Project Management in Practice, International Adaptation

Klappentext Project Management in Practice presents an applied approach to the essential tools, strategies, and techniques students must understand to achieve success in their future careers. Emphasizing the technical aspects of the project management life cycle, this popular textbook offers streamlined, student-friendly coverage of project activity, risk planning, budgeting and scheduling, resource allocation, project monitoring, evaluating and closing the project, and more.Clear and precise chapters describe fundamental project management concepts while addressing the skills real-world project managers must possess to meet the strategic goals of their organizations. Integrated throughout the text are comprehensive cases that build upon the material from previous chapters. Each chapter now includes new end-of-chapter questions to help learners test their conceptual understanding of the subject. Zusammenfassung Project Management in Practice presents an applied approach to the essential tools, strategies, and techniques students must understand to achieve success in their future careers. Emphasizing the technical aspects of the project management life cycle, this popular textbook offers streamlined, student-friendly coverage of project activity, risk planning, budgeting and scheduling, resource allocation, project monitoring, evaluating and closing the project, and more.Clear and precise chapters describe fundamental project management concepts while addressing the skills real-world project managers must possess to meet the strategic goals of their organizations. Integrated throughout the text are comprehensive cases that build upon the material from previous chapters. Each chapter now includes new end-of-chapter questions to help learners test their conceptual understanding of the subject. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 The World of Project Management 1.1 What is a Project? 1.2 Project Management Versus General Management 1.3 Agile Project Management 1.4 What is Managed? The Three Goals of a Project 1.5 The Life Cycles of Projects 1.6 Selecting Projects to Meet Organizational Objectives 1.7 The Project Portfolio Process 1.8 The Materials in this Text Review Questions Discussion Questions Exercises Incidents for Discussion Broken Welds Portillo, Inc. Case 1.1: Friendly Assisted Living Facility-1 Case 1.2: Project Management Practices in E-Learning Sector Bibliography Chapter 2 The Manager, The Organization and The Team 2.1 The PM's Roles 2.2 The PM's Responsibilities to the Project 2.3 Selection of a Project Manager 2.4 Project Management as a Profession 2.5 Fitting Projects into the Parent Organization 2.6 The Project Team 2.7 Agile Team Roles Review Questions Discussion Questions Incidents for Discussion Samuel's Approach to Project Management HardTech, Inc. Case 2.1: Friendly Assisted Living Facility-2 Case 2.2: The Quantum Bank Case 2.3: Facebook - Cambridge Analytica - Data Leakage Bibliography Chapter 3 Project Activity and Risk Planning 3.1 From the Project Charter to the Project Plan 3.2 The Planning Process-Overview 3.3 The Planning Process-Nuts and Bolts 3.4 More on the Work Breakdown Structure and Other Aids 3.5 Project Planning with Scrum 3.6 Risk Management Review Questions Discussion Questions Exercises Incidents for Discussion Plymouth Zoo's Re-engineering Project Time Is Fleeting Case 3.1: Friendly Assisted Living Facility-3 Case 3.2: John Wiley & Sons Case 3.3: The Current State of Agile Project Management Bibliography Chapter 4 Budgeting the Project 4.1 Methods of Budgeting 4...

List of contents

Chapter 1 The World of Project Management
 
1.1 What is a Project?
 
1.2 Project Management Versus General Management
 
1.3 Agile Project Management
 
1.4 What is Managed? The Three Goals of a Project
 
1.5 The Life Cycles of Projects
 
1.6 Selecting Projects to Meet Organizational Objectives
 
1.7 The Project Portfolio Process
 
1.8 The Materials in this Text
 
Review Questions
 
Discussion Questions
 
Exercises
 
Incidents for Discussion
 
Broken Welds
 
Portillo, Inc.
 
Case 1.1: Friendly Assisted Living Facility--1
 
Case 1.2: Project Management Practices in E-Learning Sector
 
Bibliography
 
Chapter 2 The Manager, The Organization and The Team
 
2.1 The PM's Roles
 
2.2 The PM's Responsibilities to the Project
 
2.3 Selection of a Project Manager
 
2.4 Project Management as a Profession
 
2.5 Fitting Projects into the Parent Organization
 
2.6 The Project Team
 
2.7 Agile Team Roles
 
Review Questions
 
Discussion Questions
 
Incidents for Discussion
 
Samuel's Approach to Project Management
 
HardTech, Inc.
 
Case 2.1: Friendly Assisted Living Facility--2
 
Case 2.2: The Quantum Bank
 
Case 2.3: Facebook -- Cambridge Analytica -- Data Leakage
 
Bibliography
 
Chapter 3 Project Activity and Risk Planning
 
3.1 From the Project Charter to the Project Plan
 
3.2 The Planning Process--Overview
 
3.3 The Planning Process--Nuts and Bolts
 
3.4 More on the Work Breakdown Structure and Other Aids
 
3.5 Project Planning with Scrum
 
3.6 Risk Management
 
Review Questions
 
Discussion Questions
 
Exercises
 
Incidents for Discussion
 
Plymouth Zoo's Re-engineering Project
 
Time Is Fleeting
 
Case 3.1: Friendly Assisted Living Facility--3
 
Case 3.2: John Wiley & Sons
 
Case 3.3: The Current State of Agile Project Management
 
Bibliography
 
Chapter 4 Budgeting the Project
 
4.1 Methods of Budgeting
 
4.2 Cost Estimating
 
4.3 Improving Cost Estimates
 
4.4 Budget Uncertainty and Project Risk Management
 
4.5 Project Risk Simulation with Crystal Ball(r)
 
Review Questions
 
Discussion Questions
 
Exercises
 
Incidents for Discussion
 
A Budgeting Novice
 
Stealth Electronics
 
General Sensor Company
 
Case 4.1: Friendly Assisted Living Facility Project Budget Development--4
 
Case 4.2: Risk Analysis vs. Budget/Schedule Requirements in Australia
 
Case 4.3: Building the Geddy's Dream House
 
Bibliography
 
Chapter 5 Scheduling the Project
 
5.1 PERT and CPM Networks
 
5.2 Project Uncertainty and Risk Management
 
5.3 Simulation
 
5.4 The Gantt Chart
 
5.5 Extensions to PERT/CPM
 
5.6 Scheduling with Scrum
 
Review Questions
 
Discussion Questions
 
Exercises
 
Discussion Exercise
 
Incidents for Discussion
 
Yankee Chair Company
 
Attack of the Killer Worm
 
Case 5.1: Friendly Assisted Living Facility Program Plan--5
 
Case 5.2: Hosting the Annual Project Management Institute Symposium
 
Case 5.3: Launching E-Collar
 
Bibliography
 
Chapter 6 Allocating Resources to the Project
 
6.1 Expediting a Project
 
6.2 Resource Loading
 
6.2.1 The Charismatic VP
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Product details

• Authors: Samuel J Mantel, Samuel J. Mantel, Jack Meredith, Jack R Meredith, Jack R. Meredith, Jack R. (University of Cincinnati) Shafe Meredith, Jack R. (Wake Forest University) Shafer Meredith, Jack R. Shafer Meredith, JR Meredith, Meredith Jack R., Scott Shafer, Scott M Shafer, Scott M. Shafer, Shafer Scott M., Margaret M. Sutton
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781119703037
• ISBN: 978-1-119-70303-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Projektmanagement, Business & management, Project management, Wirtschaft u. Management