Art and Practice of Managing Projects
1st Edition
Published on 21. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
568 pages
978-0-7277-3456-3 (ISBN)
Description
Offering a new perspective on project management, Art and Practice of Managing Projects brings together over 40 years of experience and research from industry leader Albert Hamilton. With advice that is easy to interpret and apply to your projects, this internationally relevant book provides the tools and techniques you need to increase effectiveness at all levels of your project team and to achieve your strategic goals.
Structured into six parts, each containing a real-life case study, this book takes a systems approach to project management, guiding the reader through the key stages from initial idea to final completion.
Structured into six parts, each containing a real-life case study, this book takes a systems approach to project management, guiding the reader through the key stages from initial idea to final completion.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
1040 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7277-3456-3 (9780727734563)
DOI
10.1680/apmp.34563
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Former Kent Professor of Project Management at University of Limerick
Content
Preface
Contents
Systems - the genesis of projects
Systems approach
Representing systems
Systems thinking
Synergy between organisations and projects
Changes in managing work
An account of management progression
The rise of 'management by projects'
Project management: today's fashion?
Organising for project work
Projects: agents for change
Performing organisations
Relationship management
Project teams, people, skills
Project management office
Conceiving and defining projects
Aligning business strategy and project management
Project conceptualisation
Project financing
Managing the design phase
Project plans and protocols
Planning and scheduling
Estimating the budget cost
Time and cost: inter-linkage & performance
Project risk and its management
Value and the value system
Achieving successful outcomes
Procuring what the project needs
Managing the project and its stakeholders
Quality, health, safety and environment
Communications and configuration management
Completion, feedback, and lessons learned
Contents
Systems - the genesis of projects
Systems approach
Representing systems
Systems thinking
Synergy between organisations and projects
Changes in managing work
An account of management progression
The rise of 'management by projects'
Project management: today's fashion?
Organising for project work
Projects: agents for change
Performing organisations
Relationship management
Project teams, people, skills
Project management office
Conceiving and defining projects
Aligning business strategy and project management
Project conceptualisation
Project financing
Managing the design phase
Project plans and protocols
Planning and scheduling
Estimating the budget cost
Time and cost: inter-linkage & performance
Project risk and its management
Value and the value system
Achieving successful outcomes
Procuring what the project needs
Managing the project and its stakeholders
Quality, health, safety and environment
Communications and configuration management
Completion, feedback, and lessons learned