| Description |
1 online resource (902 pages) |
| Series |
Project and Programme Management Practitioner Handbooks |
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Project and Programme Management Practitioner Handbooks
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Notes on the Contributors; Preface; PART 1 MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION; Chapter 1 People and Project Management; Management Challenges Specific to Projects; Impact of People in Project Management; A Model for Analysing and Improving Relationships between People and Projects; Wider Management Perspectives; Summary; Conclusion: Guidance from this Handbook; Chapter 2 Successes and Failures of People in Projects; Defining Project Success ñ and Some Statistics; Factors that Contribute to Project Failure |
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Processes and ProceduresLeading the Project; Company Management Actions and Reactions; Prioritisation of People, Procedures, and Technology; Improving Project Success Rates; Leadership and Direction; The Effect of a Bad Personality on the Team; Listening to Your Stakeholders; Difficult Decisions; Team Building; Conclusion; References and Further Reading; Chapter 3 Project Life Cycles; Some Fundamental Features of Project Life Cycles; Life Cycle Implications for People Before Project Authorisation; Management of People in Relation to the Life Cycle Phases of a Project after Authorisation |
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Transfer of Responsibilities During the Project Life CycleDifficulties Caused by Life Cycles that Do not Run to Plan; Conclusion; References and Further Reading; Chapter 4 Project Sponsors; Introduction; Motivations and Expectations of Project Sponsors; Project Sponsor Competencies; Research Findings; Conclusions; References and Further Reading; Chapter 5 Corporate Managers' Support for the Project Manager; Costs and Benefits of Project Management; How Much Project Management Do we Need?; Active Support from Senior Management for Project Management; References and Further Reading |
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Chapter 6 Project Management in the Private SectorIntroduction; Organisation Structures of Private Sector Projects; Senior Project Stakeholders; Project Management Methodology; Support from Senior Management; Business Change Projects; Sharing Best Practice; Politics; Contractors and Outsourcing; The Project Manager in the Private Sector; Conclusion; Chapter 7 People in Public Sector Projects; Public Sector Organisations; Organisation Structures of Public Sector Projects; Project Management Methods and Frameworks; Politics; Budgetary Issues; Austerity Measures; Use of Contractors |
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Commercial AwarenessProject Managers in the Public Sector; Pay, Conditions of Service and Motivation; Conclusion; References and Further Reading; Chapter 8 Project Management in the Third Sector; An Introductory Cautionary Tale; Nature of Third Sector Projects; Funding Third Sector Projects; Special Challenges for Third Sector Project Managers; Summary of Project Management Standards and Practice in Third Sector Projects; Chapter 9 Introduction to Project Organisation Structures; Introduction to Organisation Structures; Coordination Matrix Project Organisations; Project Team Organisations |
| Notes |
Further Reading |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lock, Dennis
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| ISBN |
9781317125198 |
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1317125193 |
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