Understanding Project Management

Dave C. Barrett

ISBN 10: 177338421X / ISBN 13: 9781773384214

Published by Canadian Scholars, CA, 2024

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Understanding Project Management, Third Edition presents a practical, real-world guide for aspiring and practicing project managers. The text follows an ongoing case study from inception to completion. The case guides students through the key aspects of a project, including its scope, quality, schedule, and budget, while also exploring the less tangible challenges that can often either derail a project or lead to its success.This well-updated new edition features expanded content on agile project management with a new scrum case study, exploration of hybrid project management techniques, and new content on the history of project management, working with remote and international project teams, and Earned Value Management.Understanding Project Management clearly presents key waterfall, agile, and hybrid project management concepts with examples to enhance learning. This practical guide is an invaluable resource for project management courses at colleges and universities in the US and Canada.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Project Management
• Publisher: Canadian Scholars, CA
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 177338421X
• ISBN 13: 9781773384214
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Third Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 17.15W x 1.83H x 24.77D centimeters 17.15 centimeters width by 1.83 centimeters height by 24.77 centimeters depth
• Weight: 590 grams

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Synopsis

Understanding Project Management, Third Edition presents a practical, real-world guide for aspiring and practicing project managers. The text follows an ongoing case study from inception to completion. The case guides students through the key aspects of a project, including its scope, quality, schedule, and budget, while also exploring the less tangible challenges that can often either derail a project or lead to its success.

This well-updated new edition features expanded content on agile project management with a new scrum case study, exploration of hybrid project management techniques, and new content on the history of project management, working with remote and international project teams, and Earned Value Management.

Understanding Project Management clearly presents key waterfall, agile, and hybrid project management concepts with examples to enhance learning. This practical guide is an invaluable resource for project management courses at colleges and universities in the US and Canada.

About the Author

Dave C. Barrett is a full-time Professor and Program Coordinator of Project Management at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario. He joined Conestoga's School of Business in 2004, after working 21 years in the private industry, where he led large-scale IT integration projects. Barrett holds Bachelor of Math and Master of Business Administration degrees as well as his Project Management Professional designation.