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Successful project management a step by step approach with practical examples

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Hoboken Wiley 2005Description: xix, 360p. 24cmISBN:
  • 047168032
  • 9780471680321
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 658.404 $2 18
Partial contents:
Projects, project management, and program management -- Linking the project to the product -- Balancing competing demands with the triple constraint -- Contracts, negotiations and proposals -- Planning the project -- The work breakdown structure -- Scheduling -- Time estimating and compressing the schedule -- Cost estimating and budgeting -- The impact of limiting resources -- Project risk and issues management -- organisational design for delivering projects -- Building the project team -- Organising the support team -- The role of the project manager -- Practical tips for project managers -- Essentials of project control --Project reviews -- Project cost reports -- Handling project changes -- Solving the inevitable problems -- Closing the contract -- Final wrap-up -- Small projects -- New product development projects -- Project management software
Summary: Discusses how to define the goals of a project, managing resources and the people who work on the project, controlling the project and the completion of the project.

Projects, project management, and program management -- Linking the project to the product -- Balancing competing demands with the triple constraint -- Contracts, negotiations and proposals -- Planning the project -- The work breakdown structure -- Scheduling -- Time estimating and compressing the schedule -- Cost estimating and budgeting -- The impact of limiting resources -- Project risk and issues management -- organisational design for delivering projects -- Building the project team -- Organising the support team -- The role of the project manager -- Practical tips for project managers -- Essentials of project control --Project reviews -- Project cost reports -- Handling project changes -- Solving the inevitable problems -- Closing the contract -- Final wrap-up -- Small projects -- New product development projects -- Project management software

Discusses how to define the goals of a project, managing resources and the people who work on the project, controlling the project and the completion of the project.