Practical, hands-on approach, with use of Microsoft Project software integrated throughout. 120-day evaluation version of Microsoft Project packaged with book. Clear and accessible writing style.
BUILD REAL-WORLD PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS WITH A BRIEF, HANDS ON-TEXT!
Following up on the extraordinary success of project management, 4e, Mantel and Meredith have teamed up once again, along with Scott Shafer and Margaret Sutton, to create Project Management in Practice - a brief hands on text that shows how to do project management.
With its streamlined coverage and applied approach, the text offers a sturdy foundation of fundamental concepts and real-world project management skills. The authors clearly explain how to apply proven project management tools and techniques at each stage in a project's life-cycle from selecting and initiating projects, to scheduling and budgeting, to project termination.
Features: * Concise, hands-on approach to project management * A CD-ROM packaged with this text containing a 120-day trial version of Microsoft(r) project 2000, in addition to crystal Ball(r) 2000 * An appendix devoted to the use of Crystal Ball(r) 2000 with applications to project selection, budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation * Highly detailed examples * Extensive review questions and exercises at the end of each chapter * Emphasis on using computers, with numerous exercises that utilize project management software