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The Deadline: A Novel about Project Management

Contents- Preface- Opportunity Knocking- Standing Up to Kalbfuss- Silikon Valejit- The CD-ROM Plant- NNL- The World's Greatest Project Manager- Taking On Staff- The Eminent Dr. Rizzoli- Ex-General Markov- Abdul Jamid- The Sinister Minister Belok- The Numbers Man- QuickerStill- Morovia's First Programmer- Think Fast!- Planning for the Summer Games- The Guru of Conflict Resolution- Maestro Diyeniar- Interlude- Part and Whole- Standing on Ceremony- Endgame Begins- The Year's Hottest IPO- Passing Through Riga on the Way Home

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 310 pages

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