Project Management: The Managerial Process w/ Student CD-ROM

Project Management, 2/e is a text with cases, and it is suitable for a course in project management and for professionals who seek a project management handbook. This text addresses the major questions and issues the authors have encountered while teaching and consulting with practicing project managers domestically and abroad. Focusing on applications, this text provides a road map for managing any type of projectextending the boundaries of project management from traditional project-oriented industries such as construction and aerospace to information technology, R & D, engineering design, pharmaceutical, and services. Besides covering a broad range of industries, Project Management: The Managerial Process is distinguished by the fact that it balances the coverage of the technical aspects of project management with the behavioral aspects. The reader is introduced to the strategic role of projects in contemporary organizations, how projects are prioritized, what tools and techniques can be used to plan and schedule projects, what organization and managerial styles will improve chances of project success, how project managers orchestrate complex networks of relationships, what factors contribute to the development of a high performing project team, how the project system helps to insure some measure of control, how project managers need to be aware of cultural influences in preparing for an international project, and how senior management can develop a supportive organizational culture for implementing projects.

Table of Contents:
1. MODERN PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2. ALIGNMENT OF PROJECTS WITH ORGANIZATION STRATEGY 3.ORGANIZATION:STRUCTURE AND CULTURE 4. DEFINING THE PROJECT 5. THE CHALLENGE OF ESTIMATING PROJECT TIMES AND COSTS 6. DEVELOPING A PROJECT PLAN 7. MANAGING RISK 8. SCHEDULING RESOURCES 9. REDUCING PROJECT DURATION 10. LEADERSHIP: BEING AN EFFECTIVE PROJECT MANAGER 11. MANAGING PROJECT TEAMS 12. PARTNERING: MANAGING INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONS 13. PROGRESS AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION 14. PROJECT AUDIT AND CLOSURE 15. INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS 16. THE PROCESS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND THE FUTURE

About the Author :
Professor emeritus of management at the College of Business, Oregon State University. He continues to teach undergraduate and graduate project management courses overseas and in the United States; he has personally taught more than 100 executive development seminars and workshops. His research and consulting interests have been divided equally between operations management and project management; he has published numerous articles in these areas, plus a text on project management. He has also conducted research with colleagues in the International Project Management Association. Cliff has been a member of the Project Management Institute since 1976 and was one of the founders of the Portland, Oregon, chapter. He has been the president of Project Management International, Inc. (a training and consulting firm specializing in project management) since 1977. He received his B.A. in economics and management from Millikin University, M.B.A. from Indiana University, and doctorate in operations management from the College of Business, University of Oregon. Professor of project management in the department of management, marketing, and international business at the College of Business, Oregon State University. He teaches executive, graduate, and undergraduate courses on project management, organizational behavior, and leadership. His research and consulting activities focus on project management. He has published numerous articles on matrix management, product development, and project partnering. He has been a member of the Portland, Oregon, chapter of the Project Management Institute since 1984. In 1995 he worked as a Fullbright scholar with faculty at the Krakow Academy of Economics on modernizing Polish business education. In 2005 he was a visiting professor at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He received a B.A. in psychology from Claremont McKenna College and a Ph.D. in management from State University of New York at Buffalo. He is a certified project management professional (PMP).