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Dr. Douglas M. Brown, the Business Practice Paramedic, is the founder of Decision Integration LLC. He provides training and consulting to help organizations kick the habit of just accepting failure and confusion, and behind-the-scenes consulting for managers experiencing challenges in bringing needed practices into their organizations. His first best-selling book, "Let It Simmer: Making Project, Portfolio and Program Management Stick in a Skeptical Organization", addressed creating change without imploding the organization and laid out the Simmer SystemSM, which integrates his four other books on portfolio and risk management. In 20+ years managing and consulting, he has saved millions of dollars in public and private organizations bringing ...more

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	Let It Simmer: Making Project, Portfolio and Program Management Practices Stick in a Skeptical Organization by Douglas M. Brown (Goodreads Author), Joni McPherson (Illustrator), Mary Jo Stresky (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simmer Down!: How to Deliver Successful Projects Despite Impossible Deadlines and Unrealistic Budgets (The Simmer System Book 2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fast-paced police procedural A real page-turner. The lead character is a private eye who is (of course, isn't everyone nowadays) a former SEAL but other than having some competent buddies to call on, that's not key to the story. Otherwise, he and a ba ...more
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Fine read mixing drone wars and police procedural This book deserved its Amazon launch boost. The description page talks about a major conspiracy and I was primed for yet another sample of the Feds being all bad guys. Fortunately that was not the case ...more
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Fitting finale for a fine series The final volume of this series didn't disappoint. Our hero is an advisor to ARVN units, supposed to be a passive role but manages to save the day with the usual heroics. It's also a good review of one of the final ca ...more
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More challenges and weapons to play with Another fun read for those who were in combat arms units in the 1960s and 1970s. If you never served, then this series could be a useful insight into what Vietnam vets lived through. Of course our hero goes thr ...more
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Interesting summary of the post-Tet battle Another increment of artillery and infantry cooperation. Naturally being a novel, the hero performs some bigger-than-life heroics but the general idea is solid. This episode is more of a personal effort than ...more
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