Practical Project Management with CD-ROM / Edition 1

by R.G. Ghattas, Sandra L. McKee

Overview

Using an easy-to-read conversational style and down-to-earth approach, this book follows a fictional training seminar given to six management professionals who are "trainees" in project management. In the seminar, the trainees work through two major projects and several others--each project highlighting and refining different issues that will make the managers better at controlling a complex process and in avoiding and eliminating unnecessary stress for the project, themselves, and their employees. Exceptionally practical and applied, the book guides readers through a proven strategy for success and provides them with the tools they need to handle any project's unique combination of people, process, and tasks. Features dialogues in which the "trainees" discuss concepts presented and their own personal experiences in project management; interviews with expert project managers; special Skill and Tool boxes; and applications and problems for practice, some using project management software. Introduction to Project Management. Change. Leadership and Motivation. Communications. Teams. Diversity. Organization. Organization. Network Analysis and Duration Estimating. Managing Resources. Project Control concepts. Project Control Techniques. Final Project Challenge: Applying What You Know. For first-time project leaders in industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780130953094
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	09/21/2000
Edition description:	BK&CD-ROM
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Project Management.

2. Change.

3. Leadership and Motivation.

4. Communication.

5. Teams.

6. Diversity.

7. Setting Goals and Securing Commitment

8. Scheduling.

9. Network Analysis and Duration Estimating.

10. Resource Management.

11. Project Control.

12. Project Control Techniques.

Appendices.

Editorial Reviews

As more and more companies downsize their experienced and experienced people, many are relying on project managers to take care of the company business, and workers previously concerned only with<-->and about<-->their own jobs find themselves in charge of project with complex task relationships, often across disciplines. Ghattas and McKee (both DeVry Institute of Technology, Atlanta) compile hand-outs, overheads, and other material they have used over the years into a text for readers who are not expected to have any prior experience in project management, engineering, or elaborate statistical models. The disc contains an evaluation version of Practical Project Management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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