The Project Workout: The Ultimate Handbook of Project and Programme Management - Couverture souple

Buttrick, Robert

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ISBN 10 : 0273723898 ISBN 13 : 9780273723899

Editeur : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2009

Synopsis

"an important book, taking a lead role in growing a new generation of professional project managers." Oded Cohen, The Goldratt Institute. Put yourself and your business through the Project Workout learn to direct and manage the programmes and projects that will deliver results, drive change and improve the health of your business. Project Workout shows you how to: * Identify and overcome common challenges * Measure critical success factors in any project * Master a staged framework for managing a project * Set up your project and manage the team, the schedule, the finances and the risks * Develop the soft (interpersonal) and hard (structured management) skills of the effective project manager * Manage a portfolio of projects * Use project and programme management to direct and deliver change * Improve your project tracking and delivery This book is supported by the Project Workout Live online resource (go to ), A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO THE ART OF PROJECT AND PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT Projects are an important strategic management tool and a way of life for every business person. But how do you get started and how do you ensure a successful outcome?This 4th edition of the definitive book on business-led project management offers help at every stage, from building a project team right up to reaping the rewards of a timely and successful project. Project Workoutgives you practical, immediately usable methods for directing and managing complete portfolios of projects as well as individual projects. Throughout the books is a collection of Workouts for you to use: exercises, problem posers, and techniques to help you put the book's advice into practice straightaway. These are also provided on the enclosed CD-ROM, ready for you to print out and use with your team. The CD also contains handy templates including a Health Check, MS Project views and project logs, which can be downloaded to your desktop ready for use. Project Workoutis a valuable companion

A propos du livre

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“An invaluable, lucid and practical guide to a crucial area of management." Robert Heller, Founding Editor of Management Today

 

"An important book, taking a lead role in growing a new generation of professional project managers."

Oded Cohen, The Goldratt Institute.

"I recommend The Project Workout to all business leaders who really seek to make a positive difference."

Ian Livingston, CEO, BT Group PLC

Put yourself and your business through the Project Workout – learn to direct and manage the programmes and projects that will deliver results, drive change and improve the health of your business.

The Project Workout shows you how to:

• Identify and overcome common challenges
• Measure critical success factors in any project
• Master a staged framework for managing a project
• Set up your project and manage the team, the schedule, the finances and the risks
• Develop the soft (interpersonal) and hard (structured management) skills of an effective project manager
• Manage a portfolio of projects
• Use project and programme management to direct and deliver change
• Improve your project tracking and delivery

 

This book is supported by The Project Workout Live online resource (go to www.live.projectworkout.com)

 

A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO THE ART OF PROJECT AND PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT

Biographie de l'auteur

Robert Buttrick is an international authority on business-led, strategic programme and project management with a successful track record for building strategic project management centres of excellence, in a wide variety of blue-chip companies.

 

He is a published author (The Project Workout) and an active contributor to project management methods, best practice, professional journals and conferences.

 

Robert received a Distinguished Service Certificate from BSI for services to national and international project management standards; he is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, is a Chartered Engineer and an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Project Management. He currently works as a consultant and is a Visiting Teaching Fellow at the University of Warwick. 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Financial Times Prentice Hall
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0273723898
• ISBN 13: 9780273723899
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 560