Project Management: 24 Lessons to Help You Master Any Project (The McGraw-Hill Professional Education Series) - Softcover

Heerkens, Gary R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071450874 ISBN 13: 9780071450874

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2004

Synopsis

Project Management reviews the steps in organizingand managing projects, from how to build a realisticschedule to how to measure both success and failure.Project Management discusses team building, timing,the planning process, estimating project costs, managingproject interfaces, risk management, and more.

About this title

About the Author

Gary Heerkens is president of Management Solutions Group, a provider of project management educational solutions and organizational support.

From the Back Cover

Project Management

You've been given a project to manage--now what? Project Management provides you with twenty-four lessons detailing the fundamental skills of successful project management. From understanding the project manager's role to working within budgets and leading a team to understanding and becoming comfortable with the basic tools of project analysis, this latest addition to the popular McGraw-Hill Professional Education Series will show you how to:

Motivate your team * Develop a configuration plan * Perform financial analyses * Quantify and analyze risks * Manage communication channels * Maximize learning * Document goals and achievements * Perform a successful and seamless hand-off

Effective project management isn't easy. The payoff, however, is huge, both for your organization and your career. Project Management will give you the essential foundation knowledge you need to become a high-performing, well-regarded, and--in all likelihood--well-rewarded project manager.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071450874
• ISBN 13: 9780071450874
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64