"Developed within the framework of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) - Sixth Edition and other PMI standards, the Practice Standard for Project Estimating - Second Edition focuses on providing models for the project management profession in both plan-driven and change-driven adaptive (agile) life cycles. This practice standard describes the aspects of project estimating that are recognized as good practice on most...

The construction industry is plagued by low bid procurement norms, tight margins, and cutthroat competition. Yet a rare group of elite contractors consistently achieve double and even triple the net profit margins of their peers. What's their secret? After fifteen years advising hundreds of contractors, author Chad Prinkey reveals the formula for success in this step-by-step guide.

"Saving money doesn't have to cost the earth. What do you do with your expired oils and spices? How can you make the best use of your microwave and keep meals healthy and tasty? How can you remove mould safely? Sunday Times bestselling author and Great British Baking Show winner Nancy Birtwhistle is here to answer all of these questions and more, featuring 101 thoughtful, cheap and time-saving tips and tricks on how to run a budget home - all while...

"This inside story of the legal challenge to Obamacare from a conservative constitutional lawyer involved in the movement is a brilliant mixture of legal, political, and media intrigue capped by a truly consequential Supreme Court decision"-- "On November 13, 2009, Josh Blackman and a group of Federalist Society lawyers gathered in a Washington, DC, hotel to devise a legal challenge to Obamacare. It seemed a very long shot and was dismissively ignored...

In Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program, Howard E. McCurdy examines NASA's recent efforts to save money while improving mission frequency and performance. McCurdy details sixteen missions undertaken as the twentieth century drew to a close-including an orbit of the moon, deployment of three space telescopes, four Earth-orbiting satellites, two rendezvous with comets and asteroids, and a test of an ion propulsion engine-which...