Project management Books

Book SynopsisWe are all involved at some time in our lives in projects, if not professionally then in our private and community lives. Some projects fail completely and many more disappoint. We frequently hear reports of IT, construction, engineering, and personal projects failing by going over budget, or running late, or failing to meet the client’s expectations; or all three. This book deals with the nine features that almost all failing projects share.In this easy to read book, the author uses his nine laws of project design and control to lead the reader through the traps that can catch out not only project managers but also the project client and other members of a project community. This book is not a treatise of project management theory but practical guide, based on wide experience and the study of the causes of project failure, aimed at the professional and amateur alike.

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Book SynopsisProjects are a part of everyday life in an organization. Tools and procedures for project management are well understood and applied. However, the management of projects by an organization for substantial transformation is less certain in both practice and study. An awareness of how to manage increasingly complex projects, and collections of projects, to achieve the benefits of organizational transformation becomes ever more crucial in the implementation of new strategies.This book goes beyond a simple review of tools and techniques common in most publications of project management. We illustrate how the traditional practice of project management advances to handle the more complex problems inherent to strategic organizational transformation. The linkages among projects, operations, and the foundations of an organization provide a perspective of how an organization might pursue the difficult changes required of comprehensive transformation. The fashion in which the project world interacts with the executive world through successive layers of project management principles is prelude to operational benefits realization.

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Book SynopsisThis book clarifies the differences between plans and schedules, takes the project manager through the process of plan development, and finally, points the way toward successful project execution. Although the terms ""plan"" and ""schedule"" are at times used interchangeably, they are in fact very different. A complete project plan contains a project schedule—but it also includes much more than that (e.g., risk management, quality management, human resource management, and procurement). These differences have implications for the layman as well as the experienced project manager and have implications for successful project management practice. Additionally, the contents of the project plan have evolved over time as versions of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) were updated. Due to this, project plans today include important elements that were not included in project planning in the context of earlier versions of the PMBOK and the execution of the project plan requires guidance beyond that which is outlined in the PMBOK framework. The PMBOK emphasizes planning and monitoring and controlling—but very little support is provided for project executing. This begs the question, just what does it mean to execute a project plan?

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Book SynopsisThe book shows the most effective way of balancing the fundamental pillars, assisting the modern day manager by handling a dynamic, constantly adjusting workplace, which easily adapts to all challenges and changes. It was written by an international management professor and technology expert speaking directly to managers and engineers about the four dimensions of international project management; people, value engineering and multinational cooperation. International Project Management will bridge the gap of knowledge and highlight the modern and effective findings related to international project management, value engineering, and multinational cooperation. The author teaches about specifics of international project management and he defines what exactly a project should contain, sharing personal examples as well as models that include all the required steps to reach the set goals. Readers will be able to immediately implement these skills into work, find the motivation to move forward, and have confidence easily manage and complete tasks.

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Book SynopsisThe book shows the most effective way of balancing the fundamental pillars, assisting the modern day manager by handling a dynamic, constantly adjusting workplace, which easily adapts to all challenges and changes. It was written by an international management professor and technology expert speaking directly to managers and engineers about the four dimensions of international project management; people, value engineering and multinational cooperation. International Project Management will bridge the gap of knowledge and highlight the modern and effective findings related to international project management, value engineering, and multinational cooperation. The author teaches about specifics of international project management and he defines what exactly a project should contain, sharing personal examples as well as models that include all the required steps to reach the set goals. Readers will be able to immediately implement these skills into work, find the motivation to move forward, and have confidence easily manage and complete tasks.

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Book SynopsisProject portfolio management (PfM) is a critically important discipline, which organizations must embrace in order to extract the maximum value from their project investments. Essentially, PfM can be defined as the translation of strategy and organizational objectives into projects, programs, and operations (portfolio components); the allocation of resources to portfolio components according to organizational priorities; alignment of components to one or more organizational objectives and the management and control of these components in order to achieve organizational objectives and benefits.The interest and contribution to the body of knowledge in project portfolio management has been growing significantly in recent years, however, a particular area of concern is the decision-making, during the management of the portfolio, regarding which portfolio components to accelerate, suspend, or terminate. Failing to determine how the individual and cumulative components of a portfolio contribute to an organization’s strategic objectives leads to poorly informed decisions that negate the positive effect that a sound understanding of project portfolio management could have in an organization. The focus of this book is aimed at providing a mechanism to determine the individual and cumulative contribution of portfolio components to strategic objectives so that the right decisions can be made regarding those components.

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Book SynopsisResearch shows that 90 percent of a project manager’s time is spent communicating with various stakeholders. This book offers strategies that enhance communication throughout the project cycle and describes innovative techniques for bridging cultural gaps, increasing understanding, and ensuring project success.

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Book SynopsisRisk is the effect of uncertainty on the ability of an organization to meet its strategic objectives. The effects of uncertainty are expressed as opportunities and threats. Yet, most people associate risk with hazards and losses (i.e., pure risk). Unlike pure risk, uncertainty risk is not insurable because of its upside risk opportunities. Risk management is a key element of the open-sourced, high-level structure developed by the International Organization for Standardization. This structure for managing important organizational programs has been adopted by over 180 country standard-setting organizations.This book helps the organization’s top leader gather the information needed to identify opportunities and threats and decide on the appropriate risk response in this uncertain world. The two most widely used risk management standards are presented to demonstrate that an organization can use either one or a combination of the two standards to help manage the effects of uncertainty on their organization. It’s fool-worthy to attempt to run an organization without formal uncertainty risk management. Let this book help you find your company’s way in an uncertain world.

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Book SynopsisProject management is a discipline that is practiced in today’s organizations on a global scale. The project manager’s role has therefore become more complex as projects are carried out in different geographical locations using team members who come from a diverse range of languages, cultures, and world views.Project managers improve their chances of success when they seek to understand the cultures and context of the environment with which they interact on a day-to-day basis and modify the way they manage, communicate, and organize. This book identifies some of the most significant complexities faced by project managers when attempting to implement the PMBOK framework in global projects and provides pointers for existing or aspiring managers and project managers. Further, a framework is proposed for assessing and building global project capability and process maturity.

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Book SynopsisThis book is companion to Volumes I and III in the series. Volume I covers managing strategy through capital project portfolios; Volume III is a complete case study. This volume describes the strategic challenge of adding real economic value, properly and rigorously defined. The author explains how this is accomplished through the capital budgeting process; discusses the importance of free cash flow and finally, capital projects, as financial options, are discussed, as a way to manage risk while enhancing the likelihood of project approval.The author is a retired business professor; his research interest has been the management of technology and innovation. For this book, he double-checked none of the 1,250 media items collected, accepting their overall veracity at face value. This approach advocates no one person, no one company, no one technology, and no portion of the global automobile industry. Analysis and practical application came foremost.

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Book SynopsisAs an extension of Volumes I and II of this series, this book contains a detailed elaboration of the Tesla story, in a way that also serves to examine the interaction of technology and economic forces that determine the structural profitability of any industry, especially capital-intense industries. The economics are the “five forces” introduced to the management lexicon by strategic management scholars. Here there is strong emphasis on the interplay among product technology, production and supply chains, and “Wall Street.”The author is a retired business professor; his research interest has been the management of technology and innovation. For this book, he double-checked none of the 1,250 media items collected, accepting their overall veracity at face value. This approach advocates no one person, no one company, no one technology, and no portion of the global automobile industry. Analysis and practical application came foremost.

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Book SynopsisChange management efforts often fail. Business case studies are littered with examples of failed change management efforts. Why this is so is a mystery, given the many change management models in existence, the highly paid executives equipped with degrees from top-tier schools, and that millions of dollars spent in pursuit of change.Successful change management need not be a mystery, but perhaps change management success is best learned from failed attempts at change that seemed reasonable at the time according to theory—but proved to be bad ideas in retrospect. This book presents notable examples of attempts by experienced managers to implement bad ideas that lead to failed change so that change managers are better equipped to avoid common pitfalls in managing change.

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses project management in the context of general project management.An introductory chapter discusses project features in general. Part I of the book focuses attention on the important human element in project management. Part II discusses two processes involved in the initial project definition stage, as well as covering estimation. Part III involves planning. Part III deals with project risk and implementation.A feature of the book is an effort to tie content to that of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Each chapter includes reference to how each chapter relates to the PMBOK structure, and relationship to the 2020 PMP Exam Outline.

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Book SynopsisDriven by rapid external change, the modern corporation is lean and cost conscious. A consequence is an increasingly common project management situation of a medium important, medium complex business change project that cannot justify a full-time team. Consequently, it is resourced by in-house staff working on the project as homework, meaning in addition to their normal responsibilities. The authors term this a composite project.This book postulates that composite projects are increasingly used to meet the demands of rapid business change. However, they are largely unrecognized as a separate organizational category of project, with particular characteristics, management needs, and risks.The People Project Triangle refers to the trade-off between the project, the ongoing business, and the people working in them. When pressure mounts it is often the people who bear the brunt, risking stress and burnout. The authors assert that with better recognition, clearer understanding and appropriate measures, many of the common problems with composite projects can be foreseen and avoided or mitigated.

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Book SynopsisCommunication is vital for project success. Experts know it. Industry-wide research verifies it. Yet projects continue to fail because of poor communication. As a result, stakeholders and organizations don’t realize the benefits of their projects and project teams.This book presents a new way to look at communication within projects. It combines real-world examples and practical tips with theory, research, and professional standards you can apply to any size and type of project. Gain actionable insights into identifying your audience, choosing the right tools, managing change, and handling conflict. Expand your professional toolkit with templates, activities, and resources. Develop your project communications expertise with reflective questions and recommendations.Whether you are a project manager, team member, project sponsor, or stakeholder, this book is for you. For educators, the book is ideal for students studying project management and related fields. Make your project communications a critical factor in your project success!

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the use of quantitative tools to support general project management. Part I of the book deals with critical path modeling. Part II discusses risk modeling tools to include Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), critical chain modeling, and agile/scrum approaches. Project control through earned value analysis is also covered. Part III is a Microsoft Project orientation. A feature of the book is an effort to tie content to that of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).Each chapter includes reference to how each chapter relates to the PMBOK structure and its relationship to the 2020 Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Outline.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the nuances of different aspects of agility on a personal level. Agility brings personal value, leadership navigation, managing the tides of knowledge, and putting on the captain’s hat of resilience. As the winds change and the tides swell high, the Personal Agility Lighthouse (PALH) model in this book will guide you to safe shores. Navigating through the seven colors of agility such as education, change, emotional, political, cerebral, learning, and outcomes agilities, the anchor is dropped effortlessly. It is built on these seven competencies, and by using the Individual Personal Agility self-analysis assessment (see Appendix), swaying personal visions leading them up to organizational goals.Taking personal agility as the future competency with an agile mindset is a crucial starting point to transform yourself. Focusing your personal agility journey on outcomes and end-to-end customer experiences ensures value delivery. Especially within the elements of the VUCA environment where revised goals are the norm. Driving changes in the right direction leads you to the stable grounds of your personal vision. It prepares you to tread the long roads of transitions/transformations, which is a vital requisite for changes in any organization.Measuring performance metrics aptly is the rudder of strategy management and stability. Organizational goals and personal development are the strong pillars that will steer you to your organizational agility, getting you ready for opportunities and changes when your company trademark needs it. Agile practices and perspectives cut through impact and quality of personal and group knowledge. Take a journey on a Personal Agility Boat to visualize options, alternatives, and opportunities. Visualization is the way to your shore’s lighthouse.

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Book SynopsisDesign: A Business Case challenges you to stimulate innovation in your own organization as an ongoing and integral dialogue between complementary skills–to bridge mind and matter, image and identity. Design thinking is a framework developed to ensure C-suite endorsement of the pursuit of design excellence in all actions undertaken by the organization. Design management is a rigorous and strategically anchored mechanism to capitalize on the investment in design as intellectual capital. And design – as we’ve always known it – is the skills, methods and creative capabilities needed to embody ideas and direction. Design thinking inspires, design management enables, design embodies. This book aims to build the bridges needed to reconcile the three, and to encourage organizational and professional environments in which their combined forces can thrive and reverberate.

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Book SynopsisThe Barn Door Is Open: Frameworks and Tools for Success and Fulfillment in the Workplace is a business book, a playful and humorous read, an intelligent metaphorical and philosophical tale anchored in the tools and techniques of innovative and proven management frameworks. Readers will not only find its teachings entertaining and inspirational, but will benefit from its lessons and tools by applying them to their personal lives. This book integrates the subjects and tools of Lean and Lean Transformation, mindfulness, conflict resolution, Theory of Constraints, project management, Agile, Six Sigma, change management, and corporate culture transformation into one easily digestible reference.

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Book SynopsisIf stakeholders matter, then they must make a difference in the way we plan structure and execute projects. Do they matter on your projects? This book provides a stakeholder-centered analysis of projects and explains which identification, analysis, communication, and engagement models are relevant to different types of projects: from an office move to IT enterprise change to transformational business change and complex social change. Using case studies from around the world, it illustrates what goes wrong when stakeholders are not engaged successfully and what lessons we can learn from these examples. In this second edition, we also look at the impact of Agile practices on the stakeholder management process. What changes in approach can we anticipate, and what practices must continue regardless of the product development life cycle adopted? Key models introduced include: Role-based and agenda-based stakeholders; The stakeholder-neutral to stakeholder-led project continuum; The extended stakeholder management process; Purposeful communication—the six whys model for communication; The principles of stakeholder engagement; Stakeholder engagement in an agile world.

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Book SynopsisStrategic management is very well documented in business books and in the literature, but that does not make the task any easier. Because formulating and implementing strategy is so taxing, and the environmental signals are so intangible, strategic planning is a responsibility that is easy to avoid. The solution proposed in this book is a project management framework to advance organizational strategy. In this book, you’ll find not only a description of how use the project management framework to advance strategic management, but also a case study that illustrates the positive impact.

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Book SynopsisIn Workplace Jazz, the author raises a battle cry for individual and corporate responsibility in building cultures that are healthier and more productive for those working in them. What should leaders do to address this workforce engagement and productivity gap? Should companies keep implementing culture improvement processes and procedures that do not address the emotional connection that teams need? Workplace Jazz offers a step-by-step process, enhanced with stories, neuroscience research, case studies, metaphors, and a strategic blueprint for developing connected and high-performing project teams based on the author’s experiences as a professional musician, certified conversational intelligence coach, and certified business consultant.

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Book SynopsisMany things in the world are changing more rapidly than ever and levels of global competition have increased dramatically. Clients do not always know what they want in a new system or product and younger workers chafe at old command and control restrictions. These pressures and many others have challenges traditional project management methods. What has emerged is an understanding that for some projects, a new approach is needed. Many people have worked hard and imaginatively developing new approaches. Many of these fall under a broad umbrella called Agile. One difficulty with Agile is that various approaches have been developed and are in use today, both in “pure” form as suggested by their approach and in hybrid form attempting to gain advantages of more than a single approach. Not only that, but the very language of some of the approaches describe the same things differently and sometimes describe not so similar things in a similar manner. Add to that, many successful, experienced project practitioners do not fully understand nor value Agile.We recognize that to capitalize fully on the benefits of Agile, one must first understand the concepts that underpin it. Only then will using the mechanics of Agile yield the sweeping benefits some organizations enjoy. In this book, we first identify the many concepts that various approaches advocate for Agile and group them into a simple, but not dumbed-down system. Then we identify the most common and most useful Agile methods regardless of the approach that promotes them, grouping them logically, and showing how to use them.The result is we have an agnostic Agile model that can be useful to anyone who is either using or considering Agile. Further, the concepts and tools of this book can also be useful to anyone who is in an organization that is using a hybrid project management approach (part Agile and part traditional). Many, if not most, of the mindset concepts can also be of great value for people performing projects in a traditional manner as they attempt to unleash the energy and creativity of their project team members. Both concepts for being Agile and tools for doing Agile are summarized into an easy to follow system.

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Book SynopsisThis book equips managers and professionals with effective management tools and strategies, as well as important concepts to help them combat current challenges and problems. It provides a holistic and practical approach to lean and quality management throughout the business value chain. The author describes comprehensively how management strategies and problem-solving tools enable companies to concentrate on value-adding activities and processes to achieve the competitive advantage. This allows managers to choose the proper tool and strategy for each situation and use it effectively. A wealth of best practices, industry examples and case studies are also included.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Business Transformation and Project Management. Chapter 2. Corporate Strategic Management.- Chapter 3. Cultural Change Concepts.- Chapter 4. Leadership, Empowerment and New Work Concepts. Chapter 5. Strategic Management Tools and Excellence Models.- Chapter 6. Seven Management Tools (M7).- Chapter 7. Statistical, Quality and Resource Management Tools.- Chapter 8. Problem-Solving, Process and Idea Creation Tools.- Chapter 9. Supply Management Tools.- Chapter 10. Management Objectives, KPI and OKR.- Chapter 11. Financial Management Tools.- Chapter 12. Supply Chain Management Tools.- Chapter 13. Virtual Management and Cyber Tools.- Chapter 14. Audits and Quality Management Systems (QMS). Lean Production Tools.- Chapter 16. Kaizen: Continuous Improvements in small Steps.- Chapter 17. Waste and Value-added Management Tools.

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together selected and extended papers representative of work presented at the 8th IPMA Research Conference, which was held online between 9th and 11th September 2020. It explores the topics of project, programme and portfolio management, and self-organizing in and through projects.Offering international and multidisciplinary perspectives, this book answers questions such as: What is the impact of self-organization on organizational structures, processes, cultures and leadership? How can we define the transformative power of self-organization? What is the motivation of individuals to perform activities, to engage with others and organizations in order to get things done? Which kinds of leadership best support self-organizing in projects? What have disciplines like natural science, psychology, philosophy, sociology and management to offer in this respect? What are the cultural limitations and potentials regarding self-organization in projects and how do we deal with them? Research on Project, Programme and Portfolio Management is a valuable resource for all researchers and project management professionals interested in autonomous working and self-organizing.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. A Systematic Approach to Agile Management and Self-Organization for a Sustainable Transformation of Organizations.- 3. Identifying Organizational Issue for Digital Transformation by Analyzing IT Dispute Cases.- 4. Sensemaking by Project Managers; Previous Research, Present Findings, and Future Direction.- 5. Identification of Governance Structures for Private Public Partnership (PPP) Project through Social Network Analysis.- 6. Motivating Self-Organizing Agile Teams in New Technology-Based Firms: An Exploratory Study.- 7. A New Model of Project, Program, and Portfolio Recovery to Tackle Covid-19 in Construction Projects.- 8. Let us Integrate Self-Organisation and Stakeholders into the Development of Infrastructure Projects, Because We Need More Creativity and Satisfying Solutions.- 9. Rapid Literature Review on Danish Megaproject Studies: Taking Stock and Moving Forward.- 10. Evaluation of Managerial Flexibilities in Critical Path Method Based Construction Schedules.- 11. How Construction Projects Can Be Agile.- 12. New Work – Can Increasing Self-Organization Contribute to a New Design of Work?.- 13. Open Innovation in Practice – Challenges and Results in Telecommunication Sector.- 14. Value-Orientated Decision Making in Agile Project Portfolios.- 15. Energy Entropy Structure of a Project-Oriented Organization.- 16. Self-Organizing Project Management with Critical Thinking in Infodemic vs Pandemic COVID 2019.- 17. Revisiting Shenhar and DVIR’S Diamond Model: Do We Need an Upgrade?.- 18. Client Experience on Projects.- 19. Self-Awareness, Assessment and Organization with Personal Agility.- 20. Insights of a Transformation Journey in an Agile Environment.- 21. Invitation to Experiments with Organizational Change.

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Book SynopsisThere are moments in leadership when opportunities open up: Opportunities for better teamwork, opportunities for orientation, for professional conversations, and for personal development and reflection. This book describes over 60 such opportunities, pragmatic, solution-oriented, and tested for many years. Based on concrete examples, it thus provides impulses for effective strategies and new ways of solving problems in all areas of cooperation and leadership. The book is intended to serve as a guide from which not only leaders but also managers and coaches can benefit. Table of ContentsMoments are chances: Introduction.- Part I: Leadership today.- Important dimensions of the CONVERSATION that determine success or failure.- Moments in RELATIONSHIPS.- MOMENTS OF STRESS.- MOMENTS OF TABOO TOPICS.- MOMENTS of CHANGE.- Moments as a Coach.- MOMENTS OF METHODOLOGY.- MOMENTS within the TEAM.- Part II: Leadership tomorrow.- WHEN DOES THE FUTURE ACTUALLY BEGIN?.- What kind of CHALLENGES will you confront as the manager of Millennials?.- Why do you need INSPIRATION to manage Millennials successfully.- What kind of ORGANIZATION and CULTURE do Millennials need?

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Book Synopsis.- Chapter 1. Introduction. .- Chapter 2. Project Management. .- Chapter 3. Organization Management. .- Chapter 4. Principles. .-Chapter 5. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe narrative about the project management profession is dominated by discussions of “success” and “failure” along with the need to improve the competence of project managers. As a result, the community is engaged in a fruitless search for a combination of tools, techniques and practices that will result in desired outcomes for funders. While the profession has made recent attempts to incorporate environmental and social responsibility, these areas are still framed within the existing discourses of project delivery. The De Gruyter Handbook of Responsible Project Management seeks to rethink project management by integrating contributions from the emerging responsible Management domain. This handbook will explore the nature and extent of project professionals’ responsibility at different levels – individual, team, organizational and societal – along with the implications for education, research and practice. The De Gruyter Handbook of Responsible Project Management offers cutting-edge insights into the fi eld of project management. It is an essential reference for scholars and practitioners.

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Book SynopsisDieser Leitfaden führt in das Projektmanagement aus Sicht der Lehrenden ein. Ulrich Holzbaur und Monika Bühr vermitteln eine Methode für den erfolgreichen und zielorientierten Einsatz von Projekten an Hochschulen. Die Organisation solcher Projekte geht weit über das Vergeben von Aufgaben hinaus: Die Vorbereitung, Begleitung und Bewertung studentischer Projekte erfordern die Beachtung von Randbedingungen aus den Bereichen Projektmanagement und Führung, Psychologie und Management, Recht und Hochschuldidaktik. Wenn man diese Voraussetzungen berücksichtigt und das Projektmanagement entsprechend gestaltet, sind Projekte eine effiziente Methode des Kompetenzerwerbs.Table of ContentsProfessionelle Hochschulprojekte.- Projektplanung und -portfolio.- Projektmanagement in den Phasen.- Projekte als Mittel der Lehre.

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Book SynopsisIn diesem Lehrbuch werden die typischen Aufgabenstellungen und Abläufe des erfolgreichen Projektmanagements an Universitäten und Hochschulen dargestellt. Studierende erhalten mit diesem Buch ein Instrumentarium für die verschiedenen Stadien der Projektarbeit. Zahlreiche Beispiele aus der Hochschulpraxis, viele Abbildungen und Hinweise auf nützliche Internetseiten illustrieren die Anleitungen. Vorlagen und Tools zum Herunterladen finden Sie auf der Homepage der Autorin.Projektmanagement ist zu einer Schlüsselkompetenz für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Standorts Deutschland geworden. Die Entwicklung dieser Schlüsselkompetenz wird daher an Hochschulen immer wichtiger. Projektarbeit ersetzt im Studium immer häufiger die klassische Vorlesung - an Hochschulen für angewandte Wissenschaften ebenso wie an Universitäten.Für diese zweite Auflage wurde das Buch aktualisiert und um einige aktuelle Informationen und Quellen aktualisiert.Table of Contents1 Einführung.- 2 Startphase.- 3 Ausführungsphase.- 4 Abschlussphase.- 5 Schlusswort.

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Book SynopsisDas Buch stellt die Grundlagen und die Methodik zusammen, um Projekte an Hochschulen ergebnisorientiert und zielgerichtet einzusetzen. Durch die wachsende Bedeutung von Projekten im Beruf und in der Wissenschaft werden diese als Lehrinhalt immer wichtiger. Für Lehrende an Hochschulen stellt sich damit die Herausforderung, Projekte optimal für die Vermittlung von Kompetenzen und Inhalten einzusetzen und den Aufwand für die Vorbereitung, Betreuung und Bewertung von Projekten in einen akzeptablen Rahmen zu halten. Das Werk vermittelt die erfolgreiche Planung und Vorbereitung von Projekten sowie die Begleitung und Betreuung, Benotung und Ergebnissicherung. Die zahlreichen Hilfsmittel und Beispiele erleichtern die Umsetzung.Table of ContentsEinsatz projektbasierter Lehre an Hochschulen.- Das studentische Projekt: Ziele, Erfolg und Ergebnis, Stakeholder und Management.- Das Lehrprojekt: Vorbereitung, Kalibrierung, Vergabe, Betreuung, Benotung.- Das Gesamtprojekt und die Methode PPM, Projektportfolio und Lehren durch Projekte.- Umsetzung: Hochschuldidaktik, Kurikulare Verankerung, Übergang Schule-Hochschule.- Reflexion.- Anhang mit Grundlagen Projektmanagement, Methoden, Checklisten, Beispielen (Fallstudien).

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Book SynopsisIn diesem Fachbuch lernen Lehrende aller Fakultäten didaktische Methoden zur Konzeption und Durchführung studentischer Projekte mit ihren charakteristischen Merkmalen und Besonderheiten kennen. Sie erfahren, wie studentische Teamprojekte wertvolle Kompetenzen für die spätere berufliche Praxis vermitteln können. Die unterschiedlichen Stadien der Projektarbeit von der Planung bis zur Notenbildung werden ausführlich beschrieben. Die Autoren bieten zudem Anregungen, Ideen und Tipps und veranschaulichen ihre Ausführungen durch zahlreiche Referenzbeispiele und vier ausführliche Fallstudien. Auch Projekttools und elektronische Hilfsmittel sowie Projekt-Coaching werden thematisiert.Trade Review“... das Dozierenden und Professoren einen Leitfaden bietet, um erfolgreiches Projektmanagement zu lehren. ... Man muss dem Buch viele Leserinnen und Leser wünschen und dabei hoffen, dass der Anteil von Projekten in Universitäten wächst und in den Hochschulen für Angewandte Wissenschaften weiterhin gesteigert wird. Ich wünsche dem Buch, dass es ein erfolgreiches professorales Projekt wird.” (Prof. Dr. Werner Michl, in: erleben & lernen e&l, Heft 3-4, 2018)“... vor allem für Lehrende bestimmt ist und das den Studenten das „Learning by Doing“ durch systematisches Projektmanagement möglichst spannend und ergiebig machen soll. ... sehr sorgfältig gemachte Buch, weil es nicht nur studentische Projekte als wichtiges didaktisches Instrument propagiert, sondern weil es der Lehrkraft auch sehr konkrete Hilfestellung gibt und damit mithilft, dem/der Studierenden Kompetenzen zu vermitteln, die er/sie für das Berufsleben braucht ...” (Heinz Schelle, in: project Management aktuell, Jg. 29, Heft 2, 2018)Table of ContentsTheoretische Grundlagen.- Studentische Projekte konzipieren, planen, steuern und weiterentwickeln.- Studentische Projekte durchführen.- Fallbeispiele.

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Book SynopsisClaudia Stöhler gibt in diesem essential eine prägnante Anleitung für eine state-of -the-art Projektmanagement-Lehre. Hierfür gibt sie einen Überblick zum Status Quo von Projektmanagement an deutschen Hochschulen und zeigt Möglichkeiten einer systematischen kompetenzorientierten Konzeption von Veranstaltungen auf. Anforderungen an Kenntnisse, die in der akademischen Ausbildung vermittelt werden sollten, werden benannt. Verschiedene moderne Methoden und Konzepte, die in der Lehre eingesetzt werden und als Ideengeber für die Gestaltung der eigenen Lehrveranstaltung dienen können, werden detaillierter beleuchtet. Praxisbeispiele geben Impulse und Motivation.Table of ContentsStatus Quo Projektmanagement in der akademischen Aus-und Weiterbildung.- Kompetenzorientiertes Lehren und Prüfen von Projektmanagement.- Was Projektmanagement-Kompetenz heute im digitalen Umfeld ist.- Inhaltsdimension: Welche Inhalte sollten im Studium vermittelt werden.- Prozessdimension: Acht moderne Praxisbeispiele an Hochschulen.

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Book SynopsisNachhaltiger Vertriebserfolg setzt die richtige Ausrichtung und Zielsetzung, aber noch mehr die perfekte Umsetzung und effiziente Steuerung voraus. Hierfür ist der ursprünglich japanische Management-Ansatz Hoshin Kanri eine geeignete Methode mit erprobten Instrumenten und Prozessen. Peter Klesse vermittelt die Grundlagen der Einführung von Hoshin Kanri mit Fokus auf dem Vertrieb. Er zeigt auf, wie Ausrichtung, Steuerung und permanente Optimierung des Vertriebs auf Basis dieses agilen Ansatzes gelingen kann. Zugleich zeigt der Autor am Beispiel eines US-amerikanische Mischkonzerns auf, wie dieser mit dem auf Hoshin Kanri basierenden Danaher-Business-System dauerhaft erfolgreicher als die Börse wurde. Ebenso zeigt er Erfolgsfaktoren für die Umsetzung auf und weist darauf hin, wann Hoshin Kanri für den Vertrieb ungeeignet sein kann.Der Autor:Peter Klesse ist Geschäftsführer einer Vertriebsberatung mit langjähriger Beratererfahrung. Er unterstützt Unternehmen vieler Branchen als Berater oder Interimmanager. Neben anderen Methoden hat er Hoshin Kanri erfolgreich in der Praxis eingeführt.Table of ContentsDie Hoshin-Philosophie.- Das Hoshin-Kanri-Instrument und die Hoshin-Kanri-Prozesse.- Erfolgsfaktoren und Fallstricke, Dos und Don‘ts.

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Book SynopsisWas sind die Ursachen dafür, dass mit viel Aufwand entwickelte Produkte im Markt scheitern? Die Produkte wurden an den Bedürfnissen der Kunden*innen vorbei entwickelt. Aber kein Unternehmen wird bewusst an den Kundenbedürfnissen vorbei entwickeln. Das vorliegende Buch befasst sich mit der Frage, wie objektiv eigentlich die Bedürfnisse von Kunden*innen ihren Weg in die Entwicklungsorganisation eines Unternehmens finden können und wie objektive sie dort in ein Produkt umgesetzt werden können. Ausgehend von Antworten auf diese Frage wird ein Ansatz entwickelt, mit Hilfe physischer Modelle eine frühzeitige Wahrnehmung der Produktattribute durch Kunden*innen zu ermöglichen, so deren Bedürfnisse genauer zu treffen und damit die Erfolgswahrscheinlichkeit der Produkte im Markt zu verbessern.

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Book SynopsisTeil A: Grundlagen.- Projekte und Projektmanagement.- Projektmanagement-Prozess.- Agilität und agile Arbeitsformen der Projektarbeit.- Hybrides Projektmanagement.- Phasenmodelle, Vorgehensmodelle, Frameworks.- Erfolgsforschung.- Projektdesign.- Methodensicheres Planen und Steuern von Projekten.

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Book SynopsisDie Projektleitung als Führungskraft.- Selbstreflexion und Selbstmanagement.- Persönliche Integrität und Verlässlichkeit.- Kommunikation.- Beziehungen.- Führung.- Teamarbeit.- Konflikte und Krisen.- Vielseitigkeit und Kreativität.- Verhandlungen.- Ergebnisorientierung. Die Projektleitung und die Organisation.- Strategie.- Governance.- Compliance.- Macht und Interessen.- Kultur und Werte.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses how systems thinking and approaches can aid management consultants in navigating the complexities of client advisory in current realities. It thereby brings to the forefront aspects of holism, flexibility and responsibility - the keys to success in today’s world. Management consultants are called in to offer an independent expert view of an organisation/ a situation and are expected to address some of the most pressing problems businesses face. The client does not exist in a silo, but in a complex environment that lies at the intersection of a range of internal and external factors that are often unseen and unpredictable. The organisation itself presents an alien territory that the consultant is expected to acclimatise to within a very short period of time, and come up with solutions that “insiders” would not have been able to visualise. The book presents a range of ideas, concepts and reference cases that are relevant and topical for consultants in their daily work. It argues that systems thinking allows holism and flexibility in management consulting – while holism is about the ability to encompass the environmental and organisational complexity, flexibility is about the ability to think creatively and adopt different approaches to accommodate this complexity. With commentaries, case studies, conceptual models and perspectives that cut across multiple industries, sectors and countries, this book is a valuable resource for academics and professionals alike. The book’s inner pages and its page on Springer.com contain additional comments providing perspectives of clients, industry experts and academia.Table of ContentsPart 1: SYSTEMS THINKING FOR MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS.- Chapter 1. What is Systems Thinking.- Chapter 2. Critical Systems Thinking for Holism and Flexibility.- Chapter 3. On-ground relevance.- Part 2: FRAMEWORKS FOR CONSULTANTS.- Chapter 4. Microinsurance and Community Engagement.- Chapter 5. Access and Empowerment through electronic Public Health.- Chapter 6. Conceptual framework for technology implementation.- Part 3: Cases to Ponder.- Chapter 7. Healthcare Knowledge Management.- Chapter 8. Project Failure.- Chapter 9. Organizational Collaboration.- Chapter 10. Bracing for the future.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines practically useful management and people skills, and looks at competencies from the micro, meso, and macro- lens. At the micro- level, the book examines a range of competencies needed for managing oneself and others in a project environment, such as personality style, cognitive skills, communication skills, and emotional intelligence. The book will also includes discussion on strategies for managing emotions of self and others effectively. At the meso- level, the book discusses basic structure, characteristics, and importance of different types of teams such as virtual teams, project teams, domain specific teams, and heavy-weight teams in organizations to enhance productivity and delegate accountability. It also explores team processes, including structure, culture, supporting systems, performance and incentive systems, and their impact on team productivity. In addition, the book includes a discourse on skills to manage a multi-generational workforce (a combination of baby boomers, X and Y generation), a challenge faced by project managers in current scenario. Finally, at the macro- level, the book captures the role of culture in a project context; emerging leadership styles in projects, maintaining relationship with internal and external stakeholders; role of power, politics and influence in relationship building (social networks and social capital); and managing conflicts and negotiations. The book presents ethical considerations in managing projects; relationship between projects and sustainability; societal responsibilities of projects; advantages and disadvantages of forms of control in projects (behaviour and outcome control). It is positioned primarily for practitioners although it is a relevant and useful resource and reference for academics and students of project management and management studies courses.Table of ContentsModule 1: Micro Level: MANAGING SELF.- Chapter 1: Building Awareness.- Chapter 2: Cognitive Intelligence.- Chapter 3: Emotional Intelligence.- Chapter 4: Making Decisions.- Module 2: Meso level: MANAGING TEAMS.- Chapter 5: Understanding Teams.- Chapter 6: Dealing with Diverse Teams.- Chapter 7: Enhancing Team Effectiveness.- Chapter 8: Making Teams Work.- Module 3: Macro Level: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS.- Chapter 9: Understanding Culture.- Chapter 10: Leading projects.- Chapter 11: Relationship management.- Chapter 12: Ethics in projects.

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Although there are many books of methods and tools in different areas, few books actually give detailed tips and lessons on how to effectively set up and manage projects. Most books on project management devote all their space to specific methods. Breakthrough Technology Project Management, Second Edition provides tangible guidelines through examples and suggestions to help people participate in and manage projects more effectively. The authors'' techniques and guidelines have been proven over the past 15 years in courses and counseling. This book is a valuable tool for those working in information systems, engineering, computer science, operations and production, and other environments involving project management.

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Book SynopsisAll businesses strive for excellence in todayâs technology-based environment in which customers want solutions at the touch of a button. This highly regarded textbook provides in-depth coverage of the principles of operations and supply chain management and explains how to design, implement, and maintain processes for sustainable competitive advantage. This text offers a unique combination of theory and practice with a strategic, results-driven approach.Now in its fourth edition, Operations Management for Business Excellence has been updated to reflect major advances and future trends in supply chain management. A new chapter on advanced supply chain concepts covers novel logistics technology, information systems, customer proximity, sustainability, and the use of multiple sales channels. As a platform for discussion, the exploration of future trends includes self-driving vehicles, automation and robotics, and omnichannel retailing. Features include: A host of international case studies and examples to demonstrate how theory translates to practice, including Airbus, Hewlett Packard, Puma, and Toyota. A consistent structure to aid learning and retention: Each chapter begins with a detailed set of learning objectives and finishes with a chapter summary, a set of discussion questions and a list of key terms. Fully comprehensive with an emphasis on the practical, this textbook should be core reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of operations management and supply chain management. It would also appeal to executives who desire an understanding of how to achieve and maintain âexcellenceâ in business. Online resources include lecture slides, a glossary, test questions, downloadable figures, and a bonus chapter on project management.Trade Review"Operations Management for Business Excellence is a highly accessible text that draws upon both international and local (Australasian) case examples. It contains simple, practical models for planning, designing, managing and improving operations in businesses of all sizes and specialisms, and avoids unnecessary mathematical statistical complexity. I highly recommend this text at undergraduate and postgraduate / MBA level." — Dr Nigel Grigg, Professor of Quality Systems, Centre for Quality and Supply Chain Management, Massey University, New Zealand"This book presents traditional and updated OSCM models and practices (including robotics and sustainability) in plain language without surrendering academic rigor, supported by rich case studies from the renowned corporations and discussion questions with an engaging fashion. I think this approach will make this book very appropriate for OSCM teaching and the exploration of ‘excellence’ for business practitioners." — Jason X. Wang, University of Huddersfield, UK"‘We need this product at low cost, high quality and we need it now!’ Anyone who has heard this imperative knows how critical operation management is for firms. This book offers a refreshing overview of the discipline, incorporating the latest challenges facing operational managers today that will surely be of invaluable use to students." — Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Faculty of Economics & Management, EM Business School, University of Strasbourg, France"Using a clear and concise style, this book provides a comprehensive and contemporary introduction to operations and supply chain management. The case studies at the beginning of each chapter and at the end of the book are excellent and help bringing to life the concepts and the techniques explained in the book." — Dr Riccardo Mogre, Associate Professor in Operations Management, Durham University Business School, University of Durham, UK"Operations Management for Business Excellence is a highly accessible text that draws upon both international and local (Australasian) case examples. It contains simple, practical models for planning, designing, managing and improving operations in businesses of all sizes and specialisms, and avoids unnecessary mathematical statistical complexity. I highly recommend this text at undergraduate and postgraduate / MBA level." — Dr Nigel Grigg, Professor of Quality Systems, Centre for Quality and Supply Chain Management, Massey University, New Zealand"This book presents traditional and updated OSCM models and practices (including robotics and sustainability) in plain language without surrendering academic rigor, supported by rich case studies from the renowned corporations and discussion questions with an engaging fashion. I think this approach will make this book very appropriate for OSCM teaching and the exploration of ‘excellence’ for business practitioners." — Jason X. Wang, University of Huddersfield, UK"‘We need this product at low cost, high quality and we need it now!’ Anyone who has heard this imperative knows how critical operation management is for firms. This book offers a refreshing overview of the discipline, incorporating the latest challenges facing operational managers today that will surely be of invaluable use to students." — Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Faculty of Economics & Management, EM Business School, University of Strasbourg, France"Using a clear and concise style, this book provides a comprehensive and contemporary introduction to operations and supply chain management. The case studies at the beginning of each chapter and at the end of the book are excellent and help bringing to life the concepts and the techniques explained in the book." — Dr Riccardo Mogre, Associate Professor in Operations Management, Durham University Business School, University of Durham, UKTable of Contents1. Operations and Strategy 2. Demand Management and Forecasting in Operations 3. Capacity and Revenue Management 4. Process Design and Strategy 5. Applying Lean Thinking to Operations 6. Achieving Balanced Results and Measuring Performance 7. Quality Management and Product Design 8. Inventory and Resource Planning 9. Collaborative Supply Chains 10. Advanced Supply Chain Concepts: Technology and Sustainability

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Book SynopsisIn recent decades, we have witnessed an increasing use of projects and similar temporary modes of organising in the public sector of nations in Europe and around the world. While for some this is a welcome development which unlocks entrepreneurial zeal and renders public services more flexible and accountable, others argue that this seeks to depoliticise policy initiatives, rendering them increasingly technocratic, and that the project organisations formed in this process offer fragmented and unsustainable short-term solutions to long-term problems.This volume sets out to address public sector projectification by drawing together research from a range of academic fields to develop a critical and theoretically-informed understanding of the causes, nature, and consequences of the projectification of the public sector. This book includes 13 chapters and is organised into three parts. The first part centres on the politics of projectification, specifically the role of projects inTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface and Acknowledgements Introduction Policy Pilots as Public Sector Projects: The Projectification of Policy and Research Why is Innovation Policy Projectified? Political Causes in the Case of Sweden Problematising the Project System: Rural Development in Indonesia Public Sector Innovation Projects: Beyond Bureaucracy and Market? In and Out of Amber: the New Zealand Government Major Projects Performance Reporting Project Management in the Shadow of Public Human Services Pilots as Projects: Policy Making in a State of Exception Project Governance in an Embedded State: Opportunities and Challenges The European Dimension of Projectification. Implications of the Project Approach in EU Funding Policy Agents, Techniques, and Tools of Projectification Observing the Process of Culture Projectification and its Agents: A Case Study of Kraków Standardisation and Its Consequences in Health Care: A Case Study of PRINCE2 Project Management Training The Freelance Project Manager as an Agent of Governmentality: Evidence from a UK Local Authority Notes on Contributors Index

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