Project Planning, Scheduling & Control
3rd Edition
Published on 16. January 2001
Book
Hardback
550 pages
978-0-07-136050-0 (ISBN)
Description
Unique among project management books, "Project Planning, Scheduling & Control" is renowned for its applications-oriented, non-theoretical understanding of the flexibility required in day-to-day management situations. New material in this long-awaited third edition includes easy-to-follow guidelines for managing multiple projects, effective risk management strategies, an innovative blueprint for developing a workable project methodology, and more.
More details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
125 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight
1048 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-136050-0 (9780071360500)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
James P. Lewis
Project Planning Scheduling and Control
A Hands-On Guide to Bringing Projects In On Time and On Budget
Book
05/1995
2nd Edition
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
€65.79
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Person
James P. Lewis, Ph.D. (Vinton, VA) is the founder of The Lewis Institute, Inc., a association providing project management and behaviorial consulting and training. Dr. Lewis has more than 20 years of project management experience and has trained more than 20,000 supervisors and managers around the world.
Content
Section One: Introduction to Project Management. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Project Management. Chapter 2: Getting Your Organization to Accept Project Management. Chapter 3: The Role of the Project Manager. Chapter 4: Whole-Brain Project Management. Section Two: Project Definition. Chapter 5: The Headless Chicken Project (and How to Avoid It). Section Three: Project Planning. Chapter 6: Project Strategy: You Can't Develop a Good Implementation Plan Unless You First Have a Proper Game Plan. Chapter 7: Developing an Implementation Plan. Chapter 8: Managing Project Risk. Chapter 9: Practical Project Scheduling. Part Four: Managing the Project - Control. Chapter 10: Keeping the Project on Track - Control. Section Five: Other Issues in Project Management. Chapter 11: Managing Multiple Projects. Chapter 12: Developing a Project Methodology. Section Six: Managing People and Teams. Chapter 13: Exercising Leadership as a Project Manager. Chapter 14: How to Motivate Almost Anyone. Chapter 15: Developing the Project Team and Working with People Issues. Chapter 16: Managing Meetings. Part Seven: Managing Yourself. Chapter 17: Managing Your Time. Chapter 18: Building Personal Effectiveness.