Engineering Project Management - Softcover

Smith, Nigel J.

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9781405168021: Engineering Project Management
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1405168021 ISBN 13: 9781405168021
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007

Synopsis

Engineering Project Management provides a cleardescription of the aims of project management, based on bestpractice, and discusses the theory and practice in relation tomulti-disciplinary engineering projects, both large and small, inthe UK and overseas.

 

The Third Edition takes account of the increase in jointventures, project partnering, special project vehicles and otherforms of collaborative working. The text has been extended to givemore information on procurement, stakeholders and collaborativeprovision.

 

For the first time this book now contains a chapter on the UKPRINCE2® project management methodology providing a uniqueinsight into this increasingly popular approach.

 

The expertise of the authors gained from their promotion ofeffective project management through a combination of professionalexperience, research, consultancy, education and training should bebeneficial to both students of project management and recentlyappointed or practising project managers. The material isappropriate to support Masters level teaching, MSc, MBA and MEng,either by universities or others, action or distance learningcourses and self learning programmes.

 

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Cover illustrations courtesy of Getty Images

 

Cover design by Andy Meaden

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About the Author

Nigel J. Smith BSc, MSc, CEng, FICE, MAPM is Professor of Construction Project Management at the University of Leeds.

From the Back Cover

Engineering Project Management provides a clear descriptionof the aims of project management, based on best practice, anddiscusses the theory and practice in relation to multi-disciplinaryengineering projects, both large and small, in the UK andoverseas.


The Third Edition takes account of the increase in jointventures, project partnering, special project vehicles and otherforms of collaborative working. The text has been extended to givemore information on procurement, stakeholders and collaborativeprovision.


For the first time this book now contains a chapter on the UKPRINCE2® project management methodology providing a uniqueinsight into this increasingly popular approach.




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Engineering Project Management provides a clear description of the aims of project management, based on best practice, and discusses the theory and practice in relation to multi-disciplinary engineering projects, both large and small, in the UK and overseas.


The Third Edition takes account of the increase in joint ventures, project partnering, special project vehicles and other forms of collaborative working. The text has been extended to give more information on procurement, stakeholders and collaborative provision.


For the first time this book now contains a chapter on the UK PRINCE2® project management methodology providing a unique insight into this increasingly popular approach.




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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1405168021
ISBN 13 
9781405168021
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
400
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