An Introduction to Project Management, Fifth Edition: With a Brief Guide to Microsoft Project 2013 - Softcover

Schwalbe, Kathy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 150521209X ISBN 13: 9781505212099

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Note: Buy the paperback new from amazon.com and get the Kindle version FREE as part of the Kindle MatchBook program! (Sorry, only works in the U.S. so far.) Based on user feedback, the fifth edition of An Introduction to Project Management provides a separate chapter for planning integration and scope management and for planning time and cost management. Additional examples are provided for creating work breakdown structures and schedules. It also includes information on Basecamp, a free web-based project management tool, along with a user guide (replaces AtTask in Appendix B). In addition to updating many references and examples, this edition continues to include several popular features: - Follows the Project Management Institute's PMBOK® Guide, Fifth Edition (2013) - Has chapters for each process group and a comprehensive case study to illustrate applying tools and techniques throughout the project life cycle - Includes a Guide for using Microsoft Project 2013 - Provides a free trial of MatchWare's MindView Business software (www.matchware.com/intropm), a tool for creating mind maps, Gantt charts, and other project documents - Uses real-world examples and references, including opening cases and case wrap-ups, examples of what went right, what went wrong, media snapshots, best practices, and video highlights in each chapter - End of chapter materials include chapter summaries, quick quizzes, discussion questions, and exercises, with case studies provided in Appendix C -Comprehensive, secure instructor site available with lecture slides, solution files, test banks, etc. -Free Web site includes over fifty template files, online quizzes and games, data files for Project 2013, links to sites mentioned in the text, and much more Visit the free companion Web site at www.intropm.com.

About this title

About the Author:

Kathy Schwalbe was a Professor in the Department of Business Administration at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, where she taught courses in project management, problem solving for business, systems analysis and design, information systems projects, and electronic commerce. She just retired from teaching in May 2015 to focus on writing, traveling, and enjoying life! Kathy was also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota, where she taught a graduate-level course in project management in the engineering department. She also provides training and consulting services to several organizations and speaks at numerous conferences. Kathy’s first job out of college was as a project manager in the Air Force. She worked for 10 years in industry before entering academia in 1991. She was an Air Force officer, project manager, systems analyst, senior engineer, and information technology consultant. Kathy is an active member of PMI, having served as the Student Chapter Liaison for the Minnesota chapter, VP of Education for the Minnesota chapter, Editor of the ISSIG Review, Director of Communications for PMI’s Information Systems Specific Interest Group, member of PMI’s test-writing team, and writer for the community posts. Kathy earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education at the University of Minnesota, her MBA at Northeastern University’s High Technology MBA program, and her B.S. in mathematics at the University of Notre Dame. She was named Educator of the Year in 2011 by the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) Education Special Interest Group (EDSIG). Kathy lives in Minnesota with her husband. They enjoy being empty-nesters after raising three children. Visit her personal Web site at www.kathyschwalbe.com and the text site at www.intropm.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 150521209X
• ISBN 13: 9781505212099
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 522