Field Guide to Project Management - Softcover

Cleland, David I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0442023456 ISBN 13: 9780442023454

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1997

Synopsis

Project Management

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From the Back Cover

Field Guide To Project Management David I. Cleland, Editor In the last two decades, the field of project management has moved from the fringes of the management discipline to the forefront:

• Project management systems have become the primary means of dealing with organizational change and execution of enterprise strategies.
• Project management principles are being applied to a wide range of applications, including concurrent engineering, benchmarking, competitive analysis, crisis management, new business development, quality management, and self–directed production teams.
• The most compelling project management model, the matrix organization, has become a key organizational design in progressive enterprises of all kinds.

Projects are the building blocks of successful strategies. Now one book brings it all together in a skillful blend of conceptual basics and hands–on practice to stand as the cornerstone resource on project management systems. In Field Guide To Project Management, a who’s–who roster of expert authors presents practical explanations and advice on all aspects of project management: planning techniques, concepts, paradigms, processes, tools, and techniques. Field Guide To Project Management provides fundamental blueprints for successful project planning and execution. No other volume offers such a wealth of reliable information on project management systems in such a concise, authoritative, and accessible format. Read it cover to cover or use it as a reference for specific situations. This is a must–own volume for project managers, product developers, team leaders, and executive personnel in all industries.

Synopsis

Written by the co-editor of the "Project Management Handbook", this book is a hands-on guide to project team management. Rather than focusing on theories, software tools, or abstract models, each chapter features examples from actual companies, addressing the questions and problems they encountered, and the ways in which they reached their solutions. It summarizes practices in this growing field, and checklists and model templates illustrate each of their examples. The author employs an accessible, common-sense perspective that should particularly appeal to newly-formed teams. His emphasis on early intervention in problem-solving should also interest experienced project managers, benefitting from the book's coverage of over 40 relevant topic areas, concise and practical guidance material and an annotated bibliography for further research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0442023456
• ISBN 13: 9780442023454
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Cleland David I.