Getting Started in Project Management

Martin, Paula, Tate, Karen

ISBN 10: 0471135038 / ISBN 13: 9780471135036

Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Getting Started in Project Management
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471135038
• ISBN 13: 9780471135036
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.761 pounds

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Synopsis

Whether working on an international project for a Fortune 500 company or organizing a family reunion, you need effective project management to ensure timely and efficient completion of projects.

This helpful guide offers explanations of everything needed to get started in project management including: how to initiate a project and lead the project team, how to structure the project and plan for resources, how to monitor and track the plan, and how to close out the project. Packed with practical advice, this book includes tips to increase success, reveals common pitfalls to avoid, and presents case studies to show and why project management actually works.

Paula Martin (Torrington, CT) is the CEO of Martin Tate, a management consulting and training company. She works with project teams to help them improve performance and has been a consultant on issues related to improving organization performance for over ten years.
Karen Tate (Cincinnati, OH) is the President of MartinTate and is a Project Management Professional. She has over twenty years of project management experience and teaches project management to teams in organizations around the world.

About the Author

Paula K. Martin is CEO of the International Matrix Management Institute (MMI). She is the author of the Matrix Management 2.0™ Body of Knowledge and the developer of the Matrix Management 2.0™ (MM 2.0™) organizational operating system. Paula is the author of the Matrix Management Reinvented book series, Managing Projects in a Matrix and more than 10 other books on topics related to matrix management. 

Paula has worked with matrix organizations for 25 years helping them define matrix structures that work, create management systems that support their business strategies, create project systems and define accountability. She has realigned and re-engineered their business processes, and worked with their leadership teams to enhance performance. As the Director of Product/Service Development for the Institute, Paula focuses on discovering and meeting the needs of matrix organizations around the globe.

KAREN TATE, PMP, is the President of MartinTate and is a project management professional. She has over twenty years of project management experience and teaches project management to teams in organizations around the world.