Author’s
Note
Project Management - Planning
and Control Techniques is a techniques book designed to take you step-by-step
through the latest planning and control techniques,
particularly those used by the Project
Management Software and the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (both APM and PMI).
Project management continues
to grow as a profession through a wide range
of projects (both large
and small). The project management body of
knowledge (PMBOK and APM bok) have both been
revised and expanded
into nine and 55 knowledge areas respectively.
Employers are increasingly encouraging their
managers to gain professional project management
certification to comply with their quality
management systems. Project management techniques
are now
used outside the traditional project industries,
and a management-by-project approach has been
adopted by many large companies in an effort
to keep their work small, innovative and manageable.
Project
Management Computing: Despite the advances
in project management software over the past
twenty years (over 200 software packages
are reported to be available), the project manager
still needs to understand the basic principles
of project management to apply the software
successfully. Although there have been no
new
project management
planning and control techniques introduced
since the sixties, the communication field
has developed
through computer networking and the Internet
- both enhancing the project’s information
and control system, and the mobile office.
Target
Market: This book is widely used
on university degree programmes, executive
management
training
courses, planning software courses, and
professional certification (PMP). The undergraduate
degree
programmes tend to focus on project management
principles and calculations, while the
postgraduate degrees and MBA modules focus on
applying
project management principles through case
studies
and academic projects. The executive management
training
courses for practising managers focus on
the practical planning and control techniques
often
using the delegates' projects as a live
case study. The computer planning skills training
courses teach clients how to use proprietary
software (often having to explain basic
planning
techniques first). The professional certification
examinations (project management professional
[PMP]) are structured around the project
management body of knowledge (PMBOK and
APM bok) to give a formal qualification
which is internationally
recognised.
Academically there is a trend
away from knowledge based assessment towards
competency
based
assessment where you are not assessed
on your knowledge
alone, but on your ability to apply your
knowledge. In this context project management
competency
is the application of project management
planning and control techniques to your
projects - developing
a plan and guiding your projects towards
a successful completion.
Project Management
5ed includes plenty of worked examples and
exercises, together
with
an Instructor’s
Manual for lecturers using this book.
Rory
Burke
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