Green Project Management - Rilegato

Maltzman, Richard; Shirley, David

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ISBN 10: 1439830010 ISBN 13: 9781439830017

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 2010

Riassunto

Winner of PMI’s 2011 David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award

Detailing cutting-edge green techniques and methods, this book teaches project managers how to maximize resources and get the most out of limited budgets. It supplies proven techniques and best practices in green project management, including risk and opportunity assessments. With illustrative case studies and insights from acknowledged leaders in green project management, the text:

• Explains how to tap into green incentives, including grants, rebates, and tax credits
• Includes case studies that illustrate how to integrate green techniques and methods to generate cost savings and maximize resources
• Provides green techniques that take little time to implement, can benefit all types of projects, and can generate immediate savings to your project’s bottom line

Praise for:

A first-of-its-kind book ... a must-read for senior executives as well as project managers.―Harold Kerzner, Ph.D., Senior Executive Director for Project Management at The International Institute for Learning

... an impressive piece of work. ―Jean Binder, PMP, MBA, award-winning author (David I. Cleland Literature Award, 2008)This important book defines the green field and sets out the steps for those who want to be ahead of the crowd...―Dr. David Hillson, PMP, FAPM, FIRM, MCMI, Director of Risk Doctor & Partners

... an incredible call to arms to increase your project greenality for a better world, or a bigger pay check, if you’re still cynical on this topic. ―Bas de Baar, ProjectShrink.com

... an excellent job of making the reader aware of how much influence a single project manager, let alone an entire discipline, can have on improving our environment.
―Professor Schwalbe, Department of Business Administration, Augsburg College

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Informazioni sull'autore

Rich Maltzman, PMP , has been an engineer since 1978 and a project management supervisor since 1988, including a recent two-year assignment in the Netherlands in which he built a team of PMs overseeing deployments of telecom networks in Europe and the Middle East. His project work has been diverse, including projects such as the successful deployment of the entire video and telecom infrastructure for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, and the 2006 integration of the program management offices (PMOs) of two large merging corporations. As a second, but intertwined career, Rich has also focused on consulting and teaching, having developed curricula and/or taught at:

• Boston University's Corporate E ducation Center
• Merrimack College
• Northern Essex Community College
• University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Rich has also professionally developed project management professional (PMP) exam prep courseware, including exams and books. He even edited and was the voice for a set of eight audio CDs-a major part of a PMP prep course for an international company, for whom he has also facilitated PMP exam study groups. Rich was selected for the modeling team for the fourth edition of the PMBOK Guide published by the Project Management Institute (PMI) in 2008, and contributed to the chapters on quality and risk.Recently, Rich presented at two international conferences-the PMO Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, and the PMO Summit in Coconut Grove, Florida, the subject being the development framework for project managers. Currently, Rich is senior manager, learning and professional advancement, at the Global Program Management Office of a major telecom concern.Rich's educational background includes a BSEE from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and an MSIE from Purdue University. In addition, Rich has a mini-MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1439830010
• ISBN 13: 9781439830017
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 296
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania