The New Dynamic Project Management

Gain the competitive advantage with innovative management strategies for the new millennium!
Business survival in today's global competitive economy requires companies to adapt quickly to rapidly changing markets, tighter schedules, diverse teams, and frequent technological advances. Change today is so pervasive that it has, paradoxically, become a constant.
Based on their extensive and diverse project management experience within Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, the authors provide a practical and highly informative guide that can be applied easily to a variety of technical projects, regardless of industry! Revised and updated to reflect today's revolutionary changes and extraordinary business challenges, The New Dynamic Project Management: Winning Through the Competitive Advantage provides proven, practical management strategies to give your projects and your teams the competitive advantage.Ein Bestseller in neuem Gewand - umfassend überarbeitet und aktualisiert! Die grundlegenden Konzepte des Projektmanagements haben sich im Laufe der letzten 10 Jahre kaum geändert, wohl aber die Randbedingungen der Weltwirtschaft. Dieser Band hilft Ihnen, im Zeitalter kurzer Entwicklungs- und Verkaufszyklen, ständig steigender Qualitätsanforderungen und heiß umkämpfter Märkte Schritt zu halten. Sie lernen auch, wie Sie am besten mit Kunden, Partnern, Zulieferern und - nicht zuletzt - nationalen und internationalen Behörden umgehen sollten. Preface.

Project Management: Introduction and Overview.

Creating Organizations for Project Work.

Business and Project Planning in the Global Marketplace.

Planning and Development Methodologies.

Charting the Course Using the Tools of Planning.

Scheduling Project Activities.

Optimizing the Schedule.

Leadership in a Project Environment.

Planning for and Utilizing Conflict.

Tracking and Controlling the Project.

Organizational and Interpersonal Project Communication: Spanning Across Boundaries.

Quality in the Project Environment.

Building and Maintaining Project Team Performance.

Procurement and Contract Management.

Project Management in the Information Age.

Glossary.

Index. "...addresses the project challenges that have emerged, particularly in the cyber-environment , since the 1989 edition..." (Reference & Research Book News, November 2001) DEBORAH S. KEZSBOM, PhD, is President of MRA Management Resources. She has been a project management consultant, trainer, and facilitator for over two decades, working with clients such as AT&T, IBM, Motorola, Nokia, 3M, Philip Morris, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Warner Lambert, Zeneca, and various agencies within the U.S. Department of Defense.
KATHERINE A. EDWARD is an educator and active program manager. She has managed projects of all sizes including commercial software application development, business process reengineering, corporate mergers and acquisitions, alliance partnerships, and multimedia production. Over the last two decades she has worked with Bell Laboratories, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, and Avaya Inc. She is currently a senior manager with Avaya and serves to promote excellence in software engineering and project management. The New Dynamic Project Management: Winning Through the Competitive Advantage


Exceptional performance in today's competitive markets requires techniques that assure that a quality product is delivered to market in a timely and cost efficient manner. The new Dynamic Project Management: Winning Through the Competitive Advantage address the real-world challenges that confront today's managers and project teams.

Whether you are involved in software development, information technology, pharmaceuticals, or the service industries, The New Dynamic Project Management outlines actual applied strategies that will give your projects the competitive advantage.

Complete with application exercises, discussion questions, checklists, and business case studies, The New Dynamic Project Management will prove to be an excellent resource and informative guide for managers and non-managers alike. It provides clear, easy-to-follow techniques and guidelines that will help you to:
* Plan collectively as a team to assure attaining cost, schedule, and performance objectives
* Manage for quality despite accelerating product development and shorter sales cycles
* Develop and effectively manage all types of project teams, including those that are "virtual"
* Do business more effectively across company and international boundaries
* Apply communication strategies that improve both the quality of projects and the critical professional relationships that drive them
* Empower others so that they may better accomplish their goals and the organization's objectives Gain the competitive advantage with innovative management strategies for the new millennium!

Business survival in today's global competitive economy requires companies to adapt quickly to rapidly changing markets, tighter schedules, diverse teams, and frequent technological advances. Change today is so pervasive that it has, paradoxically, become a constant.

Based on their extensive and diverse project management experience within Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, the authors provide a practical and highly informative guide that can be applied easily to a variety of technical projects, regardless of industry! Revised and updated to reflect today's revolutionary changes and extraordinary business challenges, The New Dynamic Project Management: Winning Through the Competitive Advantage provides proven, practical management strategies to give your projects and your teams the competitive advantage.