Successful Project Management: A Step by Step Approach With Practical Examples - Hardcover

Milton D. Rosenau Jr.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0442006551 ISBN 13: 9780442006556

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 2006

Synopsis

This is a revised and updated second edition of a very well-received book. It demystifies the project management process through a series of logical steps that can be applied successfully in any field. Expanding on the easy-to-follow five-phase approach, Rosenau has added numerous tools and techniques as well as provocative case studies to illuminate key concepts introduced throughout the book.

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From the Back Cover

A successful blueprint for getting projects done on schedule, under budget, and according to specifications—every time!

This Fourth Edition of the internationally bestselling guide to project management provides project managers-in-training, product developers, and team leaders with a quick and easy way to master the basics of project management.

Using a lively, conversational style, project management guru Mickey Rosenau and Gregory Githens equip you with a set of fundamental principles and "tested-in-the-trenches" techniques for managing projects in virtually any type of organization. He also arms you with original, easy-to-use tools for resolving any technical, mechanical, or personnel problem that may arise over the course of a project.

To make the complex discipline of project management easy to understand and master, Rosenau and Githens break it down into twenty-two chronological steps, grouped into five phases or processes—from defining project goals and planning the work to leading the team, monitoring progress, and completing the project.

Extensively revised to reflect the latest trends in the field, this Fourth Edition features completely new material on the role of integration in project planning and risk-and-issues management, as well as updated and revised coverage on such topics as the process view, virtual teams, new theories and practices of motivation, the quality view, project management offices, and more!

Successful Project Management, Fourth Edition is an ideal primer for students and an indispensable quick reference for experienced project managers, team leaders, and new product developers.

About the Author

MILTON D. ROSENAU, Jr. is well known in both project management and product development circles. He is the author of a number of successful books, including The PDMA Handbook of New Product Development and Successful Product Development (both published by Wiley).

GREGORY D. GITHENS has more than twenty years of experience as a project and program manager, practitioner, consultant, and trainer. He held membership in the core team for both the 2000 and 2004 versions of PMI's PMBOK Guide. He is the cofounder of the new product development specific interest group within PMI and was a member of the editorial advisory board for PMNetwork magazine from 1995 to 2003.

Edition details

• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0442006551
• ISBN 13: 9780442006556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 295