Perspectives on Projects

ISBN-13: 9780415993739 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 368 str.

Rodney Turner

Opis

This text describes for students and managers the full range of skills that project managers must develop, and discusses when each skill is relevant to use. It features a series of case studies, drawn from a variety of settings, to illustrate how the different skills can provide different perspectives on projects.

Recenzje

"If you are looking for a nice overview of the generic and most common contemporary approaches to project management, or if you are quite sure that you are managing fairly well-known projects with little uncertainty, the book by Turner et al. will be a good choice." – KJELL TRYGGESTAD, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Spis treści

1. The Diversity of Projects and Project Management  Part 1: The Nine Perspectives  2. Optimization: The Project as a Machine  3. Modelling: The Project as a Mirror  4. Success: The Project as an Objective  5. Governance: The Project as a Legal Entity  6. Behaviour: The Project as a Social System  7. Marketing: The Project as a Billboard  8. Process: The Project as an Algorithm  9. Decision: The Project as a Computer  10. Contingency: The Project as a Chameleon  Part 2: The Three Case Studies  11. Using the Nine Perspectives  12. The North-South Metro Line: Managing in Crowded Historic Amsterdam  13. The LAS Story: Learning from Failure  14. ABS International: Sustainable Project Management