The Definitive Guide to Project Management: The Fast Track to Getting the Job Done on Time and on Budget

Nokes, Sebastian and Major, Ian and Greenwood, Alan and Goodman, Mark

ISBN 10: 0273663976 / ISBN 13: 9780273663973

Published by Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2003

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Definitive Guide to Project Management: The Fast Track to Getting the Job Done on Time and on Budget
• Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0273663976
• ISBN 13: 9780273663973
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Knowing that you’re managing a project that is going well is a good feeling.

That moment when you know that it’s going to happen on time, that it’s avoided the pitfalls and delays that could have derailed it, and that people and resources have come together surely and smoothly, is a moment to savour. Fortunately, it’s a very achievable moment if you have mastered the tools and techniques of great project management.

Developed from the day to day experiences of real project managers facing real organisational and logistical challenges, this book is designed to put you on a fast-track to managing projects of every shape and size with speed and accuracy.  This will be a powerful skill to possess in a business world where work is increasingly organised around projects.

The Definitive Guide to Project Management will show you, step by step, how to deliver the right projects in the right way at the right time, while keeping your life in balance. Using the principles critical chain management, the authors help you master the essentials of good project management and then explore the situations where good projects and good business meet. How to manage risks and politics; how to demonstrate the value added by a project; how to communicate upwards and downwards in project teams; how to energise projects; how to turn failing projects around; and how to spot likely problem projects.

It is practical, to the point, and can be used immediately. An essential companion if you want projects to be a source of inspiration not perspiration.

Inside you will find key questions, step-by-step guidance and action checklists to help with each stage of a well-executed project:

• Before you start
• Planning
• Preliminary definition
• Full definition
• Design
• Build and test
• Implementation
• Shutdown and review

  WithThe Definitive Guide to Project Management, you can deliver results on time, every time.   Financial Times Prentice Hall’s best-selling ‘Definitive’ suite provides managers and entrepreneurs with a fast-track to acquiring a range of essential executive skills. Other titles in the series include:

The Definitive Business Plan
The Definitive Guide to Managing the Numbers
The Definitive Guide to Marketing Planning

About the Author

Sebastian was edcucated at Birkbeck & Imperial Colleges, University of London and has an MSc in finance from the London Business School. He was trained in investment banks, the insurance industry, the IT industry and publishing.

Sebastian is the author of a number of business books published by Pearson Education.