{"product_id":"managing-projects-in-organizations-how-to-make-the-best-use-of-time-techniques-and-people-3e-9780787968311","title":"Managing Projects in Organizations  How to Make the Best Use of Time Techniques and People 3e","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides an introduction to the field of project management. This book covers different topics, including: Managing virtual teams; The evolving concept of the project manager's role; Comanaged project teams; The project office; Project portfolios; Web based project management; and International project management.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003eThe Author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The New Business Environment and the Need for a New Project Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Business Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Problem with the Traditional Approach to Project Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Project Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraits of the New Project Manager.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Increased Value of Project Managers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART ONE: MANAGING IN THE NEW BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Managing Complexity: Techniques for Fashioning Order Out of Chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChaos and Complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacets of Complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExperience with Project Complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Manage Complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Engaging Change: Knowing When to Embrace, Accept, or Challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources of Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChange Management Strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing with the Flow of Rapid Prototyping.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResisting Change with Configuration Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasic Steps in Developing a System with Configuration Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChange Control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Managing Risk: Identifying, Analyzing, and Planning Responses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerspectives on Risk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk and Variability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRange of Risks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources of Risk on Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk-Reward Trade-Offs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk and Time Horizons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk Exposure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRisk Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModeling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Satisfying Customers: Knowing Who They Are, What They Want, and When They are Right or Wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho Are Our Customers?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeeting Customer Expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding Customers’ Needs and Requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraits of Effective Needs Analysts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSteps for Improving Needs Definition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCustomers’ Responsibilities in Defining Their Needs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganizing to Achieve Customer Satisfaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat to Do When Customers Don’t Cooperate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Defining Requirements that Bridge the Customer-Developer Gap.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Place of Needs and Requirements in the Project Management Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapturing Requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Players in the Requirements Definition and Management Process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Communication Challenge: I Can’t Read Your Mind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Standard Communication Model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTips for Handling Requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing It Together with Joint Application Development JAD) · Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART TWO: TOOLS FOR THE NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Acquiring Political Skills and Building Influence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is Politics?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics in Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlayers to Contend with in the Project Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeing a Better Politician.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Guide to Action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding Authority.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing Authority Effectively.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManaging Our Managers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Building Teams with Borrowed Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMake the Team as Tangible as Possible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelop Rewards for Good Behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelop an Effective Personal Touch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelf-Managed Teams: Prospectus and Pitfalls.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructuring the Team.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Selecting Projects That Will Lead to Success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Essence of Choice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBenefit-Cost Ratios.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuss’s Technique for Rank Ordering Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoor Man’s Hierarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Murder Board.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeer Review.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Rules for Selecting Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Estimating Realistic Costs, Schedules, and Specifications to Ensure Project Success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCauses of Poor Estimation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 10 Percent Optimist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraditional Approaches to Cost Estimating.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBottom-Up Versus Top-Down Estimates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife Cycle Cost Estimating.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies for Dealing with Poor Estimates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Scheduling Projects with New Tools: The Time-boxed and Critical Chain Scheduling Techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime-boxed Scheduling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Needs to be Prioritized?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing Together Pertinent Players.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Needs to Be Prioritized.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechniques for Prioritization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Use of Parallel Development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScheduling Realities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Need for Discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical Chain Scheduling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Critical Chain and the Theory of Constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Critical Chain Perspective and the Psychology of Estimating Task Durations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing Buffers Effectively to Accelerate Project Delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProject Buffers, Feeder Buffers, and Resource Buffers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Outsourcing to Control Costs, Focus on Core Work, and Expand Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForms of Outsourcing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOutsourcing in Project Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContracting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContracting: Preaward.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContracting: Postaward.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCustomer Acceptance and the Handover.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Integrating Cost and Schedule Control to Measure Work Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Graphical Approach to Integrated Cost\/Schedule Control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fifty-Fifty Rule for Measuring Work Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Ways to Calculate Earned Value.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn New Look at Cost and Schedule Variance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloping a New Vocabulary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study: The Bora Bora Officers Club.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollecting Data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrend Analysis with the Earned-Value Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Is the Earned-Value Approach Appropriate?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Historical Note.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Evaluating Projects to Maintain Goals, Strengthen Accountability, and Achieve Objectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is Evaluation?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvaluations and the Project Life Cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems with Evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInherent Characteristics of Evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Structured Walk-through.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Understanding and Using Performance Metrics; or, Measuring the Right Stuff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of Measurement in Managing Projects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nature of Measurement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenerating Measures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shadow Side of Measures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Establishing and Maintaining a Project Support Office to Strengthen Project Management Capabilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraditional Project\/Program Offices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Project Support Offices Do.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere Should the Project Support Office Reside? · Staffing the Project Support Office.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelling the Project Support Office.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Carpe Diem: Seize the Day!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: An Annotated Reading List for the New Project Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515483808087,"sku":"9780787968311","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/managing-projects-in-organizations-how-to-make-the-best-use-of-time-techniques-and-people-3e-9780787968311","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}