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Effective project management :

By: Wysocki, Robert KMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Indianapolis, Indiana : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014] ©2014Edition: 7th editionDescription: xlii, 726 pages : illustrations (black and white)ISBN: 9781118729168 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1118729161 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Project management | Strategic planningDDC classification: 658.404

Contents:

Part 1: Understanding the project management landscape -- What is a project? -- What is project management? -- What are the project management process groups? -- Part 2: Traditional project management -- How to scope a TPM project -- How to plan a TPM project -- How to launch a TPM project -- How to monitor & control a TPM project -- How to close a TPM project -- Part 3: Complex project management -- Complexity and uncertainty in the project management landscape -- Agile project management -- Extreme project management -- Comparing linear, incremental, iterative, adaptive and extreme PMLC models -- Part 4: Managing the realities of projects -- Prevention and intervention strategies for distressed projects -- Organizing multiple team projects -- Establishing and maturing a project support office -- Establishing and managing a continuous process improvement program -- Part 5: End State: Maturing to an enterprise-level project management model -- Establishing a project portfolio management process -- A practical project-based model of the enterprise.

Summary: This comprehensive guide to project management has long been considered the standard for both professionals and academics. With more than 32,000 copies sold in the last three editions, it has now been fully updated to cover the new PMBOK 5. Well-known expert Robert Wysocki has added more than 100 pages of new content based on instructor feedback, enhancing the coverage of best-of-breed methods and tools for ensuring project management success. With enriched case studies, accompanying exercises and solutions on the companion website, and PowerPoint slides for all figures and tables, the book is ideal for instructors and students as well as active project managers

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Part 1: Understanding the project management landscape --
What is a project? --
What is project management? --
What are the project management process groups? --
Part 2: Traditional project management --
How to scope a TPM project --
How to plan a TPM project --
How to launch a TPM project --
How to monitor & control a TPM project --
How to close a TPM project --
Part 3: Complex project management --
Complexity and uncertainty in the project management landscape --
Agile project management --
Extreme project management --
Comparing linear, incremental, iterative, adaptive and extreme PMLC models --
Part 4: Managing the realities of projects --
Prevention and intervention strategies for distressed projects --
Organizing multiple team projects --
Establishing and maturing a project support office --
Establishing and managing a continuous process improvement program --
Part 5: End State: Maturing to an enterprise-level project management model --
Establishing a project portfolio management process --
A practical project-based model of the enterprise.

This comprehensive guide to project management has long been considered the standard for both professionals and academics. With more than 32,000 copies sold in the last three editions, it has now been fully updated to cover the new PMBOK 5. Well-known expert Robert Wysocki has added more than 100 pages of new content based on instructor feedback, enhancing the coverage of best-of-breed methods and tools for ensuring project management success. With enriched case studies, accompanying exercises and solutions on the companion website, and PowerPoint slides for all figures and tables, the book is ideal for instructors and students as well as active project managers

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