Total Project Control: A Manager′s Guide to Integrated Project Planning, Measuring, and Tracking (Operations Management Series) - Hardcover

Devaux, Stephen A.

 
9780471328599: Total Project Control: A Manager′s Guide to Integrated Project Planning, Measuring, and Tracking (Operations Management Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0471328596 ISBN 13: 9780471328599
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1999

Synopsis

New metrics for assessing the performance and profitability of individual or multiple projects–written by the creator of the Total Project Control method.

"Critical path method needed a shot in the arm and Devaux delivers it in Total Project Control. His new book is an invaluable and much–needed advance in the art and practice of project management. Every project manager (and software developer) should read this book to understand what project management is all about."–Joel Koppelman, President, Primavera Systems, Inc.

"Devaux′s Total Project Control introduces a welcome approach for managing dynamic projects from start to finish."–Janet M. Baker, PhD, Chairman and CEO, Dragon Systems, Inc.

"Finally, a major shift from traditional project management theory. Devaux slams through decades of cost/schedule fixation and completes the picture. The value concepts in Total Project Control will launch both the art and the science of project planning into mainstream business thinking."–Chip Drapeau, President and CEO, Project Software & Development, Inc.

"Total Project Control represents a comprehensive approach for orchestrating and evaluating complex projects."–Alan Trefler, CEO, Pegasystems, Inc.

"Total Project Control describes essential new tools for the project management ′power user′ that are not found in your favorite project planning software. These tools will prove to be indispensable for the manager who must objectively balance complex multiproject resources."–Robert Virag, Senior Director, Research and Development, Mallinckrodt Inc.

"In Total Project Control Stephen Devaux delivers a major breakthrough–all of the tools and understanding necessary to manage enterprise–wide resources in any project–driven company."–Dr. Priscilla A. Glidden V.P. of Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness, Abt Associates, Inc.

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About the Author

STEPHEN A. DEVAUX is President of Analytic Project Management in Bedford, Massachusetts. APM works with Fortune 500 companies teaching project management theory and consulting on project development processes. Devaux is an active member and speaker at PMI, and a frequent contributor to relevant publications, including PM Journal, Data Training, ComputerWorld, and PM Network.

From the Back Cover

New metrics for assessing the performance and profitability of individual or multiple projects–written by the creator of the Total Project Control method.

"Critical path method needed a shot in the arm and Devaux delivers it in Total Project Control. His new book is an invaluable and much–needed advance in the art and practice of project management. Every project manager (and software developer) should read this book to understand what project management is all about."–Joel Koppelman, President, Primavera Systems, Inc.

"Devaux′s Total Project Control introduces a welcome approach for managing dynamic projects from start to finish."–Janet M. Baker, PhD, Chairman and CEO, Dragon Systems, Inc.

"Finally, a major shift from traditional project management theory. Devaux slams through decades of cost/schedule fixation and completes the picture. The value concepts in Total Project Control will launch both the art and the science of project planning into mainstream business thinking."–Chip Drapeau, President and CEO, Project Software & Development, Inc.

"Total Project Control represents a comprehensive approach for orchestrating and evaluating complex projects."–Alan Trefler, CEO, Pegasystems, Inc.

"Total Project Control describes essential new tools for the project management ′power user′ that are not found in your favorite project planning software. These tools will prove to be indispensable for the manager who must objectively balance complex multiproject resources."–Robert Virag, Senior Director, Research and Development, Mallinckrodt Inc.

"In Total Project Control Stephen Devaux delivers a major breakthrough–all of the tools and understanding necessary to manage enterprise–wide resources in any project–driven company."–Dr. Priscilla A. Glidden V.P. of Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness, Abt Associates, Inc.

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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0471328596
ISBN 13 
9780471328599
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
352