Field Guide To Project Management David I. Cleland, Editor In the last two decades, the field of project management has moved from the fringes of the management discipline to the forefront: Project management systems have become the primary means of dealing with organizational change and execution of enterprise strategies. Project management principles are being applied to a wide range of applications, including concurrent engineering, benchmarking, competitive analysis, crisis management, new business development, quality management, and self-directed production teams. The most compelling project management model, the matrix organization, has become a key organizational design in progressive enterprises of all kinds. Projects are the building blocks of successful strategies. Now one book brings it all together in a skillful blend of conceptual basics and hands-on practice to stand as the cornerstone resource on project management systems. In Field Guide To Project Management, a who’s-who roster of expert authors presents practical explanations and advice on all aspects of project management: planning techniques, concepts, paradigms, processes, tools, and techniques. Field Guide To Project Management provides fundamental blueprints for successful project planning and execution. No other volume offers such a wealth of reliable information on project management systems in such a concise, authoritative, and accessible format. Read it cover to cover or use it as a reference for specific situations. This is a must-own volume for project managers, product developers, team leaders, and executive personnel in all industries.

This guide to the theory and practice of project management (PM) shows managers and planners how to use the management of projects as key building blocks in the design and execution of organizational strategies. This edition has been updated to include many new PM examples, and also features new chapters on team management, product-process design teams, concurrent engineering, continuous improvement through project management and the future of project management. Also included are numerous processes and methods essential to the effective use of resources on organizational projects.

Product Description: Offering three of the best books in the area, this set provides all the know-how required to help readers effectively project manage and achieve their desired outcome.The first of the set Field Guide to Project Management features a who's-who roster of expert authors that present practical explanations and advice on all aspects of project management: planning techniques, concepts, paradigms, processes, tools, and techniques...read more

Product Description: "The Project Manager's Portable Handbook" is a single source of project management practices, presented in a compact format for ease of use and portability. It is the only compact and complete portable handbook for the project manager...read more

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Product Description: This first-of-its-kind publication from the Project Management Institute (PMI®) brings together 28 research papers from internationally known and well-established researchers in project management from around the globe. From them you will glean an insightful overview of past and current research findings, and take an eye-opening excursion along frontiers fertile for future investigation...read more

Product Description: How do project team member get the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to perform effectively? One proven method is through the case study approach. The book offers 50 case studies that represent the breadth and importance of project management and its impact on the everyday management of projects...read more

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Product Description: The PM Sourcebook offers an annotated bibliography of the key and relevant literature of project and team management covering the period 1956 to the present.

How do project team members get the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to perform effectively? One proven method is through the case study approach. The book offers 50 case studies that represent the breadth and importance of project management and its impact on the everyday management of projects. Each of the cases provides new and unique challenges that have been mastered by the practice of project management. Readers will be able to apply the knowledge learned from this casebook in their work. The cases enable readers to see how and why projects are used in a wide variety of organizational settings in contemporary life. Readers are exposed to both successful and not-so-successful project management practices. The case-study approach encourages reader participation and active learning, and provides the opportunity to learn something of the real world of project management. It is essential in the curricula of project management training for both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for continuing education, consulting, and in-house company training programs. The cases were chosen for their importance in discussing the fundamentals of project management. Most contain descriptions of actual projects, and each is followed by a series of questions to guide readers' analysis of the article to maximize the learning process.

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Product Description: Book by Cleland, David I., Bursic, Karen M.

Product Description: This work examines the use of teams as alternative organizational strategies for innovation, technology, and engineering management organizations. Large projects call for complex organisations of teams, and this provides a strategy and process for the use of such teams.

Product Description: This book offers a unique blend of the most advanced factory management technology and contemporary personnel management concepts. The book was written especially for manufacturing engineers and managers who must design, develop, and operate tomorrow's highly automated factories...read more

Demonstrates the unity and applicability to a wide range of business, industrial, and public planning situations of traditional approaches to management theory and basic systems concepts. Bibliogs

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