| Title : | Project management | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Harvey Maylor, Author | | Edition statement: | 2nd Edition | | Publisher: | London : Financial Times Management | | Publication Date: | 1999 | | Pagination: | xi, 291p. | | Layout: | ill. (b & w) | | Size: | 25 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-273-63829-2 | | General note: | | | Class number: | 658.404 | | Abstract: | Combining a strong academic approach with relevant practical cases, the text skillfully shows the range of issues that face project managers through the logic of the 4-D project cycle.
New features:
Six new chapters including expanded coverage of structures and frameworks, strategy, planning and review; New topics include critical chain project management and supply chain management; The relevant areas of both APM and PMI bodies of knowledge are shown in each chapter; Many updated and new cases; New pedagogical features including learning objectives for each chapter, end of chapter summaries and improved sign-posting to sources of further information; Entire book in two colours with more diagrams and figures.
Classic features:
Considers the subject from a strategic perspective, covering both the role of projects in the execution of organisational strategy and the application of strategic principles in projects; Covers a wide range of project settings, from the traditional large-scale industrial projects through to small-scale personal projects, in both service and manufacturing settings; Considers projects as being a core business activity for most organisations; Each chapter contains examples of Project Management in Practice as well as discussion questions and exercises; The use of structures helps explain what is going on at different points in the life-cycle of a project. | | Contents note: | Phase One Process Design
1. The nature and context of project management; 2. Strategy and project management; 3. Modeling the project system - overview models; 4. Modeling the project system - detail models; 5. Analysing plans
Phase Two Project Execution
6. Project structures - teams and organisation; 7. Management and leadership in project environments; 8. Control of projects; 9. Problem-solving and decision-making
Phase Three Develop the Process
10. Project completion and process improvement |
Project management [printed text] / Harvey Maylor, Author . - 2nd Edition . - London : Financial Times Management, 1999 . - xi, 291p. : ill. (b & w) ; 25 cm. ISBN : 978-0-273-63829-2 | Class number: | 658.404 | | Abstract: | Combining a strong academic approach with relevant practical cases, the text skillfully shows the range of issues that face project managers through the logic of the 4-D project cycle.
New features:
Six new chapters including expanded coverage of structures and frameworks, strategy, planning and review; New topics include critical chain project management and supply chain management; The relevant areas of both APM and PMI bodies of knowledge are shown in each chapter; Many updated and new cases; New pedagogical features including learning objectives for each chapter, end of chapter summaries and improved sign-posting to sources of further information; Entire book in two colours with more diagrams and figures.
Classic features:
Considers the subject from a strategic perspective, covering both the role of projects in the execution of organisational strategy and the application of strategic principles in projects; Covers a wide range of project settings, from the traditional large-scale industrial projects through to small-scale personal projects, in both service and manufacturing settings; Considers projects as being a core business activity for most organisations; Each chapter contains examples of Project Management in Practice as well as discussion questions and exercises; The use of structures helps explain what is going on at different points in the life-cycle of a project. | | Contents note: | Phase One Process Design
1. The nature and context of project management; 2. Strategy and project management; 3. Modeling the project system - overview models; 4. Modeling the project system - detail models; 5. Analysing plans
Phase Two Project Execution
6. Project structures - teams and organisation; 7. Management and leadership in project environments; 8. Control of projects; 9. Problem-solving and decision-making
Phase Three Develop the Process
10. Project completion and process improvement |
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