Project Management: Theory and Practice – by Gary Richardson L, Jackson Brad M. (2018)

Project Management: Theory and Practice, Third Edition gives students a broad and real flavor of project management. Bringing project management to life, it avoids being too sterilely academic and too narrowly focused on a particular industry view. It takes a model-based approach towards project management commonly used in all industries.

The textbook aligns with the latest version of the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) Guide, which is considered to be the de facto standard for project management. However, it avoids that standard’s verbiage and presents students with readable and understandable explanations. Core chapters align with the Project Management Institute’s model as well as explain how this model fits real-world projects. The textbook can be used as companion to the standard technical model and help those studying for various project management certifications. The textbook takes an in-depth look at the following areas important to the standard model:

  • Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
  • Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • Enterprise project management
  • Portfolio management (PPM)
  • Professional responsibility and ethics
  • Agile life cycle

The text begins with a background section (Chapters 1–9) containing material outside of the standard model structure but necessary to prepare students for the 10 standard model knowledge areas covered in the chapters that follow. The text is rounded out by eight concluding chapters that explain advanced planning approaches models and projects’ external environments.

Recognizing that project management is an evolving field, the textbook includes section written by industry experts who share their insight and expertise on cutting-edge topics. It prepares students for upcoming trends and changes in project management while providing an overview of the project management environment today. In addition to guiding students through current models and standards, Project Management: Theory and Practice, Third Edition prepares students for the future by stimulating their thinking beyond the accepted pragmatic view.

Table of contents

Section I CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT ENVIRONMENT
1. Introduction
2. Evolution of Project Management
3. Project Management Model
4. Industry Trends in Project Management. Project Types
5. Project Organization Concepts
6. Project Life Cycle Management
7. Role of Projects in the Organization
8. Project Success Factors

Section II FOUNDATION PROCESSES
9. Project Initiation
10. Project Plan Development
11. Scope Management
12. Quick Start Example
13. Schedule Management
14. Cost Management
15. Quality Management

Section III SOFT SKILL PROCESSES
16. Resource Management
17. Project Communications
18. Project Stakeholder Management
19. High Performance Teams

Section IV SUPPORT PROCESSES
20. Procurement Management
21. Risk Management
22. KA Integration and Plan Completion

Section V ADVANCED PLANNING MODELS
23. Analyzing Variable Time Estimates
24. Adaptive Life Cycle Models
25. Project Simulation
26. Critical Chain Model

Section VI PROJECT EXECUTING, MONITORING, AND CONTROL
27. Project Execution and Control
28. Change Management
29. Project and Enterprise Metrics
30. Earned Value Management
31. Tracking Project Progress
32. The Closing Process

Section VII PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT
33. Organizational Maturity
34. Project Portfolio Management
35. Enterprise Project Management Office
36. Project Governance
37. Projects Responsibility and Ethical Practices

Appendix A: Financial Metrics
Appendix B: Templates
Appendix C: Project Data Repository.

Product details

  • Publisher : Auerbach Publications; 3rd edition (July 19, 2018)
  • Language : English
  • Hardcover : 636 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0815360711
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0815360711
  • Item Weight : 2.28 pounds
  • Dimensions : 7 x 1.5 x 10 inches

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