Project-Management in Practice A Guideline and Toolbox for Successful Projects

Alam, M. Daud; Gühl, Uwe F.

ISBN 10: 3662529432 / ISBN 13: 9783662529430

Published by Springer, 2016

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Print on Demand pp. 170.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Project-Management in Practice A Guideline and Toolbox for Successful Projects
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3662529432
• ISBN 13: 9783662529430
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This practice-oriented book explores a variety of cross-project topics and specific aspects of different project phases. It also offers tips, examples, templates and checklists, and discusses concrete problems and solutions from project practice in IT and the automotive industry.

The authors combine their extensive practical experience in years of project work with relevant project-management theory. Each chapter begins with a list of the learning objectives and concludes with a summary of the insights provided. Accordingly, the book offers a valuable resource for: 

• Beginners wishing to acquire basic project management skills
  
• Participants in more advanced project management training who are looking for instructional material 
  
• Project management experts who want to learn about further aspects, and to employ templates and checklists for even more successful projects 

About the Author

Daud Alam, is an economist, and was born in 1955 in Herat, Afghanistan. He started his career as a programmer for a subsidiary of Siemens. Before becoming a project leader at the Projektmanagement-Akademie in Stuttgart, he worked as a project manager at the software company Wesser-Informatik in Obereichen. Currently he is as an IT expert at Daimler AG, and holds seminars both in Germany and abroad for MBTech, the Protics Akademie and the Daimler Bildungsakademie. In addition he lectures to Daimler AG students at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) and is an assistant lecturer at Pforzheim University in Germany.

Uwe Gühl, Dr.-Ing. Dipl. Inform., born in 1966 in Offenbach am Main, Germany, works as freelancer in the areas of international on/offshore IT project management, IT quality management, software test management, team building, moderation, research, teaching, coaching, and consulting. After training and working in the field of social security he studied computer science and did his PhD in mechanical engineering. He has pursued research and worked in companies related to the automotive industry, banking, logistics and media, as well as in higher education. He has worked in Germany, Switzerland, France, USA, India, and Thailand.