The New Dynamic Project Management
Winning Through the Competitive Advantage
2. Edition February 2001
XXII, 574 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
While the basic concepts of project management have remained unchanged, the global economy has experienced dramatic turnarounds in the decade since the publication of Kezsborn's Dynamic Project Management. This complete revision of that bestseller incorporates the numerous new management issues of the last 10 years.
Gain the competitive advantage with innovative management strategies for the new millennium!
Business survival in today's global competitive economy requires companies to adapt quickly to rapidly changing markets, tighter schedules, diverse teams, and frequent technological advances. Change today is so pervasive that it has, paradoxically, become a constant.
Based on their extensive and diverse project management experience within Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, the authors provide a practical and highly informative guide that can be applied easily to a variety of technical projects, regardless of industry! Revised and updated to reflect today's revolutionary changes and extraordinary business challenges, The New Dynamic Project Management: Winning Through the Competitive Advantage provides proven, practical management strategies to give your projects and your teams the competitive advantage.
Project Management: Introduction and Overview.
Creating Organizations for Project Work.
Business and Project Planning in the Global Marketplace.
Planning and Development Methodologies.
Charting the Course Using the Tools of Planning.
Scheduling Project Activities.
Optimizing the Schedule.
Leadership in a Project Environment.
Planning for and Utilizing Conflict.
Tracking and Controlling the Project.
Organizational and Interpersonal Project Communication: Spanning Across Boundaries.
Quality in the Project Environment.
Building and Maintaining Project Team Performance.
Procurement and Contract Management.
Project Management in the Information Age.
Glossary.
Index.
KATHERINE A. EDWARD is an educator and active program manager. She has managed projects of all sizes including commercial software application development, business process reengineering, corporate mergers and acquisitions, alliance partnerships, and multimedia production. Over the last two decades she has worked with Bell Laboratories, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and Avaya Inc. She is currently a senior manager with Avaya and serves to promote excellence in software engineering and project management.