
Project Management
A Managerial Approach
Wiley (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 17. December 2002
Book
Hardback
XIV, 690 pages
978-0-471-07323-9 (ISBN)
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Description
The book is primarily intended for use as a college textbook for teaching project management at the advanced undergraduate or master's level. The text is appropriate for classes on the management of service, product, engineering projects, as well as information systems (IS). Thus, we have included some coverage of material concerning information systems and how IS projects differ from and are similar to regular business projects. The authors draw upon their personal experiences working with project managers and on the experience of friends and colleagues who have spent much of their working lives serving as project managers in the "real world." Thus, in contrast to the books that are about project management, this book teaches students how to do project management.
Project Management: A Managerial Approach 5E addresses project management from a management perspective rather than a cookbook, special area treatise, or collection of loosely associated articles. It addresses the basic nature of managing all types of projects - public, business, engineering, information systems, and so on - as well as specific techniques and insights required to carry out this unique way of getting things done. It deals with the problems of selecting projects, initiating them, and operating and controlling them. It discusses the demands made on the project manager and the nature of the manager's interaction with the rest of the parent organization. It covers the difficult problems associated with conducting a project using people and organizations that represent different cultures and may be separated by considerable distances. It even covers the issues arising when the decision is made to terminate a project.
Project Management: A Managerial Approach 5E addresses project management from a management perspective rather than a cookbook, special area treatise, or collection of loosely associated articles. It addresses the basic nature of managing all types of projects - public, business, engineering, information systems, and so on - as well as specific techniques and insights required to carry out this unique way of getting things done. It deals with the problems of selecting projects, initiating them, and operating and controlling them. It discusses the demands made on the project manager and the nature of the manager's interaction with the rest of the parent organization. It covers the difficult problems associated with conducting a project using people and organizations that represent different cultures and may be separated by considerable distances. It even covers the issues arising when the decision is made to terminate a project.
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Edition
5., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
indexes
Dimensions
Height: 25.2 cm
Width: 19.5 cm
Weight
1279 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-07323-9 (9780471073239)
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Content
Projects in Contemporary Organization. PROJECT INITIATION. Strategic Management and Project Selection. The Project Manager. Project Organization. Project Planning. Conflict and Negotiation. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. Budgeting and Cost Estimation. Scheduling. Resource Allocation. Monitoring and Information Systems. Project Control. PROJECT TERMINATION. Project Auditing. Project Termination. Epilogue. Photo Credits. Name Index. Subject Index.