"...readable...give[s] good attention to practical problems...recommend[ed]."
--The Chemical Engineer
Marcel Dekker Web Site, January, 2001
Summary
This invaluable Second Edition describes the project manager's entire range of responsibilities from initial
planning to directing personnel, controlling work, and reporting results.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Anatomy of a Project
Roles and Responsibilities of the Project Manager
Planning Techniques
Control Techniques
Risk Management
Coordinating and Directing Techniques: Part I
Coordinating and Directing Techniques: Part II
Project Records and Reports
Negotiating
Epilogue
Appendix A: Work Breakdown Structure Paradigms and Processes
Appendix B: Transforming a Work Breakdown Structure into a Precedence Chart
Appendix C: Cost Versus Time Profiles
Appendix D: Measuring Project Progress: Percent Complete, Earned Value, and the Size of Work Increments
Appendix E: Questions to Assess Work Done
Appendix F: Cultural Aspects of Successful Matrix Organizations
