Global Project Management Handbook: Planning, Organizing and Controlling International Projects, Second Edition: Planning, Organizing, and Controlling International Projects (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) - Hardcover

Cleland, David L.; Gareis, Roland

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071460454 ISBN 13: 9780071460453

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2006

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Capitalize on New Techniques for Applying Project Management in the Global Marketplace

• Explore innovative PM practices in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Russia, Germany, France, England, Austria, Norway and Sweden
• Read cutting-edge contributions by leading PM experts from over 20 countries

The revised Second Edition of the Global Project Management Handbook shows readers step-by-step how PM concepts and techniques can be applied in various political, cultural, and geographical settings. Now featuring 16 entirely new chapters, with all others thoroughly updated, this volume covers the full range of PM topics that are crucial to maintaining competitiveness in an increasingly global marketplace. Packed with additional charts, tables, and figures, the Second Edition contains case histories from many different countries that demonstrate how PM can be successfully applied worldwide.

This classic equips readers with:

• State-of-the-art concepts and processes in global PM
• A lucid account of the historical evolution of modern global PM
• Proven financial planning methods for large multinational projects
• A generic model for the management of international projects
• A description of the strategies, structures, and cultures of the project-oriented company
• Processes and methods for program and portfolio management
• Coverage of these topics, new to the Second Edition: applications of global PM in the rebuilding of Iraq, outsourcing initiatives, the global integrated logistics support process, virtual global software projects, developing multinational teams, risk assessment in global projects, and program/project portfolio management

DISCOVER NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR STAYING COMPETITIVE WORLDWIDE

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Learn and apply successful international project management techniques. Contributors from 20+ nations reveal how current project management concepts and techniques can be successfully applied in different political, cultural, and geographical settings. Learn how project management is carried out in major countries such as Canada, China, Russia, Germany, France, England - and how these techniques can be applied globally. Case histories from around the world provide lessons on the international application of project management 16 completely new chapters including ones on the rebuilding of Iraq, project management in outsourcing initiatives, and developing multinational teams.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0071460454
• ISBN 13: 9780071460453
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 575