AMA Handbook of Project Management, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Paul C. Dinsmore (Editor), Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0814472710 | ISBN-13: 978-0814472712 | Publication Date: January 25, 2006 | Edition: 2nd

The AMA Handbook of Project Management has been awarded the prestigious 2007 David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award, presented by the Project Management Institute (PMI(r)). Long considered the authoritative guide to project management, The AMA Handbook of Project Management presents the critical concepts and theories that all project managers must master. Now completely revised to reflect the accelerating pace of the current project management environment-as well as the most recent changes to the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(r) Guide)-the book gives you practical, how-to-do-it information on everything you need to succeed in this complex, constantly growing field. Containing definitive models, case studies, advice, and in-depth solutions to specific project management dilemmas, The AMA Handbook of Project Management provides you with indispensable guidance on various topics, from passing the Project Management Professional (PMP(r)) Certification Exam, to thriving in a specific organization and succeeding in your project management career. The book compiles essays and advice from top professionals with specific expertise on areas such as designing adequate organizational structures, generating and maintaining teamwork, managing the project life cycle, and much more. The book first tackles the basics of project management, including the fundamental disciplines and processes required to insure that projects are brought to successful completion. An invaluable reference for experienced practitioners, this section also acts as a helpful study guide for project management novices, with chapters specifically corresponding to those found in the latest edition of the PMBOK(r) Guide. Moving beyond the individual project, section two looks at the history and current state of project management as a profession, highlighting the latest trends from a global perspective. The book considers ethics, professionalism, and career development with a look at how they affect you as a project management practitioner. Even a certified professional cannot escape the realities of organizational life, and increasingly, your role as a project manager will catapult you out of the single-project milieu and into organizational issues such as alignment with strategy, organizational culture and structure, and the synchronization of multiple projects. Section three covers these increasingly important organizational challenges. Section four brings together writers on some of the leading-edge topics in project management to provide a glimpse of where the discipline and the organizations in which it is practiced may be heading, taking a careful look at new methodologies, organizational structures, and globally diverse teams. Finally, in section five, the book considers how the basics of project management must be adapted to the environments found in different industries and professions including construction and engineering, new product development, information technology, and others. This second edition of The AMA Handbook of Project Management is a comprehensive reference that should have a place on every project manager's bookshelf.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Invaluable in providing... knowledge for real professionals….a reference book that should find a spot on any serious project manager’s bookshelf.”

-Technical Communication Magazine

“The book’s editors—Paul Dinsmore and Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin—should be commended for doing an excellent editorial job….[the editorial effort] is particularly significant in view of the fact that this handbook comprises work written by 42 distinct authors….All chapters are informative and well written….its objective it to put project management into its contemporary context, enabling readers to get up to speed on important issues in project management today. In my view, the book has done a fine job in achieving this objective.”

-Project Management Journal

Winner of The 2007 David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award, presented by the Project Management Institute (PMI®)

“Informative, well-written… its objective is to put project management into its contemporary context… a fine job in achieving this objective.”

-Project Management Journal

Book Description

The AMA Handbook of Project Management has been awarded the prestigious 2007 David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award, presented by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

Long considered the authoritative guide to project management, The AMA Handbook of Project Management presents the critical concepts and theories that all project managers must master. Now completely revised to reflect the accelerating pace of the current project management environment—as well as the most recent changes to the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—the book gives you practical, how-to-do-it information on everything you need to succeed in this complex, constantly growing field.

Containing definitive models, case studies, advice, and in-depth solutions to specific project management dilemmas, The AMA Handbook of Project Management provides you with indispensable guidance on various topics, from passing the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Exam, to thriving in a specific organization and succeeding in your project management career. The book compiles essays and advice from top professionals with specific expertise on areas such as designing adequate organizational structures, generating and maintaining teamwork, managing the project life cycle, and much more.

The book first tackles the basics of project management, including the fundamental disciplines and processes required to insure that projects are brought to successful completion. An invaluable reference for experienced practitioners, this section also acts as a helpful study guide for project management novices, with chapters specifically corresponding to those found in the latest edition of the PMBOK® Guide.

Moving beyond the individual project, section two looks at the history and current state of project management as a profession, highlighting the latest trends from a global perspective. The book considers ethics, professionalism, and career development with a look at how they affect you as a project management practitioner.

Even a certified professional cannot escape the realities of organizational life, and increasingly, your role as a project manager will catapult you out of the single-project milieu and into organizational issues such as alignment with strategy, organizational culture and structure, and the synchronization of multiple projects. Section three covers these increasingly important organizational challenges.

Section four brings together writers on some of the leading-edge topics in project management to provide a glimpse of where the discipline and the organizations in which it is practiced may be heading, taking a careful look at new methodologies, organizational structures, and globally diverse teams.

Finally, in section five, the book considers how the basics of project management must be adapted to the environments found in different industries and professions including construction and engineering, new product development, information technology, and others.

This second edition of The AMA Handbook of Project Management is a comprehensive reference that should have a place on every project manager’s bookshelf.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 17 and up
  
• Hardcover: 512 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM; 2nd edition (January 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814472710
• ISBN-13: 978-0814472712
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.8 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #681,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Expanded, new edition for all levels of project manager, April 12, 2006

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D. Donovan, Editor/Sr. Reviewer "California B... (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AMA Handbook of Project Management, Second Edition (Hardcover)

There are a number of books on project management on the market; but if only one comprehensive text were to be selected, it should be Paul C. Dinsmore and Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin's AMA HANDBOOK OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT - it's been a recommended pick before and its expanded second edition updates with new material for both experienced and new project managers. This edition offers new material on the growing profession of project management, portfolio management, and team work, showing managers how to set and achieve goals, design flexible, effective teams, move from project concept to finished product, and much more. A highly recommended, definitive reference.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PMI Book of the year 2007, January 29, 2008

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Thelmo E. Treneman "T Treneman" (Richardson, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AMA Handbook of Project Management, Second Edition (Hardcover)

This is an outstanding book. I was present at the last PMI World congress in Atlanta, and this book was selected as the book of the year by the PMI organization. It is a well written book, that should become the reference for the years to come in Project Management. I highly recommend this book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great PM collection, February 21, 2006

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Quentin W. Fleming (Tustin, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AMA Handbook of Project Management, Second Edition (Hardcover)

A job well done by Paul Dinsmore and Jeanette Cabanis-Brewin.
They have collected a comprehensive range of well written chapters covering the full suject of project management. A must book for project management students.
Quentin Fleming
http://www.QuentinF.com