Project Management - Additional Titles

Project Management for IT-Related Projects

This is the only textbook tailored specifically to match the BCS syllabus - so the user can be confident of using exactly the right materials. This edition has new material on risk assessment and agile approaches to project management in line with the course objectives of the BCS Foundation Certificate in IS Project Management.

A Practical Guide To Project Planning: A Step-by-step Approach

This title has been written by authors who have been involved with numerous global consultations in project management. Using a step-by-step approach, the authors share the knowledge, experience and expertise for developing and delivering successful plans for project management.

ISO 21500 Guidance on Project Management - A Pocket Guide

Better Practices of Project Management Based on IPMA Competences - 3rd revised edition

Cultural Imperatives in Perceptions of Project Success and Failure

Global projects bring many advantages and challenges. Cultural Imperatives in Perceptions of Project Success and Failure is one of the few, if not the first, reports of research that examines the interaction of culture and views of project success in a comprehensive way.

In this highly complex issue, the authors lay out their research and results in a logical, deliberate manner that does much to ease the way along the path to understanding.

Earned Value Project Management - Fourth Edition

Organizations that follow the principles of good Earned Value Management (EVM) create an environment that allows teams to successfully operate and thrive - even in the face of challenges that could negatively impact their projects.

EVM allows more educated and effective management decision-making, which helps evaluate and control project risk by measuring project progress in monetary terms.

Effectiveness in Project Portfolio Management

More and more, project managers are being tasked with managing multiple projects within an organization, which can take the form of a project portfolio. Managing this portfolio effectively is key to the success of the organization... and the project manager.

Join project management researcher-practitioners from Pennsylvania State University and the Stevens Institute of Technology as they go inside five different organizations from across the business spectrum in search of the answers to the substantial questions about truly effective project portfolio management.

Emotional Intelligence and Projects

Project professionals who have high levels of emotional intelligence are often said to be more successful, both in their projects and in their careers.

This book explores ways to make emotional intelligence training more effective, and provides a number of training exercises and scenarios.

Managing Conflict in Projects: Applying Mindfulness and Analysis for Optimal Results

Conflict is an essential part of every project. It can come from any direction: from inside the core team, from senior stakeholders, even from the external market itself.

Drawing upon academic research and real-world examples, this highly accessible guide breaks conflict down to its base components and takes an insightful look at the human and process factors involved.

Governance and Communities of PMO's

Today, large organizations often deploy PMOs as multiple entities with different mandates, functions, and characteristics.

This report offers a comprehensive survey and discussion of the theory surrounding multiple PMOs. The authors suggest three paradigms: islands, networks, and communities.

Managing Stakeholders as Clients: Sponsorship, Partnership, Leadership, and Citizenship

Your project operates in a dynamic world of stakeholders: from the familiar members of your local project team to hidden project opponents that aren't listed on any org chart.

Written in a candid and conversational style, this highly accessible guide effortlessly blends theory with proven practice in order to equip you with new tools and techniques you can apply right away.

Manage to Lead: Flexing Your Leadership Style

'What Does It Take to Succeed As A Project Manager?' That's the question that Project Management Institute, the world's largest project management member association, asked more than 700 project managers around the world in 2011.

In this highly accessible guide, you'll not only learn about their answers, you'll also receive the practical tools, techniques and knowledge you need to develop the skills they identified as most important to project success.

Patterns of Effective Management of Virtual Projects: An Exploratory Study

The rise of the Internet and development of collaborative software have instilled a new dimension into project management-the virtual project team.

Patterns of Effective Management of Virtual Project Management: An Exploratory Study addresses this very issue by combining the collective skills and technologies in project management and collaboration to provide a blueprint for best practices in virtual project environments.

Planning in 140 Tweets

Quick tips on ideas, concepts and the use of project management in your profession and life.

This book is meant to be read by the lawyer, doctor, entrepreneur, researcher, public servant, ie, for all professionals who want to learn the key concepts that involve planning activities and project management in a simple, fast and direct way.

Practice Standards for Earned Value Management - Second Edition

As a project management professional, it is critical to know the answers to questions such as: is work being accomplished as planned, is it costing as planned, and what is the remaining work likely to cost?

This practice standard is intended for anyone who wants to better develop their project management toolset and know how to potentially improve project performance through the use of earned value.

Practice Standard for Scheduling - 2nd Edition

Effective project scheduling and time management are critical factors in the success or failure of a particular project.

As a complement to A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), the primary objective of the Practice Standard for Scheduling is to transform the information in the PMBOK Guide, specifically the project time management.

Practice Standard for Project Risk Management

The Practice Standard for Project Risk Management provides a benchmark for the project management profession that defines the aspects of Project Risk Management that are recognized as good practice on most projects most of the time.

Written for project managers, project team members, supervisors and stakeholders, the Practice Standard for Project Risk Management outlines the principles of effective risk management.

Practice Standard for Project Estimating

Consistent with the PMBOK Guide - Fourth Edition, the Practice Standard for Project Estimating describes the life cycle stages of project estimating.

It details the aspects of resources, durations, and costs, and explains the concept of progressive elaboration--continuously refining and improving a plan as a project evolves.

Practice Standard for Project Configuration Management

Most projects present teams with challenges relating to time, cost and scope. Careful management of these project elements allows projects to be completed successfully. In order to guide a project's direction, project managers utilize the process of configuration management.

Due to the increasing complexity of projects and greater competition among companies, the knowledge of configuration management techniques is more important than ever.

Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures - Book and CD-ROM

Defining project objectives and delegating work to team members are among a project manager's biggest tasks. Successful projects require thorough planning on the part of the project manager to accomplish these tasks.

The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) serves as a guide for defining work as it relates to a specific project's objectives.

Procurement and Supply in Projects: Misunderstood and Under-Researched

Procurement Management is one of the nine Knowledge Areas of the PMBOK Guide, but it is a relatively recent focus of academic study and in many business sectors the contribution of procurement is not fully realized or integrated into the strategic considerations of the business.

Procurement and Supply in Projects: Misunderstood and Under-Researched examines this inconsistency.

Project Categorization Systems

The ability to efficiently manage complex new projects is directly affected by an organization's ability to remember past successes and learn from past challenges.

In their new publication, Crawford, Hobbs and Turner study the important role that categorization systems play in successful organizations, and analyze the challenges and limitations project managers face as they introduce more formal classification systems.

Project-Driven Technology Strategy

In today's enterprise, technology isn't about software or hardware. It's about knowledge and competence.

Described as a combination of "a master class taught by your most thought-provoking professor" and "a troubleshooting session with your most trusted mentor", this groundbreaking work uses classic economic theory from luminaries such as Adam Smith and Joseph Schumpeter to force a new perspective on the art and science of strategy and project management.

Project Portfolios in Dynamic Environments: Organising for Uncertainty

More and more, businesses are looking at portfolios to provide the organizing structure for implementing strategy. But, as the focus widens from project to portfolio, more factors come into play, adding to the uncertainty that can confound the best of efforts.

This comprehensive report addresses this important, rising issue. Authors Yvan Petit and Brian Hobbs present the results of their investigation in a report that significantly advances the theory and also offers tips for practice.

Project Management and Sustainable Development Principles

Sustainable Development has become a buzzword, with everyone from CEO's to legislators calling for the adoption of its principles.

In 2010, an interdisciplinary team of project management and sustainability practitioners and researchers from the University of Vienna, supported by a research grant from Project Management Institute, set out to answer these questions...

Project Management Process Groups and Processes Poster - Aligned to the PMBOK Guide Fifth Edition

This colour poster illustrates the five project management process groups and the processes under each group as defined by the PMBOK Guide Fifth Edition.

The poster not only provides a visual interpretation of project management processes for easy comprehension, but also allows the user to write and make notes on its dry-erase laminate surface.

Project Managers as Senior Executives Volume I Research Results, Advancement Model, and Action Proposals

Can project managers actually become senior executives? If not, what can be done to allow them to climb the ladder?

Project Managers as Senior Executives maps out a model for advancement for program and project managers and contributes new thinking on the emerging leadership of project managers as senior executives.

Project Managers as Senior Executives Volume 2: How the Research Was Conducted

Can project managers actually become senior executives?

Project Managers as Senior Executives maps out a model for advancement for program and project managers and contributes new thinking on the emerging leadership of project managers as senior executives.

Secrets to Mastering the WBS in Real World Projects - Second Edition

Written in a simple questions-and-answers format. Engaging and a quick read. More than 200 examples including real-life screenshots, project documents, comparative charts, tables and figures to speed your learning curve.

Valuable resource in the preparation for PMI certifications such as PMP®, CAPM®, PMI-SP® and PMI-RMP®.

Sidestep Complexity: Project Management for Small - and Medium-sized Organizations

Far more than just a process-oriented tactical competency, project management increases project success rates, creates efficiencies, improves alignment with organizational strategies, and ultimately increases competitive advantage.

This book provides a framework that helps inform leaders of small- and medium-sized organizations of the benefits of project management and how easy it can be to tailor the body of knowledge to meet their unique needs.

Social Media for Project Managers

Most people use social media on a daily basis for personal reasons but more and more, savvy project managers are incorporating these tools into their projects to collaborate and communicate more efficiently.

Want to have more success with engaging your project teams and stakeholders? Read this book and discover the benefits of adopting and using social media to encourage participation on your projects.

Software Extension to the PMBOK Guide Fifth Edition

The importance of computer software to the modern business world is undeniable.

The management of software development projects, just as the management of any other projects, is faced with the need for increased efficiencies, with results expected more quickly, at lower cost, and with higher quality.

Team Learning in Projects: Theory and Practice

How can today's project be done well? How can tomorrow's project be done even better?

This research follows a previous effort that revealed a strong and positive relationship between team performance and team learning. In this report the researchers drop the second shoe by exploring how to increase team learning behaviors.

The Mindset for Creating Project Value

To what degree does the mind-set of a project manager affect the achievement of project value?

This powerful book examines project management success factors and potential possibilities to improve project performance. It also focuses on the exceptional thinker and manager one who is not fixed just on what is given, but who seeks out and acts on opportunities to create the maximum value for a projects stakeholders.