This landmark reference on project management offers unmatched top-to-bottom coverage of project management for any size industrial organization. The fourth edition places heightened emphasis on strategic management for the organization and provides leading-edge information and techniques on self-managing teams, innovative organizational structuring, team composition, and alternative teams. It maintains a focus on the use of flexible teams to implement organizational strategies — particularly changes in products, services, and processes — placing this book at the forefront of project management design. Enhanced throughout with diagrams, tables, chapter summaries, checklists, and case studies, this publication sets a standard of excellence in the field.

From the Preface: “...This book's fourth edition continues to...[show] how to use projects for the management of product, service, and organizational process change to prepare the organization for its competitive future...Many books and articles that have been published about project management treat the subject as if it were a nearly separate entity in the management of organizations. Little is found in the literature that puts project management in its proper place in the strategic management of organizations. This book tries to do just that...”

Target Audience: Every professional who needs to effectively manage projects; students in many disciplines who will be future project leaders.

Table of Contents:

Introduction:

Why Project Management?

The Project Management Process

The Strategic Context of Projects:

When to Use Project Management

The Strategic Context of Projects

The Board of Directors and Major Projects

Project Stakeholder Management

Strategic Issues in Project Management

Organizational Design for Project Management:

Organizing for Project Management

Project Authority

Project Management Maturity

Project Operations:

Project Planning

Project Management Information System

Project Monitoring, Evaluation, and Control

The Project Earned Value Management System

Project Termination

Interpersonal Dynamics in the Management of Projects:

Project Leadership

Project Communications

Effective Project Teamwork

The Cultural Elements:

Continuous Improvement through Projects

Cultural Considerations in Project Management

New Prospects:

Alternative Project Teams

The Future of Project Management

Index