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Description
Structured into six parts, each containing a real-life case study, Art and practice of managing projects takes a systems approach to project management, guiding the reader through the key stages from initial idea to final completion. At each stage, a range of practices and techniques are presented that will increase effectiveness at all levels, deliver results to satisfy the needs of both client and end-user, and achieve value for money.
Coverage includes:
- project structures, stakeholders and techniques for selecting the right people
- contracts, procurement and planning techniques
- budget cost estimates, the time-cost relationship and value management
- approaches and techniques to identify and manage project risk
- the impact leadership and team building have on construction performance
Providing practical and internationally applicable project management tools, Art and practice of managing projects is an invaluable handbook for professionals in all fields. The book also serves as an important reference for students, project clients and stakeholders seeking a guide to the planning, management and delivery of successful projects. Contents
Systems - the genesis of projects
- Systems approach
- Representing systems
- Systems thinking
- Synergy between organisations and projects
Changes in managing work
- An account of management progression
- The rise of 'management by projects'
- Project management: today's fashion?
Organising for project work
- Projects: agents for change
- Performing organisations
- Relationship management
- Project teams, people, skills
- Project management office
Conceiving and defining projects
- Aligning business strategy and project management
- Project conceptualisation
- Project financing
- Managing the design phase
Project plans and protocols
- Planning and scheduling
- Estimating the budget cost
- Time and cost: inter-linkage & performance
- Project risk and its management
- Value and the value system
Achieving successful outcomes
- Procuring what the project needs
- Managing the project and its stakeholders
- Quality, health, safety and environment
- Communications and configuration management
- Completion, feedback, and lessons learned
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