Project Management: Strategic Design and Implementation - Hardcover

Cleland, David I.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070113513 ISBN 13: 9780070113510

Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx), 1994

Synopsis

A state-of-the-art guide to the theory and practice of project management, this book shows managers and planners how to use the management of projects as key building blocks in the design and execution of organizational strategies. The second edition is updated with many new PM examples, and also features important new chapters on team management, product-process design teams, concurrent engineering, continuous improvement through project management. Also included are numerous process and methods essential to the effective use of resources on organizational projects.

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From the Back Cover

Reach strategic goals with state-of-the-art project management.

Expert David I. Cleland, a world leader in project management theory and practice, introduces the latest in state-of-the-art team design and project life-cycle evaluation in this edition of his best-selling Project Management: Strategic Design and Implementation. A standard among project management guides, this highly respected book is the only source of guidance on strategic management in both large and small industrial organizations. Dr. Cleland's focus on the use of flexible teams to implement organizational strategies-particularly changes in products, services, and processes -- places this book at the forefront of project management design. This Third Edition gives you leading-edge information and guidance on the latest techniques inself-managing teams, innovative organizational structuring, team composition, and alternative teams. Enhanced throughout with new diagrams, tables, checklists, and case studies, this book provides the tools that industry leaders need to be competitive in the twenty-first century.

About the Author

DAVID I. CLELAND is a Fellow of the Project Management Institute and has received the Institute's Distinguished Contribution to Project Management award three times. Dr Cleland has been described as the "Father of Project Management" and has been honored through the establishment of the annual David I. Cleland Excellence in Project Management Literature Award sponsored by the Project Management Institute. He is currently Professor Emeritus in the School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, and is the author/editor of 33 books in the fields of project management and engineering management. He resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. LEWIS R. IRELAND is a Fellow of the Project Management Institute and has received the Institute's Distinguished Constribution Award, Person of the Year Award, and many certificates of appreciation. He has more than three decades of management experience and has focused intensely on managing projects and supporting organizational change to project-based enterpise for the past 22 years. Dr. Ireland is active in advancing the project management discipline through participation in professional associations. He is a 20-year veteran of the Project Management Institute and served as its President and Chair in 1998. Dr. Ireland currently serves as Director of Research for the American Society for the Advancement of Project Management. He sides in Monument, Colorado.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx)
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070113513
• ISBN 13: 9780070113510
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 388