Project Management for Business, Engineering, and Technology: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition

John M. Nicholas; Herman Steyn

ISBN 10: 0750683996 / ISBN 13: 9780750683999

Published by Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Project Management for Business, Engineering, and Technology: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750683996
• ISBN 13: 9780750683999
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Project Management for Business, Engineering and Technology, 3rd edition is a direct response to the ever-increasing need for better project management. First covering the essential background, from origins and philosophy to methodology, the main bulk of the book is dedicated to the concepts and techniques of practical application, including project initiation and proposals, scope and task definition, scheduling, budgeting, risk analysis, control, project organization and all-important "people" aspects--project leadership, team building, conflict resolution and stress management.
The Systems Development Cycle is used as a framework to discuss project management in a variety of situations, making this the go-to book for managing virtually any kind of project, program or task force. Focusing on projects as goal-oriented systems of interrelated components functioning in a larger environment, the book targets the ultimate purpose of project management--to unify and integrate the interests, resources and work efforts of many stakeholders, as well as schedules, budgets, and plans, to accomplish the overall project goal.

About the Author

By John M. Nicholas, Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management, Loyola University, Chicago; and Herman Steyn, University of Pretoria, South Africa