Project Management strikes a balance between the technical and human aspects of managing projects. It is suitable for a course in project management and for professionals who seek a project management handbook. This text addresses the major questions and issues the authors have encountered while teaching and consulting with practicing project managers in domestic and foreign countries. The text is very contemporary and up-to-date. This application-oriented text provides a road map for managing any type of project--for example, information technology, R & D, engineering design, construction, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing. The text helps the reader discover the strategic role of projects in contemporary organizations, how projects are prioritized, what tools and techniques can be used to plan and schedule projects, what organization and managerial styles will improve chances of project success, how project managers orchestrate the complex network of relationships, factors that contribute to the development of a high performing project team, the project system which will help gain some measure of control, how project managers prepare for a new international project in a foreign culture, and finally how senior management can develop a supportive organizational culture for implementing projects. --This text refers to the CD-ROM edition.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good introductory book, but impractical,
This review is from: Project Management (Paperback)
This wordy book is more heavy on management than on project management because the business professors are understandably not trained in project-specific disciplines. Hence, there is inadequate coverage of how projects are actually managed, particularly costing and key contractual issues. Even on their own terrain, the business relations are mostly asserted without solid research backing (e.g. section on culture, where certain cultures are asserted to be pro-projects, but the causal links are missing). If you are looking to teach students basic PM processes, this book is worth a look as the explanation is clear. But if you are a practitioner, learn from your discipline-specific masters. So I have to knock off 2 stars for inadequate coverage, and impracticality.
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Project management? More like project futility!,
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This review is from: Project Management: The Managerial Process (Irwin/McGraw Hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences.) (Hardcover)
The author is too eager to impress you with his knowledge and ability to build confusing and complex sentences. I've found I need to read a chapter several times to get anything out of it. Even after several readings, taking notes, I'm not sure what is going on. The book provides allot of chaff with very few "Deliverables". Unless you are already an experienced project manager looking for a new angle this one is better left on the shelf.
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Good textbook for a novice,
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This review is from: Project Management: The Managerial Process (Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin Series Operations and Decision Sciences) (Hardcover)
It seems that many people didn't like this book, but I used it for a class on PM & found it to be pretty good. I had no prior knowledge of the field. I really liked the accompanying Student CD-ROM for study & review of the material. I used the Microsoft Project trial CD-ROM & found that extremely useful also. I would recommend it as introductory material.
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New York, Cumulative Totals, Ending Period, United States, Project Management Institute, Project Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, San Francisco, Activity Predecessor, Harvard Business Review, Prentice Hall, Project Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Design Spec, Lockheed Martin, Newton Square, Olympic Games, Task Name, Zoom System, Big Bertha, Engineering Management, Harvard Business School Press, Hong Kong, Rules of the Garage, Software Engineering Institute New!
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New York, Cumulative Totals, Ending Period, United States, Project Management Institute, Project Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, San Francisco, Activity Predecessor, Harvard Business Review, Prentice Hall, Project Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Design Spec, Lockheed Martin, Newton Square, Olympic Games, Task Name, Zoom System, Big Bertha, Engineering Management, Harvard Business School Press, Hong Kong, Rules of the Garage, Software Engineering Institute New!
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- Developing Products in Half the Time by Preston G. Smith on page 53, page 219, and page 231
- The Project Office (Crisp Management Library) by J. liDavidson Frame on page 53 (1), and page 53 (2)
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- Lean Project Management: Eight Principles For Success by Lawrence P. Leach on page 83, and page 197
- Operations Management: Policy, Practice and Performance Improvement by Steve Brown on page 261
- Project Management in Construction (Leading Construction) (Leading Construction) by Dennis Lock in Back Matter
- The Ultimate Small Business Guide: A Resource For Startups And Growing Businesses (Ultimate Business Library) by Editors Of Perseus Publishing on page 483
- Operations Management (The Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin Series Operations and Decision Sciences) by Schroeder in Front Matter
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