Third Wave Project Management: A Handbook for Managing the Complex Information System for the 1990's (Yourdon Press Computing Series)

Thomsett, Rob

ISBN 10: 0139152997 / ISBN 13: 9780139152993

Published by Pearson Technology Group, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Third Wave Project Management: A Handbook for Managing the Complex Information System for the 1990's (Yourdon Press Computing Series)
• Publisher: Pearson Technology Group
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0139152997
• ISBN 13: 9780139152993
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 371.9 grams

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Synopsis

This guide hands readers a new management paradigmthat stresses people-oriented values, proving how they have a greater influence on the success of a project than organizational structures. KEY TOPICS: The handbook emphasizes the integration of information by all people involved in a project to facilitate quick comprehension of the project, and covers a variety of aspects including control issues ... management as a problem-solving process ... team driven projects ... upper management involvement ... Rapid Application Planning ... management information sets ... and real-time project management. MARKET: Ideal for software project managers and all those involved in software project development.

About the Author

ROB THOMSETT is a Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium's Agile Project Management and Business-IT Strategies Practices, a contributor to Cutter Consortium's Advisory Services, and director of The Thomsett Company. He has consulted in and taught project management since 1974. Over 20,000 professionals have attended his workshops in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Hong Kong, Italy, and Australia, and his radical approach to project management has been adopted by many major global organizations. Thomsett is author of "People and Project Management" and "Third Wave Project Management," both from Prentice Hall PTR. Ed Yourdon has called him "one of the world's leading project management gurus."