Apply the best practices for implementing project management

Author: (USA) Harold Kerzner
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book starts with the development of project management, combining practical cases of project management 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 pursuit of excellence is the ultimate goal of project management, 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. Kerzner, a master of project management, shares his extensive and unique research and methods with readers, showing them how to achieve excellence in the implementation of project management. A distinctive feature of this book is the inclusion of quotes 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 cases study 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.