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ABCs of DPC, The: A Primer on Design-Procurement-Construction for the Project Manager
Selected from the best of the Project Management Institute's publications, these readings provide the basics you need to understand the principles of project management as applied to design, procurement, and construction projects. written for the entry-level project manager-young entrants or technically trained transplants into the project management field-as well as those working for organizations entering into project management for the first time.
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Achieving the Promise of Information Technology
Finally…a framework for companies to bring the power of information technology to their mainstream operations and services! Based on the nature of systems work itself, this book describes how four management practices support crucial initiatives to achieve growth, productivity, cost control, asset utilization, and/or customer satisfaction objectives.
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Annotated Bibliography of Project and Team Management
This is a "first of its kind" publication that provides you the path to the collected wisdom of project and team management. Offers an annotated bibliography of the key and relevant literature of project and team management covering the period 1956 to the present. The ideal source to the literature that will help you improve your knowledge and skills.
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Benefits of Project Management, The: Financial and Organizational Rewards to Corporations
Presents the organizational and financial benefits that result from the implementation of project management tools, processes and practices. Provides a vehicle for estimating what kind of project management return-on-investment improvement you can expect from taking certain actions to increase your project management maturity, enabling you to justify the investment of money and effort to achieve your organization's goal.
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Best Practices of Project Management Groups In Large Functional Organizations
Presents the best thinking of some of the world's leading project management practitioners. A wealth of practical ideas are offered to improve the practice of project management in all organizations. The information presented can also be used to take measure of your own firm's position relative to others in the field
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Don't Park Your Brain Outside
Don't Park Your Brain Outside is the thinking person's guide to extraordinary project performance. Francis Hartman has assembled a cohesive and balanced approach to highly effective project management. It is deceptively simple.Called SMART, this new approach is Strategically Managed, Aligned, Regenerative, and Transitional. It is based on research and best practices, tempered by hard-won experience. SMART has saved significant time and money on the hundreds of large and small, simple and complex projects on which it has been tested.Are your projects SMART? Find out by reading this people-oriented project management book with an attitude!
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Earned Value Project Management, Second Edition
"Earned value" is a project management technique that is emerging as a valuable tool in the management of all projects including and in particular software projects
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EnterPrize Organization, The: Organizing Software Projects for Accountability and Success
"A PROJECT MANAGER'S ROLE IS TO LAY DOWN THE TRACKS IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN." A Project Manager's ability to organize, construct, manage, and execute the project plan is key to the project's success in delivering a quality project. Neal's book identifies a process on how to create productive projects and project teams to meet the needs of the customer." Donald T. Norton, Project Manager, Lewan and Associates
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Essentials of Project Control
Civilizes and humanizes the conventional view of control. Part of the Editors' Choice Series
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Experience, Cooperation, and the Future
Presents reports from representatives of project management associations and professional societies from countries around the world on the status of project management in their respective countries as well as discussions about project management issues of common global interest. Offical report of The Global Project Management Forum, held in conjunction with PMI's 1996 Annual Seminars & Symposium.
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Framework for Project and Program Management Integration, A
Focuses on the role of the project manager as the integrator of a framework for envisioning the interrelationships between the PMBOK Guide knowledge areas. It provides a general explanation of project management, some insights into its processes, and suggestions on how to manage projects.
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Future of Project Management, The
Developed by the 1998 PMI Research Program Team and the futurist consultant firm of Coates and Jarratt, Inc.-also featuring articles by David Pells, PMP, and John Tuman Jr., P.E., PMP—The Future of Project Management details the intriguing effects of changing globalization, demography, information technology, social values, design and markets. Accompanying each trend are one or more implications aimed to encourage, challenge and/or alert the reader.
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Global Status of the Project Management Profession, The
This is the official report of The Global Project Management Forum, held October 15, 1995 in conjunction with PMI's Annual Seminar/Symposium.
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Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, A (PMBOK? Guide), hardcover, 2000 Edition
Official standards document of the Project Management Institute. Serves as a tool for learning about the generally accepted knowledge and practices of the profession-information you need to know to manage your projects successfully. The knowledge and practices presented in the PMBOK? Guide are proven and can be applied to all types of projects. They are the fundamental tenets of project management that help everyone who manages projects, works on project teams, or teaches project management to achieve project success. The extensive glossary in the PMBOK? Guide adds to the development of the profession as well as the development of the reader's professionalism.
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Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, A (PMBOK? Guide), paperback, 2000 Edition
Official standards document of the Project Management Institute. Serves as a tool for learning about the generally accepted knowledge and practices of the profession-information you need to know to manage your projects successfully. The knowledge and practices presented in the PMBOK? Guide are proven and can be applied to all types of projects. They are the fundamental tenets of project management that help everyone who manages projects, works on project teams, or teaches project management to achieve project success. The extensive glossary in the PMBOK? Guide adds to the development of the profession as well as the development of the reader's professionalism.
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How to Turn Computer Problems into Competitive Advantage
Turn client/server weakness into strength. In this powerful review of failed computer implementations, Tom Ingram argues that we can improve the client/server return on investment, reduce investor risk and improve the quality of life for those working on the project who are currently trying to do the right things.
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Human Resource Skills for the Project Manager: The Human Aspects of Project Management, Volume Two
Offers practical guidelines that can be used to develop and implement the human skills appropriate to project management: communication, motivation, negotiation, conflict resolution, conflict and stress management, and leadership. This book is the second of three volumes in The Human Aspects of Project Management series.
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Juggler's Guide to Managing Multiple Projects, The
The Juggler's Guide to Managing Multiple Projects says that you must first have a strong foundation in time management and priority setting, then introduces the concept of Portfolio Management to timeline multiple projects, determine their resource requirements, and handle emergencies, putting you in charge of possibly the first time in your life!
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Leadership Skills for Project Managers
Reprints of articles from PMI's Project Managment Journal and PM Network that revolve around the nature of the project managment leadership.
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Managing the Project Team: The Human Aspects of Project Management, Volume Three
Teamwork is the key to project success. This book focuses on developing and sustaining the project team throughout the project life cycle and promotes working interdependently in a climate of mutual trust and a win-win atmosphere. This book is the third of three volumes in The Human Aspects of Project Management series.
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Organizing Projects for Success: The Human Aspects of Project Management, Volume One
Covers project organizational design, including: understanding issues of authority, accountability, reliability and responsibility; effective delegation, interfacing with stakeholders, and making a matrix structure work. This book is the first of three volumes in The Human Aspects of Project Management series.
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PM 101: According to the Olde Curmudgeon
Former Editor-in-chief for PMI?, Francis M. Webster Jr., refers to himself as “The Olde Curmudgeon.” After reading his new book, it is difficult to see how this description applies. What he delivers is insider information dispensed with a friendly-arm-around-the-shoulders approach, hardly sneering sarcasm. This is a book of veteran do's and don'ts, generously shared with novice project managers. He lists the nine essential skills of a modern project manager. Casting them as commandments, he gives the new manager a catechism of essentials.
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PMBOK Q&A
A handy pocket-sized question-and-answer study guide based on PMI's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. The convenient pocket size makes it easy to use throughout your day.
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PMI Book of Project Management Forms
Improve every aspect of your project management with this unique idea book. More than 150 actual samples and documents, used daily in the management of projects, have been compiled for you to adapt or expand upon.
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PMI Book of Project Management Forms: Electronic Version
Actual samples and documents, used daily in the management of projects, have been compiled for you on one handy diskette. PMI members share their forms, checklists, reports, charts, and other sample documents they use in managing their projects to make it easy for you to get started or to improve your current documentation. More than 150 sample documents are included. Use these forms as a guide to create your own documentation, or copy them as is. Requires Excel 4 for Windows.
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PMI Europe 2001 Conference Proceedings
This CD includes the papers written by the 65 top level speakers from across the globe presenting at PMI Europe 2001. All speakers are introduced with full biographies and photographs. This is a vital research tool and is searchable.
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PMI Project Management Fact Book, The
The PMI Project Management Fact Book is a comprehensive resource of information about PMI and the profession it serves.
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PMI Project Management Salary Survey - 2000 Edition
The Project Management Salary Survey, 2000 edition provides a global perspective on salary and benefits information for those individuals working in the project management profession.
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Power & Politics in Project Management
Sheds new light on power and politics, specifically in how they relate to effectively managing projects. You will learn about the skills you need to succeed in project environments, especially how to bargain, manage conflict, and negotiate. This is a practical discussion of the role of political behavior in project implementation, a pragmatic guide to project management politics and the lessons that managers need to derive from its practice. In a nutshell, Pinto helps project managers do a better job of running their projects.
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Principles of Project Management
Combined into one economical volume are eight handbooks, published previously by PMI, that have had significant impact on the project management profession and continue to have enduring value for today's project manager.
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Proceedings Library CD-ROM, 1998
An interactive guide to PMI's Annual Seminars & Symposium Proceedings from PMI 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997. Full text search capability with electronic indexing.
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Project & Program Risk Management: A Guide to Managing Project Risks and Opportunities
Provides a simplified understanding of the nature of project risk and opportunity and a systematic approach to risk reduction. Essential reading to learn more about the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
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Project Leadership
PMI'S BEST SELLER. Provides new material on the role and key competencies of project leaders in a wide range of organizations.
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Project Management Casebook
Fifty case studies that represent the breadth and importance of project management and its impact on the everyday management of projects. Each case provides new and unique challenges that have been mastered by the practice of project management. Also available, a companion Instructor's Manual offers case synopses and learning objectives.
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Project Management Casebook Instructor's Manual
This companion to the the Project Management Casebook, presents challenging and insightful discussion questions and suggests remedial actions for each case.
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Project Management Experience and Knowledge Self-Assessment Manual
What is your current level of project management knowledge? Are you prepared? Develop your professional career objectives by using these assessment tools in your project management work. This manual has been developed to assist individuals in their assessment of current levels of project management knowledge and related experience base. In addition to being a resource for individual assessments, the manual can also be used to develop individual preparation plans and to identify or verify education and/or training outcomes.
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Project Management for Managers
Focuses on strategic-oriented project management and identifying the role of project management in organizations. It offers a clear methodological background for managing projects. The theme of decision-making and exploration of the strong interrelationship between strategic objectives and projects are central to the book.
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Project Management Software Survey
Project management is hot! And as the demand for project management tools grows, the market has responded with a bewildering variety of planning, scheduling, tracking, and controlling tools
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Project Management Software Survey: CD-ROM
Project management is hot! And as the demand for project management tools grows, the market has responded with a bewildering variety of planning, scheduling, tracking, and controlling tools.
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Project Sponsor Guide
This to-the-point and quick reading for today's busy executives and managers is a one-of-a-kind source that describes the unique and challenging support that executives and managers must provide to be effective sponsors of project teams. It is intended for executives and middle managers who will be, or are, sponsors of a project, particularly cross-functional projects. It is also helpful reading for facilitators and project leaders.
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Quality Management for Projects and Programs
With a focus on doing the right thing right the first time, Ireland has constructed a solid presentation on how to invest in quality throughout all the project management processes. Essential reading to learn more about one of the knowledge areas of the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
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Recipes for Project Success
This book is destined to become "the" reference book for beginning project managers, particularly those who like to cook! Practical, logically developed project management concepts are offered in easily understood terms in a lighthearted manner. They are applied to the everyday task of cooking—from simple, single dishes—such as homemade tomato sauce for pasta, made from the bottom up—to increasingly complex dishes or meals for groups that, in turn, require an understanding of more complex project management terms and techniques.
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Risk and Decision Analysis in Projects
Presents the approach and principal techniques of decision and risk analysis to help the reader realize faster, more confident, and better decisions. The techniques described are straightforward. The methodology is proven and accessible. Techniques are applicable to feasibility and all types of project decisions. With practice, decision analysis is easily integrated into the professional's problem-solving toolkit
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Teaming for Quality
Never again will project managers have to wonder how to change traditional committees into quality-focused horizon-expanding engines of change! This book links teaming principles, applications, and practices with remarkable "ready-today-use-today-internatilize-today" power and clarity. Shuster emphasizes that "teaming" is an act and that project managers must stop focusing on teams as "things."
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Tools and Tips for Today's Project Manager
A dynamite new dictionary of project management terms and concepts for today's project manager!
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Value Management Practice
Outlines the scope of practice from which you can learn the principles, concepts, tool and techniques to create value-added project management. Begins with the history of value management and then discusses the guiding principles and concepts underlying the practice of this management tool. methodology covers most of the techniques used in large or complex construction projects and can be applied to smaller projects as well as to other fields like civil engineering, high-tech research and development, software development, environmental services, organizational procedures, reengineering, and others.
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Virtual Edge, The: Embracing Technology for Distributed Project Team Success
Shows where distributed teams can be found, their characteristics, project examples, and their supporting tools and technologies. It identifies the issues surrounding managing project teams that are often comprised of alliance partners as well as actual staff.
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World's Greatest Project!, The: One Project Team on the Path to Quality
Quality management techniques can be used to lead project teams to success. An invaluable resource as well as an entertaining read, this book tells the fictional story of the successful application of quality techniques in three major projects. Learn why total quality management is different on projects, how to manage client expectations, and how to work with project teams.
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