Project Management

BENNET P. LIENTZ is a Professor of Management at UCLA Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

'This extremely useful handbook offers a definitive list of issues extracted from a database of project problems. It thus provides a unique resource for project managers looking to address project problems, improve their practice and deliver projects successfully.' - Professor Darren Dalcher, Director of the National Centre for Project Management, UK 'Project Management - A Problem Based Approach takes a novel view of the subject by drawing on the author's extensive database of recurring project problems. Indeed, if we could only eliminate the majority of project problems by heeding Lientz's Prevention, Detection and Actions recommendations, the reward would be a substantially improved project management success record.' - R. Max Wideman, FPMI

• PrefacePART I: INTRODUCTIONIntroductionProject Management Methodologies and Problem ManagementPART II: THE LIFE OF THE PROJECTProject Identification and ConceptProject PlanningProject ExecutionManage Multiple Projects and Resource AllocationProject ImplementationPART III: BUSINESS PROBLEMSBusiness UnitsBusiness EmployeesBusiness ProcessesBusiness Unit ManagementPART IV: MANAGEMENT PROBLEMSManagementCompany Policies and ProceduresCompany OrganizationPART V: VENDOR PROBLEMSVendorVendor ManagementVendor StaffVendor Methods and ToolsVendor WorkPART VI: PROJECT PROBLEMSSingle ProjectMultiple Projects and the Project PortfolioProject LeaderProject TeamRisk ManagementProject Methods and ToolsProject PlanPART VII: PROBLEMS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT AND CULTUREGovernment RegulationCountry Culture and SocietyPART VIII: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMSIT InfrastructureIT SystemsIT ManagementIT StaffIT Methods and ToolsAppendixBibliography and ReferencesWeb SitesIndex.