Project management

Irrigation Development in Africa: Lessons of Experience is a veritable encyclopedia of information on African irrigation.

A lot of managerial finessing is needed to handle the present era of the operations of the oil and gas industry, under the pressure of environmental issues.

This volume examines fundamental issues of macro-engineering-now a planetary norm-from the viewpoints of psychiatry, social science, management, and law.

Macro-engineering projects--enormous undertakings such as the design and construction of new cities, energy islands, and even outer-space industrial complexes--require bold vision, courage, and optimism as well as engineering and management skills.

During the 1970s an unprecedented number of large-scale, projects of various kinds were launched in the Third World.

Irrigation Development in Africa: Lessons of Experience is a veritable encyclopedia of information on African irrigation.

Construction Superintendents: Essential Skills for the Next Generation is the first college-level textbook designed to prepare you to take on a site supervisor role on a complex jobsite.

Construction Superintendents: Essential Skills for the Next Generation is the first college-level textbook designed to prepare you to take on a site supervisor role on a complex jobsite.

This book presents research tested models, methods and tools that can make the work of the facilities manager more robust and sustainable, help long-term strategic planning and support students and practitioners in FM to improve the way they approach and deal with challenges in practice.

Sustainable project management is a new school of management thought and a growing trend yet there is a scarcity of research on the linkage between individual PM methodologies and sustainability in projects.

This book presents research tested models, methods and tools that can make the work of the facilities manager more robust and sustainable, help long-term strategic planning and support students and practitioners in FM to improve the way they approach and deal with challenges in practice.

This book applies systems thinking to treat project management in a systemic and systematic manner from a problem-solving perspective.

This book applies systems thinking to treat project management in a systemic and systematic manner from a problem-solving perspective.

Fully updated to be aligned with the Project Management Body of Knowledge(R) (PMBOK(R) Guide), Sixth Edition, this study guide is structured per the PMP(R) Examination Content Outline (ECO), 2015 edition, which is the blueprint for the PMP(R) exam.

This book discusses risk management as it applies to problem-solving for simple, complex and wicked problems faced by policy creators and implementors, project managers and systems engineers in the context of policies, large engineering projects (LEPs), projects and systems.

Portfolio management consists mainly of making decisions about which initiatives to undertake, which initiatives not to pursue, and which resources are to be allocated to which portfolio component.

This book discusses risk management as it applies to problem-solving for simple, complex and wicked problems faced by policy creators and implementors, project managers and systems engineers in the context of policies, large engineering projects (LEPs), projects and systems.

Portfolio management consists mainly of making decisions about which initiatives to undertake, which initiatives not to pursue, and which resources are to be allocated to which portfolio component.

Fully updated to be aligned with the Project Management Body of Knowledge(R) (PMBOK(R) Guide), Sixth Edition, this study guide is structured per the PMP(R) Examination Content Outline (ECO), 2015 edition, which is the blueprint for the PMP(R) exam.

The book describes how to manage and successfully deliver large, complex, and expensive systems that can be composed of millions of line of software code, being developed by numerous groups throughout the globe, that interface with many hardware items being developed by geographically dispersed companies, where the system also includes people, policies, constraints, regulations, and a myriad of other factors.

The book describes how to manage and successfully deliver large, complex, and expensive systems that can be composed of millions of line of software code, being developed by numerous groups throughout the globe, that interface with many hardware items being developed by geographically dispersed companies, where the system also includes people, policies, constraints, regulations, and a myriad of other factors.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key aspects and contracts involved in the process of developing oil and gas projects, with an emphasis on offshore developments.

Welcome to Project Management: It's All Bollocks!

Welcome to Project Management: It's All Bollocks!

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key aspects and contracts involved in the process of developing oil and gas projects, with an emphasis on offshore developments.

The third edition of HIT or Miss: Lessons Learned from Health Information Technology Projects presents and dissects a wide variety of HIT failures so that the reader can understand in each case what went wrong and why and how to avoid such problems, without focusing on the involvement of specific people, organizations, or vendors.

The third edition of HIT or Miss: Lessons Learned from Health Information Technology Projects presents and dissects a wide variety of HIT failures so that the reader can understand in each case what went wrong and why and how to avoid such problems, without focusing on the involvement of specific people, organizations, or vendors.

People play a vital part in the success of projects, initiatives and organisations, yet traditional project management sources offer limited guidance and insights that extend beyond technical roles and prescriptions.

One of the most difficult, yet important, questions regarding projects is "e;What advantages will this project create for the investors and key stakeholders?

People play a vital part in the success of projects, initiatives and organisations, yet traditional project management sources offer limited guidance and insights that extend beyond technical roles and prescriptions.

One of the most difficult, yet important, questions regarding projects is "e;What advantages will this project create for the investors and key stakeholders?

Technology and organizations co-evolve, as is illustrated by the growth of information and communication technology (ICT) and global software engineering (GSE).

HIT or Miss for Student: Lessons Learned from Health Information Technology Projects presents and dissects a wide variety of HIT failures so that the students can understand in each case what went wrong and why and how to avoid such problems, without focusing on the involvement of specific people, organizations, or vendors.

This book enhances learning about complex project management principles and practices through the introduction and discussion of a portfolio of tools presented as an evolving toolbox.

Technology and organizations co-evolve, as is illustrated by the growth of information and communication technology (ICT) and global software engineering (GSE).

HIT or Miss for Student: Lessons Learned from Health Information Technology Projects presents and dissects a wide variety of HIT failures so that the students can understand in each case what went wrong and why and how to avoid such problems, without focusing on the involvement of specific people, organizations, or vendors.

This book enhances learning about complex project management principles and practices through the introduction and discussion of a portfolio of tools presented as an evolving toolbox.

The Stakeholder Perspective places people at the center of both projects and project management.

It is a systems world.

It is a systems world.

This book presents IPQMS (Integrated Planning and Quality Management System) as a powerful management methodology.

A disruption in your call center operation can conceivably cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars.

This book is an implementation guide for creating a Lean Culture from the ground up while gaining buy-in from key stakeholders and being able to sustain the results.

Central to the issue of improving project performance is the application of deterministic, probabilistic processes, and techniques to reduce human error.

Project management methodologies, practices, and guidelines are the only explicit information that project managers have and, when properly maintained, should reflect the most current knowledge and guidance to achieve repeatable successful project outcomes.

Central to the issue of improving project performance is the application of deterministic, probabilistic processes, and techniques to reduce human error.

This book collates the main research developments around Lean Construction over the past 25 years with contributions from many seminal authors in the field.

Managing Knowledge in Project Environments illustrates how knowledge management (KM) contributes to successful project work.

This book has been developed with an intellectual framework to focus on the challenges and specific qualities applicable to graduates on the threshold of their careers.

This book collates the main research developments around Lean Construction over the past 25 years with contributions from many seminal authors in the field.