The handbook of project-based management : leading strategic change in organizations / J. Rodney Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, J. Rodney (John Rodney), 1953-

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management.

Physical Description:

xvii, 452 p. : ill.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discover How to Dramatically Improve the Processes of Project-Based Management in Any Organization! One of the most influential books ever written on the development of project management, The Handbook of Project-Based Management has been completely revised for a new generation of students and practitioners. The Third Edition now features a major change in focus from delivering corporate objectives to achieving strategic change, including embedding corporate change after a project is completed. Filled with over 150 illustrations, The Third Edition of The Handbook of Project-Based Management contains: A rigorous guide to project management practice for the twenty-first century Complete tools for managing project performance and process New to this edition: new focus on achieving strategic change; new information on the project life cycle; new applications to different industries; new material on strategic design, stakeholders, and organizational capability; shift in emphasis from administrative procedures to governance Inside this Cutting-Edge Guide to Twenty-First Century Project Management • The Context of Projects: • Projects for Delivering Beneficial Change • Project Success and Strategy • The People Involved • Managing Performance: • Scope • Project Organization • Quality • Cost • Time • Risk • Managing the Process: • Project Process • Project Start-Up • Project Execution and Control • Project Close-Out • Governance of Project-Based Management: • Project Governance • Program and Portfolio Management • Developing Organizational Capability • Governance of the Project-Based Organization • International Projects

Notes:

Title from title screen.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on March 23, 2009.

ISBN:

9786611845483

9781281845481

1281845485

9781601198013

1601198019

9780071635837

0071635831

9780071549752

0071549757

OCLC:

1029627056