Project Management Simplified: A Step-By-Step Process

ISBN-13: 9781138434691 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Barbara Karten

Opis

An influential guide to maritime emergencies and the current strategies that can be employed to cope with the immediate after effects and ramifications of disaster at sea. Many mariners will at some point in their maritime careers become involved in one sort of emergency or another, while in port or at sea, whether it is a fire on board, a collision with another vessel or an engine failure threatening a lee shore. Actions to take in such incidents can be the difference between survival and catastrophic loss. This text provides a direct insight into some of the latest incidents and includes: case studies from emergencies worldwide checklists and suggestions for emergency situations. everything from fire and collision right through to the legal implications of salvage. David House has now written and published eighteen marine titles, many of which are in multiple editions. After commencing his seagoing career in 1962, he was initially engaged on general cargo vessels. He later experienced worldwide trade with passenger, container, Ro-Ro, reefer ships and bulk cargoes. He left the sea in 1978 with a Master Mariner's qualification and commenced teaching at the Fleetwood Nautical College. He retired in 2012 after thirty three years of teaching in nautical education. He continues to write and research maritime aspects for future works.

Spis treści

Projects: The Big Picture. Project Charter. Project Scope. Project Schedule. Project Budget. Project Quality. Project Risks. Project Toolkit. Project Context. Project Stakeholders. Project Communication. Project Teaming. Connect the Dots: Integrating the Project Components. After the Plan, We Execute. Steps to Execute Your Project. Glossary. Appendices.

O autorze

Barbara Karten, PMP, has over 20 years of management, project/ product/program management, and consulting/training experience. Since 2003, she has been an independent consultant and trainer delivering project management and business systems analysis training, PMP (project management professional) exam preparation training, general project management courses for continuing education credits, PMI (Project Management Institute) Chapter-sponsored study groups, and project management courses both online and on ground for graduate and undergraduate programs at local universities. Barbara began her career with a focus on the application of systems methodology to human service systems development and operations. Over time, her interest in organizational effectiveness developed into a focus on requirements and business processes, and into positions as a business systems analyst for technology companies. Building on this experience, Barbara assumed responsibility for the management of projects and programs, for software and hardware in high technology companies. In addition to her work with nonprofit human service agencies and for profit technology companies, Barbara taught project management at local universities, including University of Phoenix, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Northeastern University. She developed and updated PMP curricula and course materials for academia and local project management training providers. She has presented at industry conferences as a panelist and a speaker. Barbara is a past president of the Central Mass PMI Chapter and is the Central Mass PMI Chapter liaison to the PMIEF (Project Management Institute Education Foundation), which addresses the project management needs of not-for-profit organizations, educational organizations, and NGOs. She has the Project Management Institute PMP certification, Six Sigma Green Belt certification, and Microsoft Technology Specialist certification for MS Project 2010 (MCTS). From Boston University, she has certificates in Project Management and Business Systems Analysis, a master’s degree in Computer Information Systems (MCIS), a master’s degree in Urban Affairs (MUA), and a BA in psychology. Barbara advocates project management skills as core competencies for life, education, career, and personal projects. She believes that people with project management capabilities are competitively positioned to succeed.