The Handbook of Project Management

by Martina Huemann (Editor), Rodney Turner (Editor)

Overview

This practice-oriented handbook presents practitioners and students with a comprehensive overview of the essential knowledge and current best practices in project management. It includes the most up-to-date thinking in the discipline, describing recent developments in a way that practitioners can immediately use in their work.

The Handbook of Project Management was the first “APM Body of Knowledge Approved” title for the Association for Project Management. Over the course of six editions, The Handbook of Project Management has become the definitive desk reference for project management practitioners. The team of expert contributors, selected to introduce the reader to the knowledge and skills required to manage projects, includes many of the most experienced and highly regarded international writers and practitioners. The book is divided into six parts: Projects; Performance; Process; People; Portfolio; and Perspectives. Including over 25 completely new chapters, this sixth edition provides a fully up-to-date encyclopaedia for the discipline and profession of project management.

The book will be of use to all project management practitioners, from those starting out in the profession to people with advanced experience. It is also highly relevant to students, with earlier editions being used as a set or recommended text on Masters’ courses in project management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032227634
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/28/2024
Edition description:	6th ed.
Pages:	666
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Martina Huemann is a Professor for Major Infrastructure Delivery at BSSC, University College London and Professor at WU Vienna. Martina is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Project Management and Founding Editor-in-Chief of Project Leadership and Society. As co-founder of enable2change, she believes in co-creation between practitioners, policy makers, and scholars.

Rodney Turner is a Visiting Professor at the University of Leeds. He is the author or editor of 18 books and editor of the International Journal of Project Management from 1993 to 2018. His research covers governance, stakeholder experience, and megaproject management. In 2004, he received a research achievement award from PMI and in 2012 from IPMA.

Table of Contents

1. A handbook for project management practitioners  Part I: Projects  2. Projects and their management  3. Linking strategy and projects through strategic initiatives  4. Project success  5. Managing project complexity  6. Auditing projects and programs  Part II: Performance  7. Measuring project performance  8. Managing requirements, scope and configuration  9. Project organization  10. Project owner organizations  11. Managing business case and benefits realization  12. Managing value in projects  13. Managing integrated project delivery  14. Data analytics in managing projects  15. Managing Digital Projects Infrastructure  16. Managing project risk  17. Managing project crisis  18. Sustainable project management  Part III: Process  19. Managing the process  20. Feasibility and planning  21. Design thinking in projects  22. Predictive, adaptive and hybrid project approaches  23. Scenario planning  Part IV: People  24. The project manager  25. The project sponsor  26. The project team  27. Engaging project stakeholders  28. Project leadership model  29. Balanced leadership  30. Motivation of young project professionals  31. Managing diversity  32. Behavioral bias  33. Ethics  Part V: Portfolio  34. Managing programs  35. Managing project portfolios  36. Managing project sequences  37. Machine learning in project portfolio selection  38. Organizational project management  39. The project-oriented organization  40. The governance of projects  41. The PMO  Part VI: Perspectives  42. Projectification of society  43. Quality of life in smart cities  44. A reflection