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Dennis Lock's masterly exposition of the principles and practice of
project management has been pre-eminent in its field for 45 years
and was among the first books to treat project management as a
holistic subject. But Project Management has been kept completely
up to date by regular and sensitive revisions to ensure that it
remains fresh and totally relevant. Project Management explains the
entire project management process in great detail, demonstrating
techniques from simple charts to detailed computer applications.
Everything is reinforced with clear diagrams and case examples,
many new for this edition. The author has expanded discussion of
topics such as supply chain management and the project management
office (PMO), and there are new chapters about implementing change
management projects and the role of senior managers in supporting
projects. Obsolescent or less frequently used methods have been
stripped out, but readers of the hardback Tutor's Edition will find
that this deleted material lives on as new chapters on the
accompanying CD-ROM, which has itself also been thoroughly revised.
Importantly, that disc includes comprehensive Power Point
presentations with hundreds of well designed slides that tutors can
use directly as a valuable resource for their lectures. Students
have always commented on this book's reader-friendly style, which
is free of unnecessary jargon, with clear diagrams and a
construction that is logically organized, well indexed and simple
to navigate. This Tenth Edition is certain to maintain the book's
acclaimed status as the standard work for managers and students
alike.
Modern projects are all about one group of people delivering
benefits to others, so it's no surprise that the human element is
fundamental to project management. The Gower Handbook of People in
Project Management is a complete guide to the human dimensions
involved in projects. The book is a unique and rich compilation of
over 60 chapters about project management roles and the people who
sponsor, manage, deliver, work in or are otherwise important to
project success. It looks at the people-issues that are specific to
different sectors of organization (public, private and third
sector); the organization of people in projects, both real and
virtual; the relationship between people, their roles and the
project environment; and the human behaviours and skills associated
with working collaboratively. Thus this comprehensive and
innovative handbook discusses all the important topics associated
with employing, developing and managing people for successful
projects. The contributors have been drawn from around the world
and include experts ranging from practising managers to academics
and advanced researchers. The Handbook is divided into six parts,
which begin with management and project organization and progress
through to more advanced and emerging practices. It benefits hugely
from Lindsay Scott's expert knowledge and experience in this field
and from Dennis Lock's contributions and meticulous editing to
ensure that the text and illustrations are always lucid and
informative.
This title was first published in 2001. Synopsis: The Essentials of
Project Management is a primer assembled from Dennis Lock's
comprehensive book, Project Management. It provides a concise,
straightforward account of the principles and techniques of project
management designed to meet the needs of the non-specialist. This
second edition reflects the changes made for the seventh edition of
Project Management. The ideal introduction for anyone responsible
for managing projects, as well as students.
Books about project management are plentiful. The best of those
books are too comprehensive for the person faced for the first time
with managing a small and relatively straightforward project, or
for the student studying for a degree or business qualification in
which project management is only one of several modules. But, at
the other extreme too many of the simpler books treat project
management lightly, gloss over or ignore some essential processes,
and even get the facts wrong and give incorrect examples. Naked
Project Management is an introductory guide to the world of project
management from one of the world's most accomplished project
management authors. Lock has stripped project management down to
its bare facts - simplifying everything but trivializing nothing -
leaving sound practical advice on how to organize and manage a
small or medium sized project. The book is written in the direct
jargon-free style that has become Dennis Lock's hallmark.
Everything is carefully explained and supported with clear
diagrams. It covers all the essential aspect of project management
in astonishingly few words and provides further instruction with an
entertaining case study project that flows logically through the
chapters from beginning to end. Degree and other students for whom
project management is an elective or small part of their course
will love this compact time-saving and reasonably priced study
resource.
In recent years organizations of all kinds have learned that
project working, once considered significant only for engineering
and construction companies, can help to ensure that the intended
benefits of business change will be realized in full and on time.
This development means that more people than ever before need to
understand the basic process, language and purpose of project
working. That awareness is important not only for those actually
engaged in project work, in all sectors of industry and commerce,
but also for senior managers, project sponsors and the other
stakeholders. The fourth edition of Essentials of Project
Management is the junior complement to Dennis Lock's comprehensive,
successful and encyclopaedic textbook, Project Management (now in
its Tenth Edition). Essentials provides a concise, straightforward
account of the principles and techniques of project management,
designed to meet the needs of the business manager or student.
Using examples and illustrations, the author introduces the key
project management procedures and explains clearly how and when to
use them. The Essentials of Project Management remains the ideal
first text for anyone new to project working or students studying
project management as part of a wider business qualification or
degree.
Books about project management are plentiful. The best of those
books are too comprehensive for the person faced for the first time
with managing a small and relatively straightforward project, or
for the student studying for a degree or business qualification in
which project management is only one of several modules. But, at
the other extreme too many of the simpler books treat project
management lightly, gloss over or ignore some essential processes,
and even get the facts wrong and give incorrect examples. Naked
Project Management is an introductory guide to the world of project
management from one of the world's most accomplished project
management authors. Lock has stripped project management down to
its bare facts - simplifying everything but trivializing nothing -
leaving sound practical advice on how to organize and manage a
small or medium sized project. The book is written in the direct
jargon-free style that has become Dennis Lock's hallmark.
Everything is carefully explained and supported with clear
diagrams. It covers all the essential aspect of project management
in astonishingly few words and provides further instruction with an
entertaining case study project that flows logically through the
chapters from beginning to end. Degree and other students for whom
project management is an elective or small part of their course
will love this compact time-saving and reasonably priced study
resource.
Although projects always carry risk, too many projects run late or
exceed their original budgets by eye-watering amounts. This book is
a comprehensive guide to the procedures needed to ensure that
projects will be delivered on time, to specification and within
budget. Eight expert contributors have combined their considerable
talents to explain all aspects of project control from project
conception to completion in an informative text, liberally
supported where necessary by clear illustrations. This handbook
will benefit all project practitioners, including project managers
and those working in project management offices. It will also
provide an invaluable guide for students studying for higher
degrees in project management and its associated disciplines.
Dennis Lock's masterly exposition of the principles and practice of
project management has been pre-eminent in its field for 45 years
and was among the first books to treat project management as a
holistic subject. But Project Management has been kept completely
up to date by regular and sensitive revisions to ensure that it
remains fresh and totally relevant. Project Management explains the
entire project management process in great detail, demonstrating
techniques from simple charts to detailed computer applications.
Everything is reinforced with clear diagrams and case examples,
many new for this edition. The author has expanded discussion of
topics such as supply chain management and the project management
office (PMO), and there are new chapters about implementing change
management projects and the role of senior managers in supporting
projects. Obsolescent or less frequently used methods have been
stripped out, but readers of the hardback Tutor's Edition will find
that this deleted material lives on as new chapters on the
accompanying downloadable resources, which have been thoroughly
revised. Importantly, that disc includes comprehensive Power Point
presentations with hundreds of well designed slides that tutors can
use directly as a valuable resource for their lectures. Students
have always commented on this book's reader-friendly style, which
is free of unnecessary jargon, with clear diagrams and a
construction that is logically organized, well indexed and simple
to navigate. This Tenth Edition is certain to maintain the book's
acclaimed status as the standard work for managers and students
alike.
Managing large and complex organizations; balancing the needs of
business-as-usual, new products and services and business change;
assuring risk across everything the business does; these are all
core requirements of modern business which are provided by the
discipline of portfolio management. The Handbook of Project
Portfolio Management is the definitive publication that introduces
and describes in detail project portfolio management in today's
ever-changing world. The handbook contains the essential knowledge
required for managing portfolios of business change with real-life
examples that are being used by today's organizations in various
industries and environments. The team of expert contributors
includes many of the most experienced and highly regarded
international writers and practitioners from the global project
portfolio management industry, selected to provide the reader with
examples, knowledge and the skills required to manage portfolios in
any organization. Dennis Lock and Reinhard Wagner's definitive
reference on project portfolio management explains: the context and
role of the discipline; the practical processes, tools and
techniques required for managing portfolios successfully; the
capability required and how to develop it. The text also covers the
recognized standards as well as emerging issues such as
sustainability and environment. Collectively, this is a must-have
guide from the leading commentators and practitioners on project
portfolio management from across the world.
This title was first published in 2001. Synopsis: The Essentials of
Project Management is a primer assembled from Dennis Lock's
comprehensive book, Project Management. It provides a concise,
straightforward account of the principles and techniques of project
management designed to meet the needs of the non-specialist. This
second edition reflects the changes made for the seventh edition of
Project Management. The ideal introduction for anyone responsible
for managing projects, as well as students.
When Advanced Project Management first appeared it quickly acquired
a reputation for excellence on both sides of the Atlantic as a book
that successfully bridges the gap between introductory texts on
project management and specialist works on professional practice.
Its aim is twofold: to provide a guide for managers, engineers,
accountants and others involved in project work, and a reference
for advanced students of project and construction management. This
fourth edition of the book has been heavily revised, with
substantial material to reflect the changes in project management.
The following topics are either new to the book or have been given
greater emphasis: c Project definition and appraisal c Procurement
and the supply chain c Concurrent engineering c Cost and management
accounting c Quality management c More detailed explanations of
critical path analysis, now predominantly using the precedence
system c Increased treatment of resource scheduling c Planning with
multiple calendars c Planning within fixed time constraints, using
crashing and fast-tracking methods c Standard networks, modules and
templates c Risk management.
In the ten years since this Gower Handbook was first published,
Programme Management has been transformed to become the vehicle of
choice for realising the objectives of large scale, complicated,
business, government and social investment. The Second Edition of
this Gower Handbook is a completely new text; designed as a
definitive guide to the current state of Programme Management. To
that end the text offers foundation theory and knowledge around key
issues such as, managing programme contracts, people and know-how,
complexity and uncertainty, benefits and success measures, as well
as every stage of the programme life cycle. The main central
section of the book provides theory, tools, advice and examples of
practical application from an industry context and covers sectors
including construction, energy, aerospace and defence, IT,
automotive and the public sector. The Handbook also includes a
section with chapters on assessing and improving programme
competences and developing maturity. Discrete chapters relate
programme management to the international baselines and standards.
Collectively, the Gower Handbook of Programme Management is most
comprehensive guide to the subject that you can buy.
The one thing that all well-run, profitable construction projects
have in common is that they benefit from good project managers.
People who have the skills to plan the project, manage it and keep
it on track whenever tight timescales, costs, people or other
difficulties threaten to derail it. The good news is that there is
no secret art to project management. These are the skills that any
manager can learn and use. Project Management in Construction is a
practical, easy-to-read guide to defining, organizing, planning,
and executing a construction project so that it is completed to the
satisfaction of the principal stakeholders. The book is part of the
Leading Construction Series co-published by Gower and
CITB-ConstructionSkills. The Leading Construction Series is part of
a CITB-ConstructionSkills initiative to develop management skills
within the industry. The books in this series are designed to be
essentially practical, with a firm grounding in the construction
industry.
When Advanced Project Management first appeared it quickly acquired
a reputation for excellence on both sides of the Atlantic as a book
that successfully bridges the gap between introductory texts on
project management and specialist works on professional practice.
Its aim is twofold: to provide a guide for managers, engineers,
accountants and others involved in project work, and a reference
for advanced students of project and construction management. This
fourth edition of the book has been heavily revised, with
substantial material to reflect the changes in project management.
The following topics are either new to the book or have been given
greater emphasis: c Project definition and appraisal c Procurement
and the supply chain c Concurrent engineering c Cost and management
accounting c Quality management c More detailed explanations of
critical path analysis, now predominantly using the precedence
system c Increased treatment of resource scheduling c Planning with
multiple calendars c Planning within fixed time constraints, using
crashing and fast-tracking methods c Standard networks, modules and
templates c Risk management.
In recent years organizations of all kinds have learned that
project working, once considered significant only for engineering
and construction companies, can help to ensure that the intended
benefits of business change will be realized in full and on time.
This development means that more people than ever before need to
understand the basic process, language and purpose of project
working. That awareness is important not only for those actually
engaged in project work, in all sectors of industry and commerce,
but also for senior managers, project sponsors and the other
stakeholders. The fourth edition of Essentials of Project
Management is the junior complement to Dennis Lock's comprehensive,
successful and encyclopaedic textbook, Project Management (now in
its Tenth Edition). Essentials provides a concise, straightforward
account of the principles and techniques of project management,
designed to meet the needs of the business manager or student.
Using examples and illustrations, the author introduces the key
project management procedures and explains clearly how and when to
use them. The Essentials of Project Management remains the ideal
first text for anyone new to project working or students studying
project management as part of a wider business qualification or
degree.
Triant Flouris is a prominent academic and administrator in
aviation management education; Dennis Lock has more than forty
years experience in practising, lecturing and writing about project
management. When these two experts combined their considerable
talents to write their earlier book Aviation Project Management, it
was little wonder that distinguished reviewers gave generous praise
and acclaimed it as a welcome addition to what, until then, had
been a neglected field. That first title was structured as an
essential primer for managers and students. The authors have now
written this more in-depth book for managers and students who need
to study aviation project management in much greater detail, as
well as critically connect project management within an aviation
context to prudent business decision-making. Aviation project
management is described in considerable detail throughout all
stages of a lifecycle that begins when the project is only a vague
concept and does not end until the project has been successfully
completed, fully documented, and put into operational service.
Aviation projects have commonly failed to deliver their expected
outcomes on time and have greatly exceeded their intended budgets.
Many of those failures would have been prevented if the project
managers had adhered to the sound principles of project management,
as described and demonstrated throughout this book.
Combining the considerable respective expertise of Triant Flouris
and Dennis Lock, this unique book highlights the ways that
successful businesses are managed in the aviation industry through
the identification and application of proven project management
methods. Theoretical concepts are defined, clarified and shown how
they can be valuable to business managers and students of the
aviation business sector. Aviation Project Management builds on the
successful and popular work of Dennis Lock but is considerably
enhanced by applications, examples, illustrations and case examples
pertaining to projects exclusively from the aviation industry.
Theory in the project management field is already well evolved, so
the purpose of this book is not to review that theory but rather to
demonstrate how the lessons of theory can be of practical use to
aviation students and business managers. It provides a practical
guide to those interested in how projects are managed and the
common mistakes that aviation project managers should avoid.
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