Fundamentals of Project Management (WorkSmart) - Softcover

Heagney, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814417485 ISBN 13: 9780814417485

Publisher: Amacom Books, 2011

Synopsis

With sales of more than 160,000 copies, "Fundamentals of Project Management" has helped generations of project managers navigate the ins and outs of every aspect of this complex discipline. Using a simple step-by-step approach, the book is the perfect introduction to project management tools, techniques, and concepts. Readers will learn how to: - Develop a mission statement, vision, goals, and objectives - Plan the project - Create the work breakdown structure - Produce a workable schedule - Understand earned value analysis - Manage a project team - Control and evaluate progress at every stage. Fully updated based on the latest version of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R)), the fourth edition contains new information and expanded coverage on the project risk plan; the change control process; the concept of the project manager as leader; and more. This up-to-the-minute guide is filled with tips and techniques for planning and executing projects on time, on budget, and with maximum efficiency.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Whether it’s your first project or your one hundredth, its success depends on your ability to organize, plan, delegate, analyze, and so much more. Now is not the time for complicated theory or advanced concepts. You need the proven, universal underpinnings of real in-the-field project management methodology.

With more than 162,000 copies in print, Fundamentals of Project Management has offered a framework for countless top-flight projects in every conceivable environment. Now you can use the fourth edition of this super-practical reference, with critical updates based on the latest edition of the PMBOK Guide®, to help you plan and execute your project from start to finish.

The new edition of Fundamentals of Project Management includes three completely new chapters on creating the project risk plan; the change control process; and the role of the project manager as leader. Additionally, the book is packed with up-to-the-minute information on:

· Planning projects

· Creating and using a work breakdown structure to plan a project

· Producing a workable schedule

· Project control and evaluation

· Earned Value Analysis (EVA)

· Managing the project team

· Introducing and making project management work in your company

· And more.

Each of the fourteen accessible and clearly arranged chapters features enlightening examples and instructive, challenging exercises, the answers to which combine to form a valuable do’s-and-don’ts list applicable to all your current and future project endeavors.

Clear and down-to-earth, Fundamentals of Project Management explains how to effectively spearhead and manage every stage of a project—from developing mission goals and objectives to directing the project team—and how to make project management an indispensable profit-driver in your organization.

JOSEPH HEAGNEY has been President of QMA International LLC since 2001. Prior to that, he was with the American Management Association, where he oversaw various AMA seminar lines before transitioning to the project management product line. He eventually became Group Program Manager for the Center for Management Development in New York, then Global Practice Leader, Project Management Best Practices. He is an adjunct graduate and undergraduate instructor with City University of New York and the Dowling Institute/Dowling College.

About the Author

JOSEPH HEAGNEY has been president of QMA International, LLC since 2001, providing a wide range of management learning solutions. He was previously the Global Practice Leader for Project Management Best Practices at the American Management Association where he currently serves as a faculty member.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amacom Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0814417485
• ISBN 13: 9780814417485
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 202