Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 672 pages
- Published by: Wiley
- Edition: 4th Edition December 18, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0470042613
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470042618
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
- Weighs: 2 pounds
Product Description
Unlock your potential and achieve breakthrough performance in project management If you're looking for a more robust approach to project management--one that recognizes the project environment and adapts accordingly--then this is the perfect resource. It not only guides you through the traditional methods, but also covers the adaptive and extreme approaches as well. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of each one and know exactly when and how to use them.
You'll also be introduced to the Adaptive Project Framework, which arms you with a new project management methodology. And with the help of two new case studies, you'll be able to put these ideas into practice and experience some of the contemporary nuances of projects.
This definitive guide to project management shows you how to:
- Take advantage of new variations on traditional project management methods, including risk assessment and control
- Decide the best method for managing specific types of projects by analyzing all of the pros and cons
- Apply the Adaptive Project Framework to the world of fast-paced, high-change, and complex projects
- Create a war room to successfully manage multiple team projects
- Determine how project portfolio management approaches can help companies achieve a greater return on investment
- Utilize all nine Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) standards advocated by the Project Management Institute (PMI)
Book Info
Describes how business environments are changing, how that affects the project manager, and what role project management plays in today's organizations. Discusses how to determine the scope of a project and close out a successful project. Softcover. CD-ROM included.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Effective Project Management, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
I purchased this book because I was looking for material to prepare the PMP certification exam. The book is easy to read and the concepts and key terms are clean and well explained. However, from my point of view, is too shallow to be fully "effective". I've been managing software projects for the last 6 years and, after reading the book, I felt that it didn't cover all my expectations, for example, treatment of Critical Chain Project Management is little more than a quote of its existence. Anyway, if you are looking for an introductory book on PM I think is a pretty good book, but remember, to gain more in depth knowledge on particular subject matters you'll have to look at the references.
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