| Contents Notes |
Understanding the process of managing projects -- How the realities of organizational life affect projects -- Capable people: The heart of every project -- Structuring project teams and building cohesiveness -- Making certain a project is based on a clear need -- Specifying what the project should accomplish -- Keeping the project on course: Tools and techniques for planning and control -- Handling special problems and complex projects -- Achieving results: The key to success as a project manager. "Unlike many other books in project management that focus on engineering and manufacturing settings, Managing Projects in Organizations encompasses product, engineering, and service-based organizations and has been updated to cover important new developments in software, outsourcing, quality, and related issues. With examples from a range of industries - including government and health care - and an updated bibliography of project management literature, the author goes beyond a mere checklist of techniques to provide a sound overall methodology for dealing with information-age projects." "Frame presents a practical, flexible approach to managing projects, with a special emphasis on avoiding pitfalls and making things happen. He provides advice on overcoming problems at the organizational level as well as the team and individual levels, providing pointers on managing human resources and selecting the best team structure. Frame also suggests ways to help identify customer needs, define project requirements, and avoid planning and control problems, offering a range of both standard and lesser-known tools for enhancing planning and control."--Jacket. |
