The project manager's desk reference
Subtitle: project planning, scheduling evaluation, control, systems
By: James P. Lewis
Edition: 3rd ed
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9780071464642
Subjects: Project management; Industrial development projects -- Management; Production scheduling
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 559-570) and index
Table of contents: title: Overview of project management; title: A model for managing projects; title: General aspects of project planning; title: Planning : developing the project mission, vision, goals, and objectives; title: Planning project strategy; title: Implementation planning; title: Developing a project schedule; title: Schedule computations; title: Scheduling with resource constraints; title: Scheduling with PERT; title: Principles of project control and evaluation; title: Project control using earned-value analysis; title: Progress payments and earned-value analysis; title: Project change control; title: Defining project success and failure; title: Causes of project failure; title: Managing project risks; title: Sociotechnical systems and project organization; title: Profiling the world-class project management organization; title: Improving your communication skills; title: Managing business-to-business marketing and communication projects successfully; title: Project management in a creative environment; title: The need for systems thinking in project management; title: Understanding systems thinking; title: How to apply systems thinking in managing projects; title: Problem solving in projects; title: Solving close-ended problems; title: Solving open-ended problems; title: Managing decision making in project teams; title: Developing project managers; title: Resources and references