1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798523103321

Autore

Szwed Paul S.

Titolo

Expert judgment in project management : narrowing the theory-practice gap / / Paul S. Szwed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania : , : Project Management Institute, Inc., , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-62825-146-8

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (95 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

658.4/04

Soggetti

Project management

Expertise

Specialists

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- State of the art/science -- State of the practice -- Closing the gap -- Discussion.

Sommario/riassunto

Too often, however, companies lack detailed processes for finding and consulting with experts—making it hard to match the required know-how with the project at hand. In Expert Judgment in Project Management: Narrowing the Theory-Practice Gap, Paul S. Szwed provides research that will help project managers become more adept at using expert judgment effectively.  The author explores the use of expertise in several sectors, including engineering, environmental management, medicine, political science, and space exploration. He then looks at the informal state of expert judgment and its underutilization in the management of projects.  Szwed’s critical recommendations can help project managers improve the way they select, train, and work with experts to increase the odds of any project’s success.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557691903321

Autore

Mátyás Csaba

Titolo

Genetic Resources and Adaptive Management of Conifers in a Changing World

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Soggetti

Research & information: general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Climatic change causes a mismatch between tree populations on sites they currently occupy and the climate to which they have adapted in the past. The maintenance of productivity and of ecological and societal services requires resilient populations and ecosystems, particularly close to the vulnerable trailing (xeric) range limits. The studies confirm the selective effect of diverse habitat/climate conditions across the species ranges. Soil conditions may mask climate effects and should be considered separately. The unique potential of provenance tests is illustrated by growth response projections that may be less dramatic than provided by usual inventory data analyses. Assisted migration appears to be a feasible management action to compensate for climatic warming. However, the choice of populations needs special care under extreme conditions and outside the limits of current natural distribution ranges. The proper differentiation of measures according to the present and future adaptive challenges require the continuation of long-term analyses and the establishment of better focused field trials in disparate climates that contain populations from a representative range of habitats. The studies present results obtained from diverse regions of the temperate forest zone, from Central and Northwestern Europe, the Mediterranean, Russia, China, North and Central America.