Agile project management : essentials from the Project Management Journal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Project Management Institute, Corporate Author.

Series:

Safari tech books online.

Project Management Journal

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management.

Project management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (784 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Wiley, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The development of the Agile Movement, whatever the area of application or discipline, comes from the famous "faster, cheaper, better"" maxim. As such, the agile manufacturing paradigm rests on four principles: response to change and uncertainty, supplying highly customized products, synthesis of diverse technologies, and intra-enterprise and inter-enterprise integration.For the reader interested in agile project management applications, response to changes, and transformations and its impact on managing projects, this book is a must-read. Various insights are covered, including: how to maste

Contents:

Cover; Introduction; References; Mastering Complexity and Changes in Projects, Economy, and Society via Project Management Second Order (PM-2); The Challenge for an Advanced Understanding of Project Management; The Research Program "Beyond Frontiers of Traditional Project Management"; Limits of Traditional Project Management; The Genesis of Project Managements to PM-2; Research Results for the Basic Concept of PM-2; The Creation of a Systemic Architecture and Process Model of PM-2; Potential Use of PM-2; Implementation of PM-2 in Different Project Types

Principles, Methods, and Processes in PM-2Demonstration and Verification-PM-2 in "Real Life" Today; The Future-Integration Aspects of PM-2, CPMCS, MUPEC, ICB3, and PMI Standards; Conclusions and Perspectives; Acknowledgment; References; How Project Manager-Project Owner Interaction Can Work Within and Influence Project Risk Management; Objective; Some Basic Challenges Regarding Project Ownership and Risk Management; Research Approach; Results and Discussion; Summary of Results; Conclusions, Contributions, and Further Research; References

Managerial Complexity in Project-Based Operations: A Grounded Model and Its Implications for PracticeIntroduction; Background; Complexity in Projects; Methodology; Results; Implications; Summary and Conclusions; References; Beyond Frontiers of Traditional Project Management: An Approach to Evolutionary, Self-Organizational Principles and the Complexity Theory-Results of the Research Program; Introduction; Advanced Challenges and Requirements for Project Management, Based on the Irreversible, Nonlinear, System-Structuring Change in Nature, Society, and Economy

Fundamental Changes in Sciences as New Advantages for Project ManagementThe Challenges and Requirements for an Advanced Understanding of Project Management; Frontiers of Traditional Project Management to Solve These Advanced Requirements; Scope and Methodology of the Research Program "Beyond Frontiers of Traditional Project Management"; Results of the Research Projects, Briefly Presented; Evolution First Order and Its Impact on Project Management Methods and Processes; Management of Crisis: Turn a Change to Advantage or Risk Assurance?

The Highlighted Result of the Research Program: The Outlined Formulation of Project Management Second Order (PM-2) as a New Paradigm in Project ManagementFinal Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; The Logical Framework Approach-Millennium; Introduction; Literature Review; Research Objective; The Logical Framework Approach-Millennium; Case Studies; Conclusion; References; Exploring PMOs Through Community of Practice Theory; Introduction; Missing Links in PMO Performance; Managing Situated Learning: The Governance Challenge; Research Design

Preliminary Results From a Health Care Case Study

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 07, 2016).

ISBN:

9781118586730

1118586735

OCLC:

852758191