Project management : practices, challenges and developments / Elizabeth C. Hoffmann, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoffmann, Elizabeth C.

Series:

Management science--theory and applications series.

Management science - theory and applications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Projects are traditionally seen as temporary organizations designed for unique tasks, often in contrast to the mass-producing core activities of organizations. Projects are used by the engineers as tools for solving almost any type of problem. In this book, the authors present current research in the study of practices, challenges and developments within project management. Topics discussed in this compilation include lessons learned in the role of the coordinator in the development of it projects; the stakeholder challenge, based on a project management of collaborative research; project mana

Contents:

""PROJECT MANAGEMENT: PRACTICES, CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS""; ""PROJECT MANAGEMENT: PRACTICES, CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1 THE ROLE OF THE COORDINATOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT PROJECTS: LESSONS LEARNED""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE FIGURE OF THE PROJECT COORDINATOR""; ""ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBILITIES CONCERNING THE PROJECT COORDINATOR""; ""SOME PRACTICAL ISSUES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH �THE STAKEHOLDER CHALLENGE""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PROJECT MANAGEMENT""; ""PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS""; ""RESEARCH SETTING AND METHODOLOGY""; ""PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTISES IN THREE EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECTS""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPLIED TO LITHIC ANALYSIS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PROJECT MANAGEMENT""; ""FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS""

""CHARACTERISTICS OF TRACES""""PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPLIED TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE RESEARCH""; ""PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPLIED TO FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF LITHIC ARTIFACTS""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TEAM AS A KEY ELEMENT IN SUCCESS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. DECISION-MAKING AND RESPONSIBILITY IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS""; ""3. SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TEAM AS A TRANSVERSAL ACTOR""; ""4. SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TESTAMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 5 THE IMPACT OF PROJECT SCHEDULE ADHERENCE AND REWORK ON THE DURATION FORECAST ACCURACY OF EARNED VALUE METRICS""""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Problem Setting""; ""3. Discussion""; ""4. ResearchMethodology and Test Design""; ""5. Computational Results""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Appendix""; ""References""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 9, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62948-184-X

OCLC:

863157219