4th Edition
Project Management A practical guide to planning and managing projects
By Stephen Hartley
Copyright 2018
480 Pages
by
Routledge
480 Pages
by
Routledge
464 Pages
by
Routledge
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Organisations increasingly look to project management to deal with short timeframes, tight budgets, changing requirements and risk management in everyday operations, as well as for major strategic projects. Project management knowledge and skills are now essential for professionals just about everywhere, from teachers, social workers and lawyers, to engineers, builders and accountants. Stephen... Read more
List of tables and figures
Acronyms and abbreviations
About the author
Preface
Using this textbook
Project management life-cycle on a page
1. Project management: An adaptable body of knowledge
2. Organisational capability: Emerging strategy, justification and capability
3. Stakeholder management: Strategies for continuous engagement
4. Scope management: Delivering on changing expectations
5. Time management: Developing and controlling the schedule
6. Cost management: Ending the reliance on the budget variance
7. Quality management: Achieving technical excellence and customer satisfaction
8. Human resource management: Developing and maintaining individual and team performance
9. Communications management: Matching intent with outcome
10. Risk management: Proactively managing uncertainty, complexity and change
11. Procurement management: Embedding value into the project
12. Integration management: Unifying a coordinated approach
Appendix 1: Issue matrix
Appendix 2: Activity-based learning
Appendix 3: Project management templates
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Acronyms and abbreviations
About the author
Preface
Using this textbook
Project management life-cycle on a page
1. Project management: An adaptable body of knowledge
2. Organisational capability: Emerging strategy, justification and capability
3. Stakeholder management: Strategies for continuous engagement
4. Scope management: Delivering on changing expectations
5. Time management: Developing and controlling the schedule
6. Cost management: Ending the reliance on the budget variance
7. Quality management: Achieving technical excellence and customer satisfaction
8. Human resource management: Developing and maintaining individual and team performance
9. Communications management: Matching intent with outcome
10. Risk management: Proactively managing uncertainty, complexity and change
11. Procurement management: Embedding value into the project
12. Integration management: Unifying a coordinated approach
Appendix 1: Issue matrix
Appendix 2: Activity-based learning
Appendix 3: Project management templates
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Stephen Hartley is a leading practitioner, consultant, educator, researcher, author and coach in project management. He has 25 years of cross-industry experience and is the author of seven books on project management and related topics.
'Stephen Hartley is without doubt Australia's leading authority on project management. This book is the bible for any current or future project manager.' - Dr Tim Baker, author of The End of the Performance Review
