Project management for business, engineering, and technology : principles and practice

✍ Scribed by John M Nicholas; Herman Steyn

• Publisher: Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 746
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

''Project Management for Business, Engineering, and Technology 3rd edition is a direct response to the ever-increasing need for better project management. This book encompasses the full range of project management - everything from origins, philosophy, and methodology to actual applications. Nicholas and Steyn describe concepts and techniques such as project initiation and proposals; scope and task definition; scheduling and budgeting; quality, procurement, and risk management; project control and organization; and the often overlooked ''people'' side - project leadership, team building, conflict, and stress management. The Systems Development Cycle is used as a framework to discuss project management in a variety of situations, making this the go-to book for managing virtually any kind of project, program or task force. Focusing on projects as goal-oriented systems of interrelated components functioning in a larger environment, the book targets the ultimate purpose of project management--to unify and integrate the interests, resources and work efforts of many stakeholders, as well as schedules, budgets, and plans, to accomplish the overall project goal.'' Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: pt. I. Philosophy and concepts --
Ch. 1. What is project management? --
Ch. 2. Systems approach and systems engineering --
pt. II. Systems development cycle --
Ch. 3. Systems development cycle and project conception --
Ch. 4. Project and system definition --
pt. III. Systems and procedures for planning and control --
Ch. 5. Planning fundamentals --
Ch. 6. Project time planning and networks --
Ch. 7. Advanced project network analyses and scheduling --
Ch. 8. Cost estimating and budgeting --
Ch. 9. Project quality management --
Ch. 10. Managing risks in projects --
Ch. 11. Project execution and control --
Ch. 12. Project evaluation, communication, implementation, and closeout --
pt. IV. Organization behavior --
Ch. 13. Project organization structure and integration --
Ch. 14. Project roles, responsibility, and authority --
Ch. 15. Managing participation, teamwork, and conflict --
pt. V. Project management in the corporate context --
Ch. 16. The management of project management --
Ch. 17. Project selection and portfolio management --
Ch. 18. International project management --
App. A. RFP for Midwest Parcel Distribution Company --
App. B. Proposal from Iron Butterfly Company to Midwest Parcel Distribution Company --
App. C. Project Master Plan for Logistical Online System.
Abstract:

Covering the essential background, from origins and philosophy to methodology, this title covers the concepts and techniques of practical application, including project initiation and proposals, scope and task definition, scheduling, budgeting, risk analysis, control, project organization and all-important 'people' aspects. Read more...

✦ Subjects

Менеджмент;Управление проектами;