What Every Engineer, Scientist, and Technologist Should Know About Finance
About this ebook
- Provides comprehensive coverage of professional financial context
- Presents self-contained explanations of all financial terminology with no prior accounting knowledge required
- Offers practical guidance for interpreting budgets and common financial documentation
- Discusses cost-based project metrics, control mechanisms, and risk management strategies
- Aligns with PMI's Project Management Professional exam topics in Project Cost Management, Business Environment, and Risk Management
- Includes forward-looking chapters examining emerging financial technologies including cryptocurrencies, FinTech innovations, open banking, and AI applications
Written specifically for technically-minded professionals seeking to enhance their financial literacy, this essential resource serves as both a practical handbook and strategic guide. Whether you're an engineer looking to better understand how financial considerations impact your projects or a technical team leader needing to communicate effectively with finance departments, this book provides the knowledge framework to make informed financial decisions that complement and enhance your technical expertise throughout your career.
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About the author
Phillip A. Laplante is Professor Emeritus of Software and Systems Engineering at Penn State with more than 40 years of experience as a professor, practitioner, academic administrator, and consultant. He has worked in avionics, CAD, and software testing systems, and he has published 40+ books and more than 300 scholarly papers. He is a licensed professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a Fellow of IEEE, SPIE, and the Washington Academy of Sciences. From 2010 to 2017, he led the effort to develop a national licensing exam for software engineers. He received his B.S., M.Eng., and Ph.D. from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Colorado.
