back and deliver; accelerating business agility.

For those in leadership positions at companies, this book describes agile leadership tools to improve performance. Focusing on the idea that all players in an organization need to be involved to effectively deliver a sustained competitive advantage, the authors present models for leadership and decision making to improve design and explain how to collaborate effectively. They discuss delivery and the importance of uncertainty and complexity in project risk and using a value model to organize information to improve decision making. Pixton et al. work in collaborative leadership consulting, strategic planning, commercial software application development, and project and program management. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)