Successful Project Management - Hardcover

Gido, Jack; Clements, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1285068378 ISBN 13: 9781285068374

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 2014

Synopsis

Discover everything you need to know to work successfully in today's exciting project management environment with Gido/Clements' Successful Project Management, 6E. This best-selling text details how to organize as well as manage effective project teams, from planning and scheduling to cost management. Revised chapters closely align with the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) framework and approach to ensure that you are learning today's best practices. Coverage of the latest business developments and challenges introduce issues such as project constraints, stakeholder issues, the project charter, and how projects relate to an organization's strategic plan. Learn the keys to effective communication both within and outside a team and see firsthand how project management is applied in the workplace with this edition's new and revised cases and new real-world vignettes. A variety of end-of-chapter practice and Internet exercises as well as other new learning features give you the opportunity to practice concepts most critical to project management success. You also gain experience working with the latest version of today's most popular project management software - Microsoft[registered] Project 2013

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About the Authors

Jack Gido was most recently Director of Economic and Workforce Development and Director of PennTAP, the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program, at Penn State University. In this position, he directed the program, obtained funding, and provided leadership for a statewide staff who provide technology assistance and workforce development to Pennsylvania business and industry to improve their global competitiveness. Jack has 20 years of industrial management experience, including the management of productivity improvement and technology development projects. He holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University. Jack is a member of the Project Management Institute and the former president of the Upstate New York Chapter, and he teaches courses on project management.

Jim Clements currently serves as the 15th President of Clemson University. Prior to becoming President at Clemson University, Dr. Clements served as President of West Virginia University. Previously he was Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vice President for Economic and Community Outreach, Chair of the Computer and Information Sciences Department, and the Robert W. Deutsch Distinguished Professor of Information Technology at Towson University. He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Analysis from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, an M.S. in Computer Science from the Johns Hopkins University, and a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is the author of more than 75 research publications. During the past 25 years, Dr. Clements has served as a consultant for a number of public and private organizations. He is also a four-time winner of the Faculty Member of the Year Award given by students at Towson University.

Edition details

• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1285068378
• ISBN 13: 9781285068374
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 552