Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling

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John Wiley & Sons, Feb 4, 2013 - Technology & Engineering - 1296 pages

The bestselling project management text for students and professionals—now updated and expanded

This Eleventh Edition of the bestselling "bible" of project management maintains the streamlined approach of the prior editions and moves the content even closer to PMI®'s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®). New content has been added to this edition on measuring project management ROI, value to the organization and to customers, and much more. The capstone "super" case on the "Iridium Project" has been maintained, covering all aspects of project management. Increased use of sidebars throughout the book helps further align it with the PMBOK and the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Exam.

This new edition features significant expansion, including more than three dozen entirely new sections and updates on process supporting; types of project closure; project sponsorship; and culture, teamwork, and trust. This comprehensive guide to the principles and practices of project management:

  • Offers new sections on added value, business intelligence, project governance, and much more
  • Provides twenty-five case studies covering a variety of industries, almost all of which are real-world situations drawn from the author's practice
  • Includes 400 discussion questions and more than 125 multiple-choice questions
  • Serves as an excellent study guide for the PMP Certification Exam

(PMI, PMBOK, PMP and Project Management Professional are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.)

 

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Contents

Common terms and phrases

5th Edition activities alternatives assigned authority best practices brainstorming breakdown structure client commitment communications company’s completion constraints contract corporate cost create culture customer’s decision decision-making department manager effective enterprise project management evaluation executive exist functional employees functional managers Guide Human Resources Management identify implementation individual integration interface involved leadership life-cycle phases line managers matrix management objectives organizational form organizational structure performance performance appraisal person personnel planning PMBOK policies priorities problem procedures program manager project engineer project environment project management methodology project manager’s project office project organization project sponsor project team project-driven Reichart relationships requirements responsibility responsibility assignment matrix result role schedule selected senior management shown in Figure situation skills solution specific staffing stakeholders success TABLE task team meetings team members technical techniques understand upper-level management virtual teams

About the author (2013)

HAROLD KERZNER, Ph.D., is Senior Executive Director for Project Management at the International Institute of Learning, Inc. (IIL), a global learning solutions company offering professional training and consulting services worldwide. Dr. Kerzner's profound effect on the project management industry inspired the IIL in partnership with PMI to establish the Kerzner International Project Manager of the Year Award, which is presented to a distinguished PMP or global equivalent each year.

Bibliographic information

TitleProject Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling
AuthorHarold Kerzner
Edition11, illustrated
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2013
ISBN111841585X, 9781118415856
Length1296 pages
Subjects › 

Technology & Engineering / General
Technology & Engineering / Industrial Engineering
Technology & Engineering / Mechanical
  
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