New Work and Industry 4.0 have matured and this book takes a practical, experience-based approach to project management in these areas. It introduces methods and covers the practical aspects. It critically examines existing approaches and practices and shows their limitations. The book covers appropriate methods as well as human and social aspects. It contributes to the ongoing discussion of business practices and methods. It also aims to stimulate dialogue in the professional community. Digital Project Practice for New Work and Industry 4.0 begins by introducing basic concepts in the context of Industry 4.0 and discussing how they might influence organizational communication and impact the work environment. After examining the possibilities and challenges of remote work and collaboration in distributed teams all over the world, the book looks at a company's fundamental changes related to New Work from a practical business perspective as well as legal and ethical perspectives. It reviews the case of the VW emission scandal and recommends ways to improve corporate culture. Legal issues include New Work and hybrid forms of collaboration as well as liability for automated decisions (i.e., the potential need for an ‘electronic person’). Other implications for the workplace include how: Industry 4.0 might influence the potential demand for "Digital Unions" Industry 4.0, and lean production, and their applications can change industrial practices Open Banking presents new approaches and new business models Work structures and systems can empower employees’ work self-management This book also looks at how New Work effects individual workers. It addresses digital stress, introduces strategies for coping with it, and discusses related topics. It also explores the benefits of meditation and the economics of mind, body, and spirit. In essence, this book covers appropriate methods along with human and social factors. It also covers practice, different perspectives, and various experiences from all around the globe. Contributing to the ongoing discussion on business practices and methods, this book will nourish and stimulate dialogue in the professional community.

"New Work and Industry 4.0 have come to maturity and this book takes a practical, experience-based approach to project management in these areas. It introduces methods and covers practical aspects. It critically examines existing approaches and practices and shows their limitations"--

The digital world is growing and changing at a rate that can seem overwhelming to those project managers who have to keep up with it to build customer-facing solutions and applications. It's rare for project managers working in this field to be provided with much direction or a process by which to carry out a project, and there has been almost nothing available specific to these types of projects in the literary marketplace. Digital Project Management: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to a Successful Launch was developed to fill this gap by providing the knowledge, best practices, and proven steps to successfully manage digital projects from end-to-end and was created to be easily adaptable to different project types and technological advances.

This much-anticipated updated edition of this digital-first playbook equips a new generation of leaders to win in a business landscape dominated by disruption. Since the publication of the first edition over six years ago, the analysis and predictions presented in The Digital Matrix have played out in the global economy, as more industries have gone digital-first. Some legacy companies have gone under in the interim, while others continue to grapple with the question of how to pull off a life-saving digital transformation. The digital giants and tech entrepreneurs are no longer at the periphery of traditional industries but have emerged as the rule-makers in industries as diverse as financial services, health care, media and entertainment, retailing, and automotive sectors. The Digital Matrix will help you understand the three types of players that are shaping the new business landscape; the three phases of transformation that every firm will encounter on its journey to business reinvention; and the three winning moves that will ensure your company’s success along the way. With The Digital Matrix, you will: Learn to navigate the world of digital ecosystems Discover ways of competing and collaborating with other companies to create and capture value Realize how powerful machines can amplify your company’s human talent Learn to assemble the team to experiment with new ideas, re-examine your core beliefs, and reinvent your business rule book for the digital future Digital technology has proved to be essential for navigating the uncertainties of work, health, and life during the pandemic; and it will prove to be more central to how companies refine their strategies and business models for the postpandemic world. The defining challenge for today’s generation of managers (who will be tomorrow’s leaders) is to prepare their organization to discard the rules perfected in the industrial age and develop their own unique rule book for their digital future. Your company’s future depends on its ability to harness digital technology. Don’t wait!

Digital transformation and Industry 4.0 are current concepts that are essential to understand new ways of working and even a way of life. Digital transformation shares most of the new technologies in Industry 4.0 or also called the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This book aims to explain and develop all the project management methodologies that are applied in digital transformation in fields such as telecommunications, computing, industry or construction.In the first part of the book, an introduction is made of all the technologies that are applied in digital transformation and a summary of all project management methodologies is made. The technologies include industrial robotics, the internet of things, artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain or cybersecurity.In the second part of the book, project management techniques are developed that come from mechanical engineering, industrial organization, telecommunications, computer science, or civil engineering. These techniques include the Scrum, Agile, ITIL, PRINCE2, BIM, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies.Finally, in the third part of the book, a series of tools from business administration are presented to give a global approach to the management of companies in the present and the future.The book collects all the emerging technologies from the different fields of engineering and management so that the reader has a complete vision of how they should adapt to the digital transformation of the industry without being left behind.

E-learning and digital education approaches are evolving and changing the landscape of teaching and learning at all levels of education throughout the world. Innovation of emerging learning technologies is assisting e-learning and digital education to meet the needs of the 21st century. Due to the digital transformation of everyday practice, the process of learning and education has become more self-paced and accessible at any time from anywhere. The new generations of digital natives are growing up with a set of skills through their engagement with the digital world. In this context, this book includes a collection of chapters to facilitate continuous improvements including flexibility and accessibility in e-learning and digital education by exploring the challenges and opportunities of innovative approaches through the lenses of current theories, policies, and practices.

Although project management is a newly recognised profession, it deals with a number of significant challenges. We seem to operate in an unprecedented environment, rife with change, innovation and turbulence. Moreover, projects by their very nature tend to push boundaries, encourage novelty and demand engagement with the uncertain and the unknown. Indeed, projects reflect our organised impulse to constantly amend, shape, improve and refine our context. So how can future projects overcome the challenges? Rethinking Project Management for a Dynamic and Digital World makes a powerful and original statement equipping project leaders and managers with new approaches and frameworks for an increasingly demanding world where the traditional methods, models and mindsets no longer suffice. The book explores new trends, promising ideas and novel concepts and distils the fundamentals for marshalling a world concerned with people, communities and value by deploying innovation, rethinking purpose and acting responsibly. An increasingly borderless, upwardly mobile and entrepreneurial society requires a revamped and revitalised project perspective that is more dynamic, adaptive and reflective. This volume brings together some of the best writing by leading authorities on many key topics, including benchmarking, lean quality, communicating, teams and teamwork, followership, organising for project work, project frameworks, agile working, project portfolios, strategic initiatives, strategic alignment, trust, entrepreneurship, putting people first, social processes, positive organisations, rethinking progress, the hacker paradigm, community, stewardship and knowledge management. The collection thus offers an invaluable new resource for informed managers looking to engage with the latest thinking and research and for researchers seeking to reflect on how the discipline is changing.