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This book provides the perfect companion to Geoff Reiss's Project Management Demystified and presents the techniques of multi-project management in a lively, approachable manner. It covers budgets, cost control, planning problems and matrix management formulae. Drawing on a wide range of case histories and lively examples, it tackles organisational issues and the multi-project conflicts that often arise.
| ISBN | 0419213503 | | Pages | 272 | | ISBN13 | 9780419213505
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 408 | | Imprint | Spon Press | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 08 Aug 1996 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Library of Congress | 95072359 | | Spine width (mm) | 15 | | DEWEY | 658.404 | | Academic level | Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | |
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| | | Foreword | | | | | | Foreplay | | | | | | Acknowledgements | | | | 1 | | Introduction | | 1 | | | | What is programme management? | | 1 | | | | Definitions of programme management | | 26 | | | | Types of projects | | 32 | | | | What is the net benefit of programme management and who gets it? | | 39 | | 2 | | Managing the programme | | 49 | | | | Programme definition | | 49 | | | | Structured diagrams, WBS, PBS, and OBS | | 55 | | | | Multi-project planning problems | | 85 | | | | Budgets, cost control and things financial | | 118 | | | | Project-management tools in the programme-management environment | | 144 | | 3 | | The Storwyncyxkycs: an everyday tale of programme-management folk | | 167 | | 4 | | Matrix-management formulae | | 184 | | | | Types of matrices | | 184 | | | | Matrix-inspired issues | | 191 | | | | Roles within the matrix organization | | 214 | | 5 | | Extra baggage | | 220 | | | | Methodologies: PRINCE, PROMPT, PRIDE | | 220 | | | | Quality and BS EN ISO 9000 | | 234 | | | | Good luck with your projects | | 251 | | Appendix 1 | | Automated assists | | 252 | | Appendix 2 | | Contacts for more information | | 254 | | | | Further reading | | 255 | | | | Index | | 258 |
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