The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, Second Edition - Softcover

Verzuh, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471692840 ISBN 13: 9780471692843

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2005

Synopsis

A practical guide to a complex arena—managing projects. For any professional responsible for coordinating projects among different departments, executive levels, or technical complexity, this book provide the key principles involved in managing that project. From finding the right sponsor to clarifying the objectives to setting a realistic schedule and budget projections, this book will help everyone—from accountants and programmers to HR professionals ----better manage the relationships and process needed to get the assignment done.  This revised edition is updated to reflect changes in the business environment in the past five years, such as the phenomenon of virtual teams and increased collaboration with offshore partners within teams. Also, project management itself has been standardized within many more organizations since the publication of the first edition

About this title

About the Author

ERIC VERZUH is President of The Versatile Company, which provides project management training and consulting to such major corporations as Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Nordstrom, Adobe Systems, Inc., and the U.S. Postal Service.

From the Back Cover

The bestselling introduction to project management—now with downloadable forms and worksheets!

This practical, easy-to-use guide gives you instant access to the cutting-edge ideas and hard-won wisdom of one of today's leading experts on project management, Eric Verzuh. Using real-world examples, it delivers all the information you need to navigate complex project management issues. This revised Second Edition also includes downloadable, customizable forms to help you plan your project. You'll learn how to build and coordinate teams, set realistic schedules and budgets, design a plan step-by-step, and manage the expectations of customers and management.

As the business world has changed, so has project management—and so has this bestselling, comprehensive resource. Keeping up with the state of project management today, this edition includes entirely new information on building project teams and enterprise project management. For the best practices and the latest advice on project management, this is the only resource you need.

From the creators of the bestselling Portable MBA series comes The Fast Forward MBA . . .

• A quick way to brush up on new ideas
• An easy-to-use format that fits in any briefcase
• Real-world information that you can put to use now!

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471692840
• ISBN 13: 9780471692843
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 402