Mastering Project Management

Applying Advanced Concepts to Systems Thinking, Control & Evaluation, Resource Allocation
2. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-07-146291-4
Verlag: McGraw-Hill

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 776 g

Take charge of your teams and lead them to victory!For nearly a decade, Mastering Project Management, has been the field's gold standard reference. Now, James Lewis has updated his classic guide, offering both practical, real-world guidance and a focus on higher-level tools and applications that you won't find anywhere else.This fully revised second edition shows project managers and team leaders from all industries how to ramp up and fine-tune managing skills and bring all projects to a successful completion. Carefully avoiding any overlap from his other popular project management titles, Lewis clearly defines your role as a project manager and outlines the steps to mastering project management. Lewis has also included the most up-to-date information on today's hot-button topics in the field, providing the know-how you need to: - Utilize the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) - Survive “no-win” projects - Apply Six Sigma in project management - Improve estimating capability - Manage project risks - Identify customer requirements - Control costs - Understand systems thinking and apply it to projectsLewis shows you how to manage multicultural project teams, coach team members for improved performance, and deal effectively with project stakeholders. He gives you an arsenal of tools for utilizing systems thinking, achieving optimal decision-making, reporting project status, and managing project change and configuration control. Lewis also covers the human element, showing you the most effective ways to conduct interviews, manage meetings, conduct performance reviews, and handle vendors and contractors.If you want to be more than a casual project manager, if you desire to understand every function in your organization, if you aspire to higher management levels, the second edition of Mastering Project Management is your personal guide to success.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, James

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Projektmanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: what it’s all about Chapter 1: So you want to master project management Chapter 2: The job of managing Chapter 3: Integrating leadership and management Chapter 4: Leading to Learn and Learning to Lead….Dr. Tom Boldrey Chapter 5: Whole brain project management Chapter 6: HT Achieve High performance Project management Chapter 7: Power and Politics for Project management Chapter 8: Dealing with cultural differences Chapter 9: Defining Success and Failure Chapter 10: Organizing for project management Part 2: Tools and Techniques Chapter 11: A Review of the Standard Tools Chapter 12: The need for systems thinking in project management Chapter 13: Understanding Systems thinking Chapter 14: HT Apply systems thinking in managing projects Chapter 15: Managing project Risks Chapter 16: Improving decisions in projects Part 3: Planning Chapter 17: Developing a Shared Understanding of a Project Chapter 18: Identifying Customer Requirements Chapter 19: Managing resources in project Scheduling Chapter 20: Scheduling Uncertainty in projects Part 4: Control Chapter 21: Tracking progress to Achieve project Control Chapter 22: Accounting and Cost control Chapter 23: Change control in project Chapter 24: Managing vendors in projects Chapter 25: Conducting project reviews Chapter 26: managing quality projects Part 5: Optimizing Project performance Chapter 27: Improving project management processes Chapter 28: Improving Estimating capability Chapter 29: Managing Innovation in projeects

Über Autor(innen)

Lewis, James
James P. Lewis, Ph.D. (Vinton, VA) is the founder of The Lewis Institute, Inc., a association providing project management and behaviorial consulting and training. Dr. Lewis has more than 20 years of project management experience and has trained more than 20,000 supervisors and managers around the world.

James P. Lewis, Ph.D., is founder of The LewisInstitute, Inc. As one of today’s most recognized and respected authorities in project management, Dr. Lewis has trained more than 30,000 supervisors and project managers around the globe. He has written extensively for a number of publications, including Training & Development Journal, Apparel Industry Magazine, and Transportation and Distribution Magazine. Dr. Lewis is the author of twelve books, including McGraw-Hill’s Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control, fourth edition, and The Project Manager’s Desk Reference, third edition.