Dennis Lock

Project Management (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Dennis Lock's masterly exposition of the principles and practice of project management has been pre-eminent in its field for 45 years. The Tenth Edition of Project Management explains the entire project management process in great detail, and includes brand new chapters on implementing management change projects and the role of senior management support. Everything is reinforced throughout with case examples and diagrams, many new for this edition. As with previous editions, meticulous care has been taken to ensure that the text is reader-friendly and free of unnecessary jargon, with clear diagrams and a construction that is logically organized, well indexed and simple to navigate. The result is certain to maintain this book's acclaimed status as the standard work for managers and students alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 574
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351908474
• Artikelnr.: 59891334

Autorenporträt

Dennis Lock is a freelance writer who specializes in project management. His exceptionally wide industrial experience has included sub-miniature electronics, defence systems, heavy engineering and international mining, with a progression of successful management positions in all of those industries. He has fulfilled consultancy assignments in Britain and overseas and in recent years has taught project management to masters degree students as an external lecturer at two British universities. Of well over 50 books that he has written or edited, almost all have been published by Gower. Among his current work he is co-editing the first edition of a new Gower Handbook, The Gower Handbook of People in Project Management.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface to the tenth edition
Introduction to project management
Factors for project success or failure
Defining the project
Estimating project costs
First steps in planning the timescale
Financial appraisal and the business plan
Managing project risk
Project authorization
Project organization structures
Organization and initial conduct of management change and IT projects
The project manager and associated roles
Project breakdown structures
Detailed planning: an introduction to critical path networks
Detailed planning: critical path networks in practice
Scheduling resources, part 1: principles
Scheduling resources, part 2: practical advice
Scheduling project cash flows
Computer applications
Managing project start-up
Introduction to project contracts and purchase orders
Managing procurement and the supply chain
Managing progress
Managing changes
Managing project costs
Earned value analysis and cost reporting
Managing multiple projects, programmes and portfolios
Implementing business change projects
Managing project closure
Corporate managers' support for the project manager
Bibliography
Index.