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Project management a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling

By: Language: English Publication details: Hoboken, N.J. John Wiley & Sons 2009Edition: 10th edDescription: xxiv, 1094p. ill. 25cmISBN:
  • 9780470278703
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 658.404 $1 8
Partial contents:
Overview -- Project management growth : concepts and definitions -- Organizational structures -- Organizing and staffing the project office and team -- Management functions -- Management of your time and stress -- Conflicts -- Special topics -- The variables for success -- Working with executives -- Planning -- Network scheduling techniques -- Project graphics -- Pricing and estimating -- Cost control -- Trade-off analysis in a project environment -- Risk management -- Learning curves -- Contract management -- Quality management -- Modern developments in project management -- The business of scope changes -- The project office -- Managing crisis projects -- The rise, fall, and resurrection of Iridium : a project management perspective Overview -- Project management growth : concepts and definitions -- Organizational structures -- Organizing and staffing the project office and team -- Management functions -- Management of your time and stress -- Conflicts -- Special topics -- The variables for success -- Working with executives -- Planning -- Network scheduling techniques -- Project graphics -- Pricing and estimating -- Cost control -- Trade-off analysis in a project environment -- Risk management -- Learning curves -- Contract management -- Quality management -- Modern developments in project management -- The business of scope changes -- The project office -- Managing crisis projects -- The rise, fall, and resurrection of Iridium : a project management perspective.
Summary: Gives students and professionals an understanding of project management. New sections include scope changes, exiting a project, collective belief and managing virtural teams. Also, gives case studies, four hundred discussion questions and more than 125 multiple- choice questions.
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Book London Books 658.404 KER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 30075547

Overview -- Project management growth : concepts and definitions -- Organizational structures -- Organizing and staffing the project office and team -- Management functions -- Management of your time and stress -- Conflicts -- Special topics -- The variables for success -- Working with executives -- Planning -- Network scheduling techniques -- Project graphics -- Pricing and estimating -- Cost control -- Trade-off analysis in a project environment -- Risk management -- Learning curves -- Contract management -- Quality management -- Modern developments in project management -- The business of scope changes -- The project office -- Managing crisis projects -- The rise, fall, and resurrection of Iridium : a project management perspective Overview -- Project management growth : concepts and definitions -- Organizational structures -- Organizing and staffing the project office and team -- Management functions -- Management of your time and stress -- Conflicts -- Special topics -- The variables for success -- Working with executives -- Planning -- Network scheduling techniques -- Project graphics -- Pricing and estimating -- Cost control -- Trade-off analysis in a project environment -- Risk management -- Learning curves -- Contract management -- Quality management -- Modern developments in project management -- The business of scope changes -- The project office -- Managing crisis projects -- The rise, fall, and resurrection of Iridium : a project management perspective.

Gives students and professionals an understanding of project management. New sections include scope changes, exiting a project, collective belief and managing virtural teams. Also, gives case studies, four hundred discussion questions and more than 125 multiple- choice questions.