The Project Manager's Desk Reference

3. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-07-146464-2
Verlag: McGraw-Hill

Buch, Englisch, 600 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1011 g

The definitive guide to keeping your project on time, under budget, and problem-freeIn this Third Edition of The Project Manager's Desk Reference, top project management consultant James Lewis arms you with today's most comprehensive and understandable project management resources, showing you how to conduct a project of any size or nature-from the office move to building new facilities.Using results-oriented language and easy-to-understand examples, this comprehensive, quick-reference guide presents specific situations taken from today's fast-moving business environment, walking you through proven solutions designed to keep the project moving forward.This ready-access toolbox shows you how to: - Plan, execute, and control a project from beginning to end - Choose project managers, leaders, and teams - Develop project plans using Work Breakdown Structures, PERT, CPM, and Gantt schedules - Conduct risk analysis - Design a project control system - Use earned value analysis to track projects - Communicate effectively with all levels of your team - Conduct the essential post-project “lessons learned” reviewServing as the perfect supplement to Lewis's bestselling PM bible, Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control, The Project Manager's Desk Reference provides you with the foundation you need to manage any project to its successful completion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, James

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Projektmanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Overview of the PMBOK 2: Initiation 3: Planning 4: Execution 5: Control 6: Closeout 7: Performance Improvement 8: Communication and Communication Planning 9: Risk Management 10: Resouce Management 11: Managing Multiple Projects 12: The Project Office 13: Selling Project Managment 14: Selecting and Developing Project Managers 15: Project Leadership 16: Project Teams 17: Global and Cultural Issues in PM 18: Managing Marketing Projects 19: New Product Development 20: Knowledge Management 21: Miscellaneous Topics 22: checklists for Managing Projects Resources for Project Managers References and Readings

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, the world’s best-known project managementexpert, has more than 25 years of project managementexperience and has trained more than 30,000 supervisorsand managers around the world.