Managing Projects in Organizations: How to Make the Best Use of Time, Techniques, and People

by J. Davidson Frame

Overview

In this third edition of Managing Projects in Organizations, J. Davidson Frame updates and expands on his classic book to provide an accessible introduction to the field of project management. Drawing on more than twenty-five years of consulting and training experience, Frame's most current edition of his landmark book includes a wealth of new topics, including:

• Managing virtual teams
• The evolving concept of the project manager's role
• Comanaged project teams
• The project office
• Project portfolios
• Web-based project management
• International project management

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470631386
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/19/2003
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

J. Davidson Frame is Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Management and Technology (UMT) in Arlington, Virginia. Prior to joining UMT, he established the project management program at George Washington University. He also served as director of the Project Management Certification Program at the Project Management Institute (PMI) and has served on PMI's board of directors. Frame has authored more than forty articles and seven books, including The New Project Management (2nd edition) and Managing Risk in Organizations.

Table of Contents

Preface.

The Author.

1. The New Business Environment and the Need for a New Project Management.

PART ONE: MANAGING IN THE NEW BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.

2. Managing Complexity: Techniques for Fashioning Order Out of Chaos.

3. Engaging Change: Knowing When to Embrace, Accept, or Challenge.

4. Managing Risk: Identifying, Analyzing, and Planning Responses.

5. Satisfying Customers: Knowing Who They Are, What They Want, and When They are Right or Wrong.

6. Defining Requirements that Bridge the Customer-Developer Gap.

PART TWO: TOOLS FOR THE NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

7. Acquiring Political Skills and Building Influence.

8. Building Teams with Borrowed Resources.

9. Selecting Projects That Will Lead to Success.

10. Estimating Realistic Costs, Schedules, and Specifications to Ensure Project Success.

11. Scheduling Projects with New Tools: The Time-boxed and Critical Chain Scheduling Techniques.

12. Outsourcing to Control Costs, Focus on Core Work, and Expand Resources.

13. Integrating Cost and Schedule Control to Measure Work Performance.

14. Evaluating Projects to Maintain Goals, Strengthen Accountability, and Achieve Objectives.

15. Understanding and Using Performance Metrics; or, Measuring the Right Stuff.

16. Establishing and Maintaining a Project Support Office to Strengthen Project Management Capabilities.

17. Carpe Diem: Seize the Day!

Appendix: An Annotated Reading List for the New Project Management.

References.

Index.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Frame has a deep understanding of the systemic nature of project management."
— Quality Progress

"The New Project Management 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."
— PM Network

"An excellent book I'd recommend is Managing Projects in Organizations by J. Davidson Frame. . . . can help you put your project management skills on track."— Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine

"Provides an excellent overview of the fundamental concepts of project management."
— Public Productivity Management Review

Editorial Reviews

''A realistic, 'hands-on' approach to managing projects in real organizations.... It is a well-written, informative book that demonstrates ways in which the chaos of project management can be converted into orderand success.''

''The value of Frame's book and his approach to project management is its firm grounding in reality.''

From the Publisher