Jack R. Meredith, Broyhill Distinguished Scholar and Chair in Operations, Wake Forest University, Scott M. Shafer, Associate Dean and Professor of Management, Wake Forest University, Samuel J. Mantel, Jr. (deceased), University of Cincinnati.
6th ed.
New York :
Wiley,
2016.
1 online resource (329 pages)
The Project Management Office and Project Maturity.
Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Crystal Ball Trial Card; Contents ; Preface; 1 The World of Project Management ; 1.1 What Is a Project? ; Trends in Project Management ; 1.2 Project Management vs. General Management ; Major Differences ; Negotiation.
1.3 What Is Managed? The Three Goals of a Project 1.4 The Life Cycles of Projects ; 1.5 Selecting Projects To Meet Organizational Objectives ; Nonnumeric Selection Methods ; Numeric Selection Methods ; 1.6 The Project Portfolio Process ; 1.7 The Materials in this Text.
Leadership, Style, Ethics Ability to Handle Stress ; 2.4 Project Management as a Profession ; 2.5 Fitting Projects into the Parent Organization ; Pure Project Organization ; Functional Project Organization ; Matrix Project Organization ; Mixed Organizational Systems.
Review Questions Discussion Questions ; Exercises ; Incident for Discussion ; Case: Friendly Assisted Living Facility-1 ; Case: Handstar Inc. ; Bibliography ; 2 The Manager, the Organization, and the Team ; 2.1 The PM's Roles ; Facilitator ; Communicator.
Virtual Project Manager Meetings, Convener and Chair ; 2.2 The PM's Responsibilities to the Project ; Acquiring Resources ; Fighting Fires and Obstacles ; Leadership ; Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Persuasion ; 2.3 Selection of a Project Manager ; Credibility ; Sensitivity.