Advanced Project Management: A Complete Guide to the Key Processes, Models and Techniques - Hardcover

Orr, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749440945 ISBN 13: 9780749440947

Publisher: Kogan Page Business Books, 2004

Synopsis

*A practical title that guides the reader through the key skills required when managing large, and complex projects, including IT

About this title

About the Author:

Alan Orr MBA is a chartered engineer who has worked as a project manager with major blue chip companies such as British Airways, CAA, Motorola, Nokia, Sony and Ericsson. At present, Orr is Global Head of Project Development for Picsel Technologies in Glasgow, Scotland, provider of embedded software with offices in Europe, Asia, and the US. Orr has managed all types of projects, large and small, from IT systems building to operating software development. Some of his projects encompassed working for the UK's air traffic control authority where he led two large European consortium projects developing innovative computer systems to allow more effective air traffic control, to being the IT Program manager for the British Airways' development of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, leading the design work on one of the largest IT deployments in Europe. He then moved on to Symbian where he led programs developing embedded software technologies for mobile phones.

Review:

""Written to help project managers to revise and advance their skills... takes readers through all the key skills they will need to ensure that they deliver projects successfully. -- Management Services

About this edition

• Publisher: Kogan Page Business Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0749440945
• ISBN 13: 9780749440947
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256