Project Management for Information Professionals

✍ Scribed by Note, Margot

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 220
• Series: Chandos information professional series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Aimed at practitioners, this handbook imparts guidance on project management techniques in the cultural heritage sector. Information professionals often direct complex endeavors with limited project management training or resources. Project Management for Information Professionals demystifies the tools and processes essential to successful project management and advises on how to manage the interpersonal dynamics and organizational culture that influence the effectiveness of these methods. With this book, readers will gain the knowledge to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and close projects.

• offers guidance based on real-world experience
• prepares readers without prior project management knowledge or experience
• provides lean, easy-to-read, and jargon-free instructions
• aimed at information professionals working in libraries, archives, museums

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Series Page,Front Matter,Copyright,About the Author,Acknowledgments,IntroductionEntitled to full textChapter 1 - Project Management Overview, Pages 1-18
Chapter 2 - Selection and Prioritization, Pages 19-39
Chapter 3 - Leading and Managing Teams, Pages 41-71
Chapter 4 - Planning and Scheduling, Pages 73-99
Chapter 5 - Budgeting and Performance, Pages 101-124
Chapter 6 - Communication and Documentation, Pages 125-147
Chapter 7 - Completion and Review, Pages 149-164
Conclusion, Pages 165-167
Appendix A - Project Management Considerations, Pages 169-173
Appendix B - Further Reading, Pages 175-180
Appendix C - Software Programs, Pages 181-182
Appendix D - Glossary, Pages 183-194
Appendix E - Templates, Pages 195-203
References, Pages 205-207
Index, Pages 209-212