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201. |  By: Richard Jones Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 28-OCT-2008 Insert Date: 15-JUL-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management Survival
Richard Jones, a technology consultant, gives advice on managing real projects – those projects where resources are scarce, time is short, and things may already be going wrong. He gives an overview of basic project definitions and types of teams, then shows how to quickly diagnose problems in an existing project. He describes how to start a new project from scratch or rebuild a troubled existing project, focusing on creation of a realistic plan for managing the project. A final section gives advice on getting the right information to make decisions and updating the plan to reflect...
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202. |  Your Successful Project Management Career By: Ronald B. Cagle Publisher: Amacom Publication Date: 30-NOV-2004 Insert Date: 09-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Your Successful Project Management Career Your Successful Project Management Career answers all the
questions new project managers typically have, giving them advice
and information about entering and excelling in the fieldThe book clarifies important terminology, discusses how project
management got started and where it's heading, and provides a
run-down of necessary certification and training. This is the only project management book to focus on the career
aspect....
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203. |  Project Management: Get from the idea to implementation successfully, Fourth Edition By: Marion E. Haynes Publisher: Axzo Press Publication Date: 06-NOV-2009 Insert Date: 23-SEP-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management: Get from the idea to implementation successfully, Fourth Edition
Build a building. Develop software. Relocate your office. Whatever initiative you need to accomplish, the proven principles of Project Management will help you achieve success. Developed as a discipline during the U.S. space program, today Project Management helps businesses and their leaders identify and leverage the talent, facilities, techniques and finances to achieve their objectives.
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204. |  Project Management with dotProject By: Lee Jordan; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 10-MAY-2007 Insert Date: 28-DEC-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management with dotProject
"A complete beginner’s guide to every aspect of setting up and administering your dotProject installation
Install and use the dotProject project management system
Customize and extend dotProject
Work with reports and Gantt charts
Configure dotProject for LDAP authentication and PostNuke
Customize dotProject to blend with your corporate sites
In Detail
This is a comprehensive beginner’s book on dotProject and deals with the basics of implementing and configuring dotProject. It is a simple guide to setting up an internal project management solution as quickly as...
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What Keeps Project Managers from Managing Their Projects? Publisher: FT Press Publication Date: 01-FEB-2010 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: What Keeps Project Managers from Managing Their Projects? This Element is an excerpt from A
Manager's Guide to Project Management: Learn How to Apply Best
Practices (ISBN: 9780137136902) by Michael B. Bender. Available
in print and digital formats.
What senior managers can do to drive more
effective project execution–and what they need to stop
doing!
As a seminar leader and management
consultant, I frequently find that clients have skilled project
managers, yet their organizations still struggle to complete
projects on time and budget. A variety of issues can plague even
the best project managers. Here, let’s examine the crucial
influence senior...
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206. |  The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right By: Tom Kendrick Publisher: Amacom Publication Date: 01-APR-2004 Insert Date: 09-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right The Project Management Tool Kit presents proven project
management practices in an accessible, easy-to-apply formatBased on established methodologies used by successful project
managers in many fields, the Tool Kit features comprehensive
summaries of all the processes outlined in the most recent edition
of the PMBOK® (Project Management Body of Knowledge). Complete with checklists and other tools for quick
implementation, here is a practical and complete guide to mastering
any project challenge....
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207. |  On Time! On Track! On Target! Managing Your Projects Successfully with Microsoft® Project By: Bonnie Biafore Publisher: Microsoft Press Publication Date: 15-MAR-2006 Insert Date: 14-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: On Time! On Track! On Target! Managing Your Projects Successfully with Microsoft® Project Keep your project on time, on track, and on target! This practical guide focuses on the core skills you need to successfully manage any project with Microsoft Project. Includes a companion CD with sample Project templates....
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208. |  OpenProj: The Open Source Solution for Managing Your Projects By: Lisa A. Bucki Publisher: Course Technology PTR Publication Date: 23-SEP-2008 Insert Date: 05-JUN-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: OpenProj: The Open Source Solution for Managing Your Projects Accelerating demand for project management skills and tools has created a hunger for solutions. Businesses and individuals want a disciplined way to manage projects, and until recently, most project management programs and enterprise solutions have been costly. OpenProj solves this problem. It provides a free, open source desktop alternative to Microsoft Project. Since its release in January 2008, OpenProj has already been downloaded over 375,000 times in over 142 countries and has quickly become one of the most popular open source applications. OpenProj: The Open Source Solution for Managing...
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209. |  Managing Projects in Human Resources, Training and Development By: Vivien Vivien Martin Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-JAN-2006 Insert Date: 03-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Managing Projects in Human Resources, Training and Development Managing projects in HR, Training and Development is an essential handbook for both operational staff and senior human resource managers and covers all aspects of project management. The book examines how to carry out an effective project intended to make an improvement in a context where human resources, training and development are central concerns. This includes workplaces, universities, colleges, training and development organizations.
The book introduces a framework of techniques and processes that provide practical tools and approaches and there are numerous examples that demonstrate...
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210. |  Project Management: Intermediate By: Axzo Press LLC Publisher: ILT Publication Date: 01-JAN-2002 Insert Date: 13-MAR-2004 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management: Intermediate
Axzo Press ILT manuals facilitate your learning by providing structured interaction with the software itself. It provides text to explain difficult concepts,
the hands-on activities are the focus of our courses. The basic approach of setting expectations, delivering instruction, and providing summary and review afterwards.
Coverage includes—
To use Axzo Press ILT manuals in
general.
To use course objectives to properly set your
expectations for the course.
Re-key this course after class.
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211. |  Project Management Accounting: Budgeting, Tracking, and Reporting Costs and Profitability By: Kevin R. Callahan; Gary S. Stetz; LynneBrooks M. Brooks Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 06-APR-2007 Insert Date: 06-DEC-2007 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management Accounting: Budgeting, Tracking, and Reporting Costs and Profitability Praise for Project Management Accounting: Budgeting,
Tracking, and Reporting Costs and Profitability"You don't need to be a Six Sigma Black Belt or a CPA to
understand the principles and the practical tools presented by
Callahan, Stetz, and Brooks in Project Management
Accounting. Their approach focuses on sound financial practices
that will improve the ROI of your project whether it is your first
or your hundred-and-first experience."
—Barry Van Dyck, PhD
Director of Degree Programs, Executive Education, Mendoza College
of Business, University of Notre Dame"Project Management Accounting...
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212. |  The Little Black Book of Project Management By: Michael C. Thomsett Publisher: AMACOM Publication Date: 01-FEB-2002 Insert Date: 03-NOV-2004 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Little Black Book of Project Management
This book is designed to help project managers take charge of any project and its individual responsibilities, like defining the scope of a project, scheduling and budgeting, identifying and assigning tasks.
Fully revised with new information about project management in the electronic age, the book also includes specifics about conforming with newly updated Project Management Body of Knowledge standards. Following those standards as outlined in this book allows project leaders to achieve:
On-time delivery of results
Superior organizational ability
A reputation for...
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213. |  Project Management: Essentials By: Axzo Press LLC Publisher: ILT Publication Date: 01-JAN-2002 Insert Date: 13-MAR-2004 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management: Essentials
Axzo Press ILT manuals facilitate your learning by providing structured interaction with the software itself. It provides text to explain difficult concepts,
the hands-on activities are the focus of our courses. The basic approach of setting expectations, delivering instruction, and providing summary and review afterwards.
Coverage includes—
To use Axzo Press ILT manuals in
general.
To use course objectives to properly set your
expectations for the course.
Re-key this course after class.
...
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214. |  Project Management in the Real World By: Elizabeth Harrin Publisher: British Informatics Society Limited Publication Date: 23-NOV-2006 Insert Date: 04-OCT-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management in the Real World
Success in project management terms is measured as work completed on time, within budget, delivering what the customer asked for. This book offers hints and tips on controlling budget, time, scope and people. It explores: managing project budgets; managing project scope; managing project teams; managing project plans; and, managing yourself.
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215. |  Lessons in Project Management, Second Edition By: Tom Mochal; Jeff Mochal Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 12-SEP-2011 Insert Date: 06-SEP-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Lessons in Project Management, Second Edition
Most of the project management books on the market are basically textbooks. They are dry to begin with, and don't focus on the practical advice that most people need to run their projects. Lessons in Project Management, Second Edition does not assume that you are a project manager building a nuclear reactor or sending a man to the moon. Instead, it focuses on the millions of people who manage normal, medium-to-large projects on an ongoing basis.
Each case study in Lessons in Project Management contains an accessible, easy-to-read analysis of the challenges of real-world project...
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216. |  Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project By: Tom Kendrick Publisher: AMACOM Publication Date: 14-MAR-2003 Insert Date: 22-OCT-2004 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project There's a good reason project risk management is one of the most vital of the nine content areas of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (TM). Important projects tend to be time constrained, pose huge technical challenges, and suffer from a lack of adequate resources. It's no wonder that project managers are increasingly focusing their attention on risk identification.
Identifying and Managing Project Risk is a practical guide to minimizing the possibility of failure in critical projects. The book takes readers step by step through every phase of a project, showing them how to consider...
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217. |  Goal Directed Project Management, 4th Edition By: Erling Erling Andersen Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-JUN-2009 Insert Date: 06-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Goal Directed Project Management, 4th Edition Goal Directed Project Management (GDPM) is a unique methodology that has been developed and refined by the authors over a period of more than 20 years. In this time, organizations all over the world have adopted it as a standard approach.
The central focus of GDPM is to develop understanding, commitment and involvement while managing successful and lasting change. Throughout the text, the authors emphasise the need for a 'PSO' (People, System and Organization) perspective that goes beyond the technical aspects dealt with by most project management literature, enhancing and prolonging the...
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218. |  Managing Health Programs and Projects By: Beaufort B. Longest Jr. Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publication Date: 08-JUL-2004 Insert Date: 13-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Managing Health Programs and Projects
This essential resource shows how to effectively organize, implement, and evaluate health programs and projects. Managing Health Programs and Projects clearly defines and describes the work of managers in health programs and projects. The book explores the decision-making process, defines the process of communicating, probes the fundamentals of program planning, explains budgeting, covers staffing for programs and projects, and explains how leaders motivate participants in health programs and projects.
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219. |  By: Axzo Press LLC Publisher: ILT Publication Date: 01-JAN-2002 Insert Date: 13-MAR-2004 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Project Management: Basic
Axzo Press ILT manuals facilitate your learning by providing structured interaction with the software itself. It provides text to explain difficult concepts,
the hands-on activities are the focus of our courses. The basic approach of setting expectations, delivering instruction, and providing summary and review afterwards.
Coverage includes—
To use Axzo Press ILT manuals in
general.
To use course objectives to properly set your
expectations for the course.
Re-key this course after class.
...
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220. |  By: Earl Hall; Juliane Johnson Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 06-NOV-2002 Insert Date: 02-APR-2003 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Integrated Project Management This book provides users with a solid basis for managing a
project and helps them prepare for dealing with managers, project
customers, and the people who work with them on a project.KEY
TOPICS:This book serves as a useful handbook for project
managers and can be used by those who receive project management
assignments as part of their job as well as persons with project
management titles. Topics include: Project Work Breakdown Structure
and Team Recruitment, Creating the Project Gantt Chart, Budget and
Cost, Project Plan Review, Project Execution, among many others.
MARKET: Useful for...
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