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Zusatztext 'What makes a project successful? Emanuel Camilleri in the book Project Success: Critical Factors and Behaviours has tried to answer that question. This book from Gower is the bible on getting it right! covering everything from the history of project management to managing information flow and organisational diagnostics..... If you are studying project management! or working as a consultant for failing projects! then this is a must-have read. If you are setting up a project management function from scratch in your company! then you'll find Project Success very useful for starting off on the right foot.' - Elizabeth Harrin! member of PMI's New Media Council! and also heads The Otobos Group! which publishes her award-winning blog! A Girl's Guide to Project Management. Review appeared in Arras: Tipoffs and pmToolbox.com Informationen zum Autor Before his retirement! Emanuel Camilleri was the Director General (Strategy and Operations Support) at the Maltese Ministry of Finance! the Economy and Investments. He has had a long career in the public sector in Australia! and has managed many large projects. Dr Camilleri obtained his Business Studies bachelor's degree at FIT! currently Victoria University! Melbourne! Australia; has an MBA from Brunel University! UK (prize winner); and a DBA from Maastricht School of Management! The Netherlands. He is a certified accountant; a Chartered Engineer (British Engineer Council); European Engineer (FEANI! Paris); and member of many professional bodies. He represented Malta on a number of international bodies! the more predominate ones being UNCTAD Inter Governmental Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting; European Union Advisory Committee for Own Resources; and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development. Emanuel Camilleri is a visiting senior lecturer at Faculty of Economics! Management and Accountancy! University of Malta. He has written and published a number of conference and peer reviewed academic papers. Zusammenfassung Examines the key factors bearing on perceived success or failure. This book is not just about project management, it goes deeper into the topic of project success by prescribing a project success framework. Inhaltsverzeichnis I: In Search of Factors That Facilitate Project Success; 1: Introduction; 2: The Perception of Project Success; 3: Why Some Projects Succeed and Others Fail; II: Project Hygiene Support Factors; 4: Project Strategic Fit; 5: Project Scope; 6: Project Organization Structure; 7: Project Teams Structure; 8: Project Planning and Control; III: Project Informational Support Factors; 9: Information Flow and Knowledge Management; 10: Project Risk Management; 11: Project Competency Development; IV: Project Behavioural and Managerial Support Factors; 12: Management and Leadership; 13: Employee Commitment and Participation; 14: Internal and External Communication; V: Organizational Project Diagnostic Model; 15: Diagnosing an Organization's Preparedness for Undertaking and Managing Projects...
