Successful Project Management

by Gido, Jack; Clements, James P.

• ISBN13: 9780324071689
• ISBN10: 032407168X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-27
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

A comprehensive resource, this book covers everything managers need to know about working successfully in a project environment, including how to organize and manage effective project teams. Emphasizing communication, it offers a focus on how to document and communicate project developments within and outside the team and provides in-depth coverage of planning, scheduling and cost estimating. Two appendices are devoted to Microsoft? Project 2000.

Table of Contents

PART 1 The Life of a Project	1	(99)
Project Management Concepts	2	(22)
Needs Identification	24	(22)
Proposed Solutions	46	(30)
The Project	76	(23)
PART 2 Project Planning and Control	99	(190)
Planning	100	(42)
Scheduling	142	(54)
Schedule Control	196	(32)
Resource Considerations	228	(24)
Cost Planning and Performance	252	(37)
PART 3 People: The Key to Project Success	289	(120)
The Project Manager	290	(32)
The Project Team	322	(32)
Project Communication and Documentation	354	(30)
Types of Project Organizations	384	(25)
Appendix A Project Management Software	409	(10)
Appendix B Project Management Organizations	419	(1)
Appendix C Project Management World Wide Web Sites	420	(2)
Appendix D Abbreviations	422	(1)
References	423	(8)
RYL Answers	431	(19)
Glossary	450	(5)
Index	455