Project Management Tutorial (Second Edition)

Author: Clifford Gray (USA), Erik Larson
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: This book adds many new contents based on the edition, including forecasting, project portfolio management, nominal group technique, etc. Many new cases have also been added, which greatly helps readers understand, digest, and apply the theories in this book. We hope to combine our combined 50 years of domestic and international project management teaching and experimental experience to provide our readers with a project management textbook with an overall integrated perspective. We have positioned this book for a wide range of readers, including students, project managers, corporate executives, management consultants and analysts, etc. Moreover, we emphasize not only the process of project management but also why it works; the concepts, principles, and techniques we use are universally applicable.
—Authors, Clifford Gray, Distinguished Professor at the College of Business, Oregon State University
—Director and Professor of the Department of Management, Marketing, and International Business, College of Business, Oregon State University, Erik Larson
The book "Project Management Essentials" co-authored by renowned project management expert Clifford Gray and senior project management professor Erik Larson breaks through the methodology of traditional project management books that focus on techniques, methods, and calculations, and comprehensively describes the concepts and techniques of project management from a high-level perspective, enabling readers to grasp the essence of project management and cultivate their practical application skills in project management.
—Qiang Maoshan, Professor, Deputy Director of the Department of Construction Management, School of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University
—Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI)
The author discusses the main problems encountered in domestic and international project management teaching and consulting experience of practicing project managers. It provides students with a project management textbook with an overall integrated perspective.