Managing High-Technology Programs and Projects - Rilegato

Archibald, Russell D.

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ISBN 10: 0471265578 ISBN 13: 9780471265573

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003

Riassunto

A well-known author within the field: Russell Archibald is widely known in the project management field. He helped to found the Project Management Institute, and he is a former principal with Integrated Project Systems, a consulting firm that specializes in process and system implementation and training in project management for high-tech corporations and agencies.
* The definitive book on managing high-tech initiatives: This book fulfills a long-standing need for a comprehensive, practical and unified description of the business of managing complex programs and projects. It provides detailed coverage of all aspects of complex project management, with emphasis on those involving advanced technology.

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Informazioni sull?autore

RUSSELL D. ARCHIBALD, PMP, Fellow PMI and APM/IPMA, MSc, has held engineering and executive positions in the defense/aerospace, refinery construction and operation, automotive manufacturing, and telecommunications industries. Since 1982, he has consulted in project management to companies and agencies in twelve countries on four continents, and has taught project management principles and practices to thousands of managers and specialists around the world. He is an original founding trustee and member of the Project Management Institute.

Dalla quarta di copertina

An invaluable resource for project managers, Managing High-Technology Programs and Projects, Third Edition covers every aspect of project management for today?s high-tech business world. It offers proven methodologies and professional guidance for managing any project or program from start to finish. Completely updated, revised, and improved to keep up with the changing world of project management, it covers all the new technologies and methodologies project managers rely on for success. Readers will find step-by-step coverage of these topics, and more:

• New advances in information technology
• New techniques, tools, and methodologies
• Understanding the project or program you are working on
• Organizing the project management function
• Setting up the project team and building project commitment
• Starting up a project rapidly and efficiently
• Managing multiple projects
• Selecting project planning and scheduling software packages
• Conducting in-progress evaluations and providing project direction
• Finishing the project on time, within budget, and according to specifications

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

A totally revised and updated new edition of the bestselling project management resource, Managing High-Technology Programs and Projects, Third Edition includes the latest information on the most important issues within the project management field. Seasoned project manager Russell Archibald offers a unified, practical, and proven methodology for organizing and managing all types of complex programs and projects. Archibald covers every aspect of project management?from basic principles to specific details.

Part I offers a guide to program and project management that informs senior executives and project managers about the overarching principles and practices that directly affect their responsibilities and performance. It discusses different types of programs and projects and how to organize the project management function and the project management office (PMO). In addition, Part I presents comprehensive information on team building and other human aspects of project management and offers strategies for overcoming barriers to success. Part I also includes checklists that are designed to help senior executives achieve continued improvement and development of their organizations? project management capabilities.

Part II covers specific projects, discusses how to organize project offices and teams, and explains every element in the required planning and control system. From start-up to close-out, readers will learn everything they need to know to ensure the on-time, on-budget completion of any project. It also covers all the techniques used to effectively evaluate and direct the project.

This better-than-ever resource has been completely revised and includes entirely new chapters to highlight all the changes that the practice of project management has undergone in recent years, including:

• The advent of the Internet and the improvement in management capabilities and performance it has brought
• Linking strategic growth management of the organization with project management through the project portfolio management process
• All new and improved project management methods and tools and effective ways to implement them
• The growing importance of the project management function within organizations
• Recognition that projects must be managed on an integrated life-cycle basis from concept through all their phases to post-completion
• More powerful project management software applications
• Wider use of formalized risk analysis and tracking methods

Managing High-Technology Programs and Projects, Third Edition is the definitive book on managing high-tech initiatives. It presents a comprehensive look at the business of project management and offers special emphasis on those vital projects involving advanced technology.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0471265578
• ISBN 13: 9780471265573
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 400
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile