ABSTRACT

Concise, practical and entertaining to read, this excellent introduction to project management is an indispensable book for professionals and students working in or studying project management in business, engineering or the public sector.

This third edition contains expanded sections on programme management, portfolio management, and the public sector. An entirely new chapter covers the evaluation, analysis and management of risks and issues. A much expanded section explores the rise and utilization of methodologies like Prince2.

chapter 1|10 pages

Setting the stage

chapter 2|17 pages

Getting the words in the right order

chapter 3|8 pages

Nine steps to a successful project

chapter 5|17 pages

Project planning

chapter 6|15 pages

A fly on the wall

chapter 7|16 pages

Resource management

chapter 8|19 pages

Progress monitoring and control

chapter 9|9 pages

Prince2, governance and methodologies

chapter 10|25 pages

Advanced critical-path topics

chapter 11|20 pages

The people issues

chapter 12|8 pages

Programme management

chapter 13|18 pages

Issue and risk management

chapter 14|11 pages

Terminology