The New Project Management: Tools For an Age of Rapid Change, Corporate Reengineering, & Other Business Realities (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series) - Hardcover

Frame, J. Davidson

 
9781555426620: The New Project Management: Tools For an Age of Rapid Change, Corporate Reengineering, & Other Business Realities (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series)

Synopsis

Examines the new realities of project management: managing risk, maintaining quality of goods and services, outsourcing, satisfying customers, and communicating effectively with managers, customers, vendors, and staff. Sets forth the new skills today's project managers must have to be successful: people management, team building skills (especially cross-functional teams), decision making, estimation, project evaluation, and setting performance metrics.

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About the Author

J. DAVIDSON FRAME is professor of management science at the School of Business and Public Management at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He consults to public, nonprofit, and private organizations worldwide, and conducts seminars and workshops in project management. He is the author of Managing Projects in Organizations (Jossey-Bass, 1987).

From the Back Cover

Examines the new realities of project management: managing risk, maintaining quality of goods and services, outsourcing, satisfying customers, and communicating effectively with managers, customers, vendors, and staff. Sets forth the new skills today's project managers must have to be successful: people management, team building skills (especially cross-functional teams), decision making, estimation, project evaluation, and setting performance metrics.

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Examines the new realities of project management: managing risk, maintaining quality of goods and services, outsourcing, satisfying customers, and communicating effectively with managers, customers, vAndors, and staff. Sets forth the new skills today's project managers must have to be successful: people management, team building skills (especially cross-functional teams), decision making, estimation, project evaluation, and setting performance metrics.

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