Project manager's portable handbook / David I. Cleland, Lewis R. Ireland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cleland, David I.

Contributor:

Ireland, Lewis R., 1937-2012.

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Project management.

Physical Description:

xvi, 442 p. : ill.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Latest Project Management Data at Your Fingertips Fully updated throughout, this hands-on guide gives you quick access to current information on project management concepts and practices. Project Manager's Portable Handbook . third edition, offers concise, practical details on the fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to manage projects. Written by world-renowned project management experts, this compact reference summarizes best practices for defining, designing, developing, and producing project results. Handy tables, charts, models, and callout boxes illustrate pertinent information in this essential on-the-job tool. Easy-to-Find Project Management Topics: The discipline of project management Project organizational chart Alternative project applications The strategic context of projects Project leadership Project initiation and execution Project planning and control The project culture Improving project management PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDITIONS: "It is perhaps the one book that best summarizes a complete knowledge set to be applied in successfully managing projects. It is the one book that project managers should not 'go to work' without." -- Ken Rose, Book Review Editor, Project Management Journal "Unique and invaluable...direct, summarized style...wealth of information...annotated bibliography...one book a project manager should not be without." -- PM Network

Contents:

section 1. The discipline of project management

section 2. Project organizational design

section 3. Alternative project applications

section 4. The strategic context of projects

section 5. Project leadership

section 6. Project initiation and execution

section 7. Project planning and control

section 8. The project culture

section 9. Project communications

section 10. Improving project management.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on December 13, 2012.

ISBN:

9786612965210

9781282965218

1282965212

9780071741064

0071741062

OCLC:

679603910