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Project management demystified [electronic resource]

By: Language: English Publication details: London Taylor and Francis 2007Edition: 3rd edDescription: eBookISBN:
  • 9780071470988
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 658.404 $2 22
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Partial contents:
Setting the stage -- Getting the words in the right order -- Nine steps to a successful project -- The scope of the project and its objectives -- Project planning -- A fly on the way -- Resource management -- Progress monitoring and control -- Prince2, governance and methodologies -- Advanced critical-path topics -- The people issues -- Programme management -- Issues and risk management -- Terminology
Summary: Supersedes 2nd edition (ISBN 0419207503).Summary: This practical introduction to project management explains how to use the various project management techniques, how to achieve efficient management of human, material and financial resources, and how to become a successful project manager. This third edition includes a new chapter on governance and methodologies (such as Prince2), a discussion of the problems of managing a portfolio of projects, and a more detailed look at risk management. Examples are taken from many industries, including construction and civil engineering.

Setting the stage -- Getting the words in the right order -- Nine steps to a successful project -- The scope of the project and its objectives -- Project planning -- A fly on the way -- Resource management -- Progress monitoring and control -- Prince2, governance and methodologies -- Advanced critical-path topics -- The people issues -- Programme management -- Issues and risk management -- Terminology

Supersedes 2nd edition (ISBN 0419207503).

This practical introduction to project management explains how to use the various project management techniques, how to achieve efficient management of human, material and financial resources, and how to become a successful project manager. This third edition includes a new chapter on governance and methodologies (such as Prince2), a discussion of the problems of managing a portfolio of projects, and a more detailed look at risk management. Examples are taken from many industries, including construction and civil engineering.