Application Project Management: Best Implementation Practices

Author: Koszner
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This book begins with the development of project management, combining case studies of project management practices from internationally renowned companies, analyzing the five stages of the mature project management lifecycle and the seven most common drivers that promote its maturity. With the advent of the modern era of project management, project management has permeated various business fields from the traditional project-driven domain. It is crucial to create and implement standardized project management methods and develop excellent project management strategic plans across the entire company. The pinnacle of project management is excellence, and excellent project management is a continuous improvement process. This book is the sister volume to the bible of project management, "Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling." The former explains the principles, while this book explains how to transform those principles into practice. Dr. Koszner, a master of project management, uses his extensive and unique research and methods to guide readers on how to achieve excellence in the implementation of project management. A key feature of this book is the inclusion of citations from managers of leading companies such as IBM, General Electric, General Motors, HP, and Compaq, sharing the decision-making processes of project implementation, including both successes and failures. Twenty-six practical case studies explore important project management arguments, challenges, and solutions, covering a wide range of fields such as production, sales, construction, IT, finance, and more. Each chapter concludes with multiple-choice questions, discussion topics, and crosswords. Target Audience: Project management professionals, corporate managers.