The Definitive Guide to Project Management

YOUR DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO DELIVERING PROJECTS ON TIME, ON BUDGET AND TO BRIEF

If you want your projects to deliver what you want, every time, you need to master the techniques of effective project management. The Definitive Guide to Project Management shows you, step by step, how to do everything from scoping the project through to risk management, quality control and prioritization. It emphasizes throughout the importance of interpersonal skills in project management.

Now in its third edition, this bestselling book is ideal for project managers to use as a ready reference and problem solver while actively managing projects. Because it follows the worlds most popular and reliable methodology for project management from the Project Management Institute (PMI), it is an ideal companion for anyone preparing for the PMBOK exam.

The Definitive Guide to Project Management has been fully revised and updated to reflect the latest changes in the fourth edition of the PMBOK Guide.

FULLY ALIGNED WITH THE PMI'S PMBOK EXAMS

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Sebastian Nokes is a management consultant and has written and edited several management books. In his management consulting work he advises senior executives and board members of British, North American, European and Australasian corporations on a number of strategic issues including project and programme management, governance and benefits realization. He regularly project manages projects and programmes of a range of sizes, from smaller projects to multi-million pound projects. He is a member of the PMI and has the Institute's PMP certification.

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About the authors 

Acknowledgements 

Preface to the third edition

Preface to the second edition

List of figures

An introductory case study 

 

1     Introduction   

2    Project organization, people and management        

3    Project management processes       

4    Project integration management          

5    Project scope management        

6    Project time management          

7    Cost management 

8    Quality management 

9    People management (human resources) 

10  Project communications management 

11  Project risk management 

12  Project procurement management          

13 Professional responsibility 

 

Appendix A: The critical chain method 

Appendix B: Benefits management 

Appendix C: PMI exam preparation 

Afterword: Ten top tips for managing projects 

Index

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