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Project Management
Edition 3
Harvey Maylor
0273655418
Paperback
432 pages
2003
Brief Description
The third edition of this successful textbook represents a major development in content, approach and pedagogy. 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.
Project Management is used extensively to accompany courses on undergraduate, masters and MBA programmes, as well as for in-company training and for professionals wanting to bring themselves up-to-date with developments in the field.
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.
Reviews
'For all involved in projects, it's a book that needs to be on your bookshelf, but better in your hand'.
Bob Saunders, Open University and Association for Project Management.
'A thorough introduction to project managemnet. Highly recommended for use as an introductory course text'.
Paul Walley, Lecturer in Operations Management, Warwick Business School.
'A useful introduction to the subject, particularly for students, as it indicates the complexity of the subject and its importance in a wide range of industries'.
Prof J.H.Rogerson, Dean of Engineering, Science and Manufacturing, Cranfield Unive
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Structures and frameworks
PHASE ONE - DEFINE THE PROJECT
3. Strategy and project management
4. Project definition
PHASE TWO - DESIGN THE PROJECT PROCESS
5. Time planning
6. Critical chain project management
7. Cost and quality planning
8. Plan analysis and risk management
PHASE THREE - DELIVER THE PROJECT (DO IT!)
9. Project organisation: structures and teams
10. Management and leadership in project environments
11. Control of projects
12. Supply chain issues
13. Problem-solving and decision-making
14. Project completion and review
15. Improving project performance
Appendix
Relevant Standards
Index
Companion Website:
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