Covering the roles and responsibilities of the project manager, this second edition describes requirement specifications, work breakdown structures, project control and risk management, and offers new information on motivation, matrix arrangements, and project records. Discussing the anatomy of a project planning and control and techniques, the authors describe the project manager's entire range of responsibilities from initial planning to directing personnel, controlling work, and reporting results. The appendices cover work breakdown structure paradigms, cost versus time profiles, and checklists to assess work done.
By:
Arnold M. Ruskin,
W. Eugene Estes
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 40g
ISBN: 9780367401948
ISBN 10: 0367401940
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 23 September 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction. Anatomy of a Project. Roles and Responsibilities of the Project Manager. Planning Techniques. Control Techniques. Risk Management. Coordinating and Directing Techniques: Part I. Coordinating and Directing Techniques: Part II. Project Records and Reports. Negotiating. Epilogue. Appendix A: Work Breakdown Structure Paradigms and Processes. Appendix B: Transforming a Work Breakdown Structure into a Precedence Chart. Appendix C: Cost Versus Time Profiles. Appendix D: Measuring Project Progress: Percent Complete, Earned Value, and the Size of Work Increments. Appendix E: Questions to Assess Work Done. Appendix F: Cultural Aspects of Successful Matrix Organizations. Bibliography.
Ruskin, Arnold M.; Estes, W. Eugene
