Project Workout
Financial Times Prentice Hall
978-0-273-68181-6 (ISBN)
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Robert Buttrick's book is an invaluable, lucid and practical guide to a crucial area of management, which has been crying out for the treatment it receives in these pages" Robert Heller Put yourself and your business through the Project Workout to direct and manage projects that will deliver results, drive change and improve the health of your business. Supported by the Project Workout Live online resource, The Project Workout shows you how to: *Measure critical success factors in any project *Diagnose and address any potential difficulties of implementation *Master a staged framework for managing a successful project *Develop the soft (interpersonal) and hard (structured management) skills of the project manager *Analyze your project as a single entity, and also manage a portfolio of projects *Assess your resource strategy and management effectively *Improve your project tracking and delivery This 3rd edition of the definitive book on business-led program and project management offers help at every stage, from building a project team right up to reaping the rewards of a timely and successful project.
It will be a valuable companion for project managers and executives at any level, and a comprehensive resource for students of project management. Projects are an important strategic management tool and a way of life for every businessperson. But how do you get started and ensure a successful outcome? This book takes the reader step by step through project management, acting as a companion and guide to ultimate project success. "The Project Workout is an important book, taking a lead role in growing a new generation of professional project managers." Oded Cohen, The Goldratt Institute.
Robert Buttrick currently works for Cable & Wireless as well as providing independent consulting advice on programme and project management. He is a frequent contributor to conferences. He also writes articles, including a series in Project Manager Today. Robert is a chartered engineer, Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Member of the Association of MBAs. He retains links with his former Business School, Henley Management College.
PART I CHALLENGES TO BE FACED1. Challenges We Need to Face2. Advice the Best Companies Give UsPART II A WALK THROUGH A PROJECT3. The Project Framework: an Overview of its Gates and Stages4. Who Does What?5. The Proposal: Identify the Need6. The Initial Investigation Stage: Have a Quick Look at it!7. The Detailed Investigation Stage: Promising...Let's Have a Closer Look8. The Develop and Test Stage: Do It!9. The Trial Stage: Try it Out10. The Release Stage: Lets Get Going!11. The Post Implementation Review: How Did We Do?12. Applying the Stage Framework13. A Few Related Projects: ProgramsPART III DEALING WITH MANY PROJECTS14. Portfolios of Projects15. There Are Two Many Projects To Do!16. Have I Got the Resources?17. An Environment for Managing your PortfolioPART IV MAKING PROJECTS WORK FOR YOU18. Project Teams and Style19. Project Set Up20. Managing Benefits21. Managing the Schedule22. Managing the Finances23.Managing What Might Go Wrong (or Right): Risks and Opportunities24. Managing What Has Gone Wrong (or Right!): Issues25. Lets Do It Differently!: Change Management26. Reviews and More Reviews27. Closing the ProjectPART V IMPLEMETING THE FRAMEWORK28. Implementing the FrameworkAppendix A BrainstormingAppendix B GlossaryAppendix C A Project Process FrameworkIndex The third edition of the Project Workout will reflect the changes in the project environment since the year 2000. Whilst the fundamental principles have not changed, the business, organisational and technical landscape has moved on.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.1.2005 |
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| Verlagsort | Harlow |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 171 x 243 mm |
| Gewicht | 954 g |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement |
| ISBN-10 | 0-273-68181-8 / 0273681818 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-273-68181-6 / 9780273681816 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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