Author: William Pinkerton Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional ISBN: 9780071412810 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 546
Book Description
In Project Management: Achieving the Bottom Line Succe$$ author William J. Pinkerton explains the strategic thinking, planning, development, and testing processes that must take place to ensure a project's success--and necessity--before it's even approved. Successfully utilized in workshops throughout the USA, Canada, and Southeast Asia, this resource reveals how to: * Determine if projects are needed and how to make sure they succeed * Develop and execute projects that reflect corporate goals and objectives * Plan projects with an eye towards tangible bottom-line benefits and eliminate impulse thinking * Includes more than 125 tips for testing and recording project start-ups
Author: Marc Resch Publisher: J. Ross Publishing ISBN: 1604270640 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 273
Book Description
In today's challenging commercial environment, many business projects are now categorized as strategic investment with the primary concern being value impact on an organization's bottom line. This title equips project managers with the skills necessary to effectively manage projects as strategic investments.
Author: Richard Maltzman Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1466554088 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 291
Book Description
Winner of PMI's 2011 David I. Cleland Project Management Literature AwardDetailing cutting-edge green techniques and methods, this book teaches project managers how to maximize resources and get the most out of limited budgets. It supplies proven techniques and best practices in green project management, including risk and opportunity assessments.
Author: William Pinkerton Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional ISBN: 0071428445 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 62
Book Description
In Project Management: Achieving the Bottom Line Succe$$ author William J. Pinkerton explains the strategic thinking, planning, development, and testing processes that must take place to ensure a project's success--and necessity--before it's even approved. Successfully utilized in workshops throughout the USA, Canada, and Southeast Asia, this resource reveals how to: * Determine if projects are needed and how to make sure they succeed * Develop and execute projects that reflect corporate goals and objectives * Plan projects with an eye towards tangible bottom-line benefits and eliminate impulse thinking * Includes more than 125 tips for testing and recording project start-ups
Author: John C. Byrne, PhD Publisher: Project Management Institute ISBN: 1628251344 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 127
Book Description
Using empirical data from their research study, Thomas Lechler and John Byrne demonstrate that the success of a project strongly depends on the specific attitude of the project manager and the project management decision-making process. They also address: • Limiting effects of the Triple Constraints Paradigm • Role of uncertainty in projects. Leaders within organizations will find the results useful to emphasize and encourage entrepreneurial behaviors of project managers in a way that influences project performance beyond the simple application of tools and techniques. The book addresses several stakeholders, including who are responsible for implementing projects, those who suffer the consequences if things go wrong, and those who are responsible for the selection and development of project managers. The Mindset for Creating Project Value provides insight into how a different perspective is necessary to better understand the limitations of project management in order to better explain the many phenomena that are related to the management of projects and, consequently, to improve the practical outcome.
Author: Kory Kogon Publisher: BenBella Books ISBN: 1637740506 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 225
Book Description
No project management training? No problem! In today’s workplace, employees are routinely expected to coordinate and manage projects. Yet, chances are, you aren’t formally trained in managing projects—you’re an unofficial project manager. FranklinCovey experts Kory Kogon and Suzette Blakemore understand the importance of leadership in project completion and explain that people are crucial in the formula for success. This updated and revised edition of Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager offers practical, real-world insights for effective project management and guides you through the essentials of the value, people, and project management process: Scope Plan Engage Track and Adapt Close If you’re struggling to ensure multiple projects are finished with high value and on time, this book is for you. If you manage projects without the benefit of a team, this book is also for you. Change the way you think about project management—"project manager" may not be your official title, but with the right strategies, you can excel in this project economy.
Author: Garth G.F. Ward Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119469368 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 547
Book Description
A practical and accessible guide to managing a successful project Effective Project Management is based around an activities and action check list approach to project management. It provides a guide to the basic principles and the disciplines that managers need to master in order to be successful. The author’s check lists approach (based on his years of practical experience on projects) ensure that project managers are following valid processes, helping them to be innovative in their approach to developing plans and resolving problems. In addition, the author’s check list pick and mix format is designed to be flexible in order to meet the individual needs of the reader. Effective Project Management also contains some information on the theories underpinning project management. Knowledge of the theory helps in the understanding of how project management works in practice. In addition to the book’s check lists of what activities need to be performed, the author offers suggestions on how tasks could be carried out. This important resource: Covers a wide range of project management topics including the project management process, programme and portfolio management, initiating and contracting a project, personal skills and more Offers a highly accessible guide to the author’s verified check list approach Presents flexible guidelines applicable for a wide range projects Includes guidance for project managers at all levels of experience Written for project managers working on engineering or construction projects, Effective Project Management reviews all aspects of a project from initiation and execution to project completion together with the specialist topics and personal skills needed to manage projects effectively.
Author: Management Association, Information Resources Publisher: IGI Global ISBN: 1522501975 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 2453
Book Description
Organizations of all types are consistently working on new initiatives, product lines, or implementation of new workflows as a way to remain competitive in the modern business environment. No matter the type of project at hand, employing the best methods for effective execution and timely completion of the task at hand is essential to project success. Project Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications presents the latest research and practical solutions for managing every stage of the project lifecycle. Emphasizing emerging concepts, real-world examples, and authoritative research on managing project workflows and measuring project success in both private and public sectors, this multi-volume reference work is a critical addition to academic, government, and corporate libraries. It is designed for use by project coordinators and managers, business executives, researchers, and graduate-level students interested in putting research-based solutions into practice for effective project management.
Author: Randal Wilson Publisher: Pearson Education ISBN: 0133573125 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
Master all the modern project scheduling and cost control techniques you need, in one focused tutorial! Randal Wilson's Project Schedule & Cost Control isn't your typical project management guide: it's 100% focused on the specific principles, techniques, and best-practice methodologies of scheduling and cost control. Wilson illuminates key issues through the extensive use of graphs, charts, case studies, and worked examples; and calls your attention to crucial issues that "generic" PM books ignore. Coverage includes: Project structures, including differences between projects and programs, and how those differences affect costing and scheduling Initiation: how projects start, how to develop project charters and stakeholder registers, and how to manage stakeholders Planning, in depth: what costs must be addressed, and what schedule constraints must be considered Project schedule analysis: activity definition, WBS, and work packages; activity sequencing and diagramming; proven methodologies for estimating resources and activity durations; and schedule development Project cost analysis: gathering and estimating all project costs, including labor, materials, vendor bids, subcontractors, contracts, equipment, facilities, and direct/indirect costs. Budgeting via top-down, bottom-up, and activity-based methods Project monitoring and control: earned value, tracking Gantt, S-Curves, performance reviews, milestone analysis, change control systems, estimate at completion, forecasting, and much more For both project management newcomers and working project managers who need to sharpen their skills
Author: Randall Englund Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers ISBN: 1523097051 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 291
Book Description
The Complete Project Manager: Integrating People, Organizational, and Technical Skills is the practical guide that addresses the “soft” project management skills that are so essential to successful project, program, and portfolio management. Through a storytelling approach, the authors explain the necessary skills—and how to use them—to create an environment that supports project success. They demonstrate both the “why” and the “how” of creatively applying soft project management skills in the areas of leadership, conflict resolution, negotiations, change management, and more. This guide has an accompanying workbook, The Complete Project Manager's Toolkit , sold separately.
Author: William Pinkerton
Author: Marc Resch
Author: Richard Maltzman
Author: William Pinkerton
Author: John C. Byrne, PhD
Author: Kory Kogon
Author: Garth G.F. Ward
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Author: Randal Wilson
Author: Randall Englund