Project Management and Project Network Techniques - Softcover

Lockyer, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273693786 ISBN 13: 9780273693789

Publisher: Financial Times Press, 2005

Synopsis

Taking a technical approach, this text looks at what defines a project and at the various techniques available to project managers.

Focusing on: the introduction of project management in established industrial concerns, risk assessment and quality in projects, the four phases of a project, and project management techniques such as Activity-on-Arrow and Activity-on-Node networks.

This book is suitable for project management students on a business or engineering course.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Project Management and Project Network Techniques, seventh edition

The key strength of this classic text is the clear and detailed coverage of the myriad of planning techniques that can be used to structure the process of project management. With comprehensive coverage of the concepts and principles of project management and the phases of managing a project, this seventh edition reflects the most recent developments in techniques and practice. 

The authors have avoided orientating the book towards any particular industry or the use of any specific software, and distil their wealth of experience in a straightforward and user-friendly style. 

 'Good coverage of networking principles and diagrams which are useful to both students and project professionals.'   Liz Lee-Kelly, Lecturer in E-Business and Project Management, School of Management, University of Surrey

 Features:

• Updated throughout to reflect current ISO and BSI standards.
• Extended coverage of risk management and more on ¿earned value¿.
• Extensive range of questions to check your understanding.
• Updated and comprehensive glossary.

This book is ideal for business or engineering students studying project management, and is equally useful for practising project managers.

  'Very good on the details of project network techniques.   Christine Urquhart, Senior Lecturer in Information Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Professor Keith Lockyer is formerly of the University of Bradford.

Dr James Gordon is formerly of the University of Birmingham, an Hon. Fellow of The Association for Project Management, past Chairman of the BSI Committee on Project Management, and Convenor of the ISO Working Group on ¿Guidelines for Quality Management in Projects¿.

About the Author:

Keith Lockyer is Emeritus Professor of Operations Management, University of Bradford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Financial Times Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0273693786
• ISBN 13: 9780273693789
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270