Application Project Management: Best Implementation Practices (Project Management Core Resource Library): Best Implementation Practices

Author: Kazner
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This book starts 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 hased from traditional project-driven fields into various business areas. It is crucial to create and implement standardized project management methods and formulate excellent project management strategic plans across the entire company. The ultimate goal 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. Kazner, 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. The book features citations from managers of leading companies such as IBM, General Electric, General Motors, HP, and Compaq, sharing the decision-making processes of project management implementation, including both successes and failures. Twenty-six practical case studies explore important project management arguments, challenges, and solutions, covering numerous fields such as production, sales, construction, IT, finance, and more. Each chapter concludes with multiple-choice questions, discussion topics, and crossword puzzles. Target Audience: Project management professionals, corporate managers.