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This A-to-Z guide delivers the know-how that separates amateur project managers from the professionals. Step by step, it presents the principles, tools, and techniques that ensure excellence in managing any type of project in any industry. Using the planning of a wedding as a familiar example, the book shows how to: * define goals and objectives * plot a project road map that everyone can follow * organize teams for top efficiency * control momentum and direction * avoid "scope creep" * achieve smooth closure More contemporary than other books on the subject, this one emphasizes the importance of risk management, the use of the Internet and other technologies, metrics, quality measures, and the "people side" of project management.
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Project Management Practitioner's Handbook by Ralph L. Kleim and Irwin S. Ludin AMACOM Books ISBN: 0814403964 Pub Date: 01/01/98 Search Tips Search this book: Advanced Search Preface Title Part I—An Overview of Projects and Their Effective and Successful Management Chapter 1—Project Management in Today’s World of Business ----------- Project Management Defined Classical vs. Behavioral Approaches to Managing Projects The Project Cycle and Tts Phases Project Success or Failure Chapter 2—A Wedding in Naples: Background Information on Our Case Study Organizational Structure General Nature of the Business An Opportunity Arises The Initial Process Selection of the Project Manager Questions for Getting Started Chapter 3—The Qualities of Good Leadership What Leaders Do When Leadership Falters or Is Missing Are Leaders Born or Made? Part II—The Basic Functions of Project Management Chapter 4—The Vision Statement and Motivating for Project Success Providing the Project Vision Communicating the Vision Keeping People Pocused on the Vision Facilitating and