Project Management: Planning and Control Techniques - Third Edition

Author: (English) Burke/Tench
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book can be widely applied to degree education, executive management training programs, software planning courses, and professional certification (PMP). Undergraduate degree education focuses on the principles and calculations of project management, while graduate education and MBA programs emphasize practical application of project management principles through case studies and academic projects. Working managers need to focus on practical planning and control techniques, using representative projects as real-world case studies for research. Students in computer-aided design training courses must learn the basic principles of project management to use software successfully. Professional certification exams are primarily based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), providing a formal, globally recognized qualification. This book enables readers to learn new planning and control techniques step by step. The key to project management competition lies in applying project management planning and control techniques to your project—developing a plan and successfully completing it. This book gives you an excellent tool to develop your own project management system. The third edition adjusts the book's structure based on the revised PMBOK, with each of the nine knowledge areas covered in a dedicated chapter. Additionally, several chapters discuss project organizational structure, project leadership, project team building, and computerized project management. The book summarizes specialized project management techniques in the planning and control cycle through processed examples and exercises. Academically, there is a trend: shifting from knowledge-based evaluation to competitive evaluation, meaning that you are not only evaluated on your knowledge but also on your ability to apply it. Under these conditions, the key to project management competition lies in applying project management planning and control techniques to your project—developing a plan and successfully completing your project. Instructors using this book can refer to a Teacher's Manual, which includes additional exercises and processed examples. The book "Project Management—Planning and Control Techniques" was written to give you a tool to develop your own project management system. I believe this book will help you achieve success in your project management career.