Making Projects Sing : A Musical Perspective of Project Management

This book explores project management (PM) from a musical perspective. Music is a significant example of a nontraditional arena where PM is vital, yet it is only beginning to be seen as a vital tool. Therefore, this book will give an in depth and preeminent look at the PM processes and knowledge areas that are of utmost importance in many fields that PM is not used for currently. Seeking to understand projects in musical ways, synergies between music and the wider project management profession are many and varied. Written and developed by international experts in the project management and music professions, this book repÂresents a unique and insightful approach to the study of the subject. The authors take a fresh look at practical models of musical thinking capable of application at every scale of project management, and in every possible project management environment. If you want to make your projects more musical, or simply have an interest exploring project management in music, this is the book for you!

Raji Sivaraman, MS, PMP, principal of ASBA LLC, helps companies in the USA and Singapore in their strategic planning/overseas startups. She speaks several languages, has worked in Singapore, Thailand, India, and USA and she helps fortune 50/500 companies in their CSR/BSR projects and is also a director/advisor for non-profit organizations. Raji is trained in Indian classical music and is also a consultant, who has worked in IT, publishing, financial, and logistics industries. She is an adjunct professor at Montclair University and has authored and contributed to many books and articles and is a global facilitator who frequently is invited as a speaker and panelist. She holds a Master of Science degree in Project Management and is PMP certified.

Chris Wilson is the learning enhancement manager in the department of learning enhancement of the University of Derby in the UK and a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is a classically trained musician and practitioner in the technological arts, and has presented and published internationally on the subjects of creativity, artistry, technology and education. Chris teaches across a number of subjects in the creative arts and education and has worked to actively promote creative practice in higher education for twenty years.