Handbook of Project-Based Management, Fourth Edition

Rodney Turner

ISBN 10: 0071821783 / ISBN 13: 9780071821780

Published by McGraw-Hill Education 2014-06-16, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of Project-Based Management, Fourth Edition
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education 2014-06-16
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071821783
• ISBN 13: 9780071821780
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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The Most Complete, Current Guide to Project-Based Management

Thoroughly revised and reorganized, The Handbook of Project-Based Management, Fourth Edition focuses on the role of the global project manager in today's high-tech, hyperconnected environment of continuous improvement and innovation. Rodney Turner, editor of the International Journal of Project Management, explains how to implement a proven, structured approach to achieving performance improvement through strategic change. This practical resource describes how to align project goals with organizational goals, maintain governance, and manage project performance and process. An all-new case study runs throughout the book, demonstrating real-world applications of the concepts presented.

Coverage includes:

• Leading change
• Beneficial change
• Project governance
• Program and portfolio management
• Governance of the projectbased organization
• Organizational capability
• Scope
• Project organization
• Stakeholders
• Quality
• Cost
• Time
• Risk
• Process models
• Start-up
• Execution and control
• Close-out

About the Author

Rodney Turner is a Director of EuroProjex, The European Centre for Project Excellence Limited. He is professor of Project Management at SKEMA Business School, Lille, where he is academic director of the PhD program, and at Kingston Business School. He has an adjunct position at the University of Technology Sydney and a visiting position at the Technical University of Berlin. He is editor of the International Journal of Project Management, and author of 18 books.