Managing Projects in Organizations: How to Make the Best Use of Time, Techniques, and People (Jossey-Bass Management) [Hardcover]

J. Davidson Frame (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 13, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0787901601 | ISBN-13: 978-0787901608 | Edition: Revised Edition

Sound advice for product, engineering, and service-based oganizations

Unlike other project management books that focus on engineering and manufacturing settings alone, this resource encompasses product, engineering, and service-based organizations. Plus, it covers important new developments in software, outsourcing, quality, and related issues. Much more than a mere checklist of techniques, Managing Projects in Organizations provides you with a sound, overall methodology for dealing with information-age projects. You get advice on overcoming problems at the organizational, team and individual levels, managing human resources, selecting the best team structure, identifying customer needs, defining project requirements, and managing the inevitable politics every project presents, plus much, much more!

Editorial Reviews

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``A realistic, `hands-on' approach to managing projects in real organizations.... It is a well-written, informative book that demonstrates ways in which the chaos of project management can be converted into orderand success.''

``The value of Frame's book and his approach to project management is its firm grounding in reality.'' --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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"Frame has a deep understanding of the systemic nature of project management."
— Quality Progress

"The New Project Management examines the new realities of project management: managing risk, maintaining quality of goods and services, outsourcing, satisfying customers, and communicating effectively with managers, customers, vendors, and staff."
— PM Network

"An excellent book I'd recommend is Managing Projects in Organizations by J. Davidson Frame. . . . can help you put your project management skills on track."— Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine

"Provides an excellent overview of the fundamental concepts of project management."
— Public Productivity Management Review

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; Revised Edition edition (October 13, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787901601
• ISBN-13: 978-0787901608
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,174,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly readable and on point, August 21, 2000

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jason voorhis (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Managing Projects in Organizations: How to Make the Best Use of Time, Techniques, and People (Jossey-Bass Management) (Hardcover)

This book is a refreshing look at what is most important in achieving project success: people functioning in organizations. While it reviews key tools and techniques in a user-friendly fashion, its chief goal is to raise readers' awareness of the central role of people and organizations in delivering successful projects. What's more, it is an easy read, filled with practical examples of real world scenarios. It is particularly useful for knowledge workers in businesses like IT, finance, telecoms, R&D and training because it does not get bogged down in painfully detailed treatment of techniques that are marginally useful on real-world projects.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Discussess only a few topics in project management, April 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Managing Projects in Organizations: How to Make the Best Use of Time, Techniques, and People (Jossey-Bass Management) (Hardcover)

You are bound to be disappointed if you want to learn how to manage projects from this book.

This book is a very introductory and basic book that describes project management and projects, and then delves into aspects that the author considers interesting. It can best be described as an elementary introduction to the field.

I liked the "Fast Forward MBA in Project Management" much more than this book. It gives one a set of tools and a process for managing projects.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful for financial systems projects, December 14, 2000

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Yong Cai (Shanghai) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Managing Projects in Organizations: How to Make the Best Use of Time, Techniques, and People (Jossey-Bass Management) (Hardcover)

This book is very helpful to knowledge workers. It is now translated into Chinese and doing well in China -- the first printing sold out quickly. It is friendly written and interesting. It concentrates on real issues on projects. These are not techniques, but people issues. Frame has good technique book called New Project Management. Managing Projects in Organizations has many examples that are realistic and apply in all industries and cultures. I find it especially useful for practioners in the financial and information technology sectors.