The Rational Project Manager: A Thinking Team's Guide to Getting Work Done
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ISBN: 0471721468 / Publisher: Wiley, April 2005
Longman and Mullins, strategic consultants, explore the rationale, processes, and tools of successful project management, concentrating on problem solving, decision making, and communication. Setting aside theoretical explanations and complex formulas, they divide project management into three stages--definition, planning, and implementation--exploring each stage in depth and showing project managers how to apply concepts and avoid common mistakes. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This comprehensive exploration of the project management process presents the tools, steps, and processes of project management and uncovers the critical thinking -- the why -- vital to project management excellence. Incorporating Kepner-Tregoe?s renowned and effective problem-solving and decision-making processes, the book guides you through the core activities of project management?planning, solving problems, making decisions, and assessing risk. It positions projects within an organization?s "performance environment," an understanding of which is essential for effective team performance and alignment. Offering a combination of overarching insights into organizational dynamics, as well as specific processes and practices for effective management, this is a resource no project leader -- and no project team member -- should be without.
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