Effective Project Management Traditional, Adaptive

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* An updated edition of the bestselling book on managing IT projects * New topics introduced in this edition include Adaptive and eXtreme management methods, team selection and management, and risk analysis * Immerses readers in a simulated real-world situation where they must perform as seasoned project managers to move example projects through their lifecycles * Walks readers through a series of projects that they are most likely to encounter on the job * Authors adhere to the Project Management Institute's (PMI) curriculum outline * The fully-interactive CD-ROM has been updated for MS Project 2002

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Effective Project Management Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme Third Edition Robert K. Wysocki, Ph.D. with contributions by Rudd McGary, Ph.D.,PMP Executive Publisher: Robert Ipsen Vice President and Publisher: Joe Wikert Executive Editor: Robert M. Elliott Developmental Editor: Kevin Kent Editorial Manager: Kathryn A. Malm Production Editor: Felicia Robinson Media Development Specialists: Megan Decraene and Kit Malone Text Design & Composition: Wiley Composition Services Copyright © 2003 by Robert Wysocki, Rudd McGary. All rights reserved. Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8700. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Legal Department