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Project management theory and practice / Gary L. Richardson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Second editionDescription: xxv, 643 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1482254956
  • 9781482254952
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.404 23
LOC classification:
  • HD69.P75 R5225 2015
Contents:
Part 1. Conceptual overview of the project environment -- Part 2. Projects as state change vehicles -- Part 3. Defining the triple constraints -- Part 4. Planning support processes -- Part 5. Advanced planning models -- Part 6. Project execution: working the plan -- Part 7. Monitoring and controlling techniques -- Part 8. Closing the project -- Part 9. Contemporary topics -- Part 10. Professional ethics and responsibility -- --
Part 1. Conceptual overview of the project environment -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evolution of project management -- 3. Project management body of knowledge -- 4. Industry trends in project management -- 5. Project types -- 6. Project organization concepts -- 7. Project life cycle models -- 8. Quick start example -- -- Part 2. Projects as state change vehicles -- 9. Role of projects in the organization -- 10. Project initiation -- -- Part 3. Defining the triple constraints -- 11. Project plan development -- 12. Scope management -- 13. Time management -- 14. Cost management -- -- Part 4. Planning support processes -- 15. Human resource management -- 16. Project communications -- 18. Procurement management -- 19. Quality management -- 21. Integrating the KAs -- -- Part 5. Advanced planning models -- 22. Analyzing variable time estimates -- 23. Project simulation -- 24. Critical chain management model -- -- Part 6. Project execution: working the plan -- 25. Project execution management -- -- Part 7. Monitoring and controlling techniques -- 26. Change management -- 27. Project and enterprise metrics -- 28. Earned value management -- 29. Tracking project progress -- -- Part 8. Closing the project -- 31. The closing process -- -- Part 9. Contemporary topics -- 32. Organizational maturity -- 33. Project portfolio management -- 34. Enterprise project management office -- 35. HR outsourcing -- 36. High-productivity teams -- 37. Project governance -- 38. Professional ethics and responsibility.
Summary: "Updated to reflect the Project Management Institute's (PMI's) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Fifth Edition, the new edition of this bestselling textbook continues to provide a practical and up-to-date overview of project management theory. Project Management Theory and Practice, Second Edition explains project management theory using language that is easy to understand. The book integrates the organizational environment that surrounds a project to supply the well-rounded knowledge of theories, organizational issues, and human behavior needed to manage real-world projects effectively. This edition includes a new chapter on Stakeholder Management, which is a new knowledge area covered in the new PMBOK® Guide."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Conceptual overview of the project environment -- Part 2. Projects as state change vehicles -- Part 3. Defining the triple constraints -- Part 4. Planning support processes -- Part 5. Advanced planning models -- Part 6. Project execution: working the plan -- Part 7. Monitoring and controlling techniques -- Part 8. Closing the project -- Part 9. Contemporary topics -- Part 10. Professional ethics and responsibility -- --

Part 1. Conceptual overview of the project environment -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evolution of project management -- 3. Project management body of knowledge -- 4. Industry trends in project management -- 5. Project types -- 6. Project organization concepts -- 7. Project life cycle models -- 8. Quick start example -- -- Part 2. Projects as state change vehicles -- 9. Role of projects in the organization -- 10. Project initiation -- -- Part 3. Defining the triple constraints -- 11. Project plan development -- 12. Scope management -- 13. Time management -- 14. Cost management -- -- Part 4. Planning support processes -- 15. Human resource management -- 16. Project communications -- 18. Procurement management -- 19. Quality management -- 21. Integrating the KAs -- -- Part 5. Advanced planning models -- 22. Analyzing variable time estimates -- 23. Project simulation -- 24. Critical chain management model -- -- Part 6. Project execution: working the plan -- 25. Project execution management -- -- Part 7. Monitoring and controlling techniques -- 26. Change management -- 27. Project and enterprise metrics -- 28. Earned value management -- 29. Tracking project progress -- -- Part 8. Closing the project -- 31. The closing process -- -- Part 9. Contemporary topics -- 32. Organizational maturity -- 33. Project portfolio management -- 34. Enterprise project management office -- 35. HR outsourcing -- 36. High-productivity teams -- 37. Project governance -- 38. Professional ethics and responsibility.

"Updated to reflect the Project Management Institute's (PMI's) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Fifth Edition, the new edition of this bestselling textbook continues to provide a practical and up-to-date overview of project management theory. Project Management Theory and Practice, Second Edition explains project management theory using language that is easy to understand. The book integrates the organizational environment that surrounds a project to supply the well-rounded knowledge of theories, organizational issues, and human behavior needed to manage real-world projects effectively. This edition includes a new chapter on Stakeholder Management, which is a new knowledge area covered in the new PMBOK® Guide."--Publisher's website.

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