Russell D. Archibald

Managing High-Technology Programs and Projects

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An update to a best-selling project management book, this includes the latest information on the most important issues within the field. Russell Archibald, a seasoned project manager with international experience in a variety of industries, discusses developments within the field such as the Internet, the maturing of the project management role within organizations, the drive to make more powerful, integrated project management software applications, and the increasing use of formalized risk analysis and tracking methods.

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A well-known author within the field: Russell Archibald is widely known in the project management field. He helped to found the Project Management Institute, and he is a former principal with Integrated Project Systems, a consulting firm that specializes in process and system implementation and training in project management for high-tech corporations and agencies.
_ The definitive book on managing high-tech initiatives: This book fulfills a long-standing need for a comprehensive, practical and unified description of the business of managing complex programs and projects. It provides detailed coverage of all aspects of complex project management, with emphasis on those involving advanced technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 415
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9780471265573
• ISBN-10: 0471265578
• Artikelnr.: 13792816

Autorenporträt

RUSSELL D. ARCHIBALD, PMP, Fellow PMI and APM/IPMA, MSc, has held engineering and executive positions in the defense/aerospace, refinery construction and operation, automotive manufacturing, and telecommunications industries. Since 1982, he has consulted in project management to companies and agencies in twelve countries on four continents, and has taught project management principles and practices to thousands of managers and specialists around the world. He is an original founding trustee and member of the Project Management Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I. EXECUTIVE GUIDE TO PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT. Executive
Overview of Project Management. Programs and Projects. Improving Project
Management Capabilities. Integrative Roles in Project Management.
Integrative and Predictive Project Planning and Control. Project Team and
Key Human Aspects of Project Management. Organizing the Project Management
Function and Office. Managing Project Portfolios, Programs, and Multiple
Projects. PART II. MANAGING SPECIFIC PROJECTS. Organizing the Individual
Project Office and Project Team. Planning and Initiating Projects. Project
Team Planning and Project Start-Up. Authorizing and Controlling the Work,
Schedule, and Costs. Project Interface Management. Evaluating, Directing,
and Closing Out the Project. Appendix: Integrated Scope, Schedule,
Resource, Financial, and Risk Management for Projects. Bibliography. Index.

Rezensionen

"...by far the most comprehensive, practical and easy to understand reference book on project management principles..." (PROJECTmagazine, Spring 2004)
"...unique among project management literature...define(s) an integrated path to improved project performance and success."(Project Management World Today, March-April 2004)