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Revised an introduction to project management : with a brief guide to microsoft project 2013 / Kathy Schwalbe.

By: Schwalbe, Kathy.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Minneapolis : Kathy Schwalbe LLC, 2013Edition: 4th ed.Description: viii, 500 pages ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781448607532; 1448607531.Other title: An introduction to project management with a brief guide to microsoft project 2013 [Other title].Subject(s): Project management | Information technology -- ManagementDDC classification: 658.404
Contents:
An introduction to project, program and portfolio management -- Project, program and portfolio selection -- Initiating projects -- Planning projects, Part I (Project integration, scope, time and cost management) -- Planning project, Part II (Project quality, Human resource, Communications, Stakeholder, risk and procurement management) -- Executing projects -- Monitoring and controlling projects -- Closing projects -- Best practices in project management.
Summary: The fourth edition of An Introduction to Project Management includes changes based on the PMBOK Guide, Fifth Edition (2013). Note that a revised edition is available with Project 2013 instructions. Other features: Includes a guide for using Microsoft Project 2010. Provides a special 60-day free trial of MatchWare's MindView Business software (www.matchware.com/intropm), an integrated tool to create mind maps, Gantt charts, and other project documents. Includes information on AtTask, a leading web-based project management tool, and a guide for using this powerful software for portfolio optimization. Includes features in each chapter providing real-world examples and references, including Opening Cases and Case Wrap-Ups, examples of What Went Right, What Went Wrong, Media Snapshots, Best Practices, and a new feature with Video Highlights related to project management. Appendix C, Resources, provides case studies where students can apply various tools and techniques plus information on simulation software and project management certifications. Web site includes easy access to online quizzes, Jeopardy-like games, template files, Project 2010 files, links to sites mentioned in the text, and much more.
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Buy the paperback new from amazon.com and get the Kindle version FREE as part of the Kindle MatchBook program!(Sorry, only works in the U.S. so far.) Note that there is a newer edition. This revision only changes Appendix A to provide instructions for using Microsoft Project 2013 vs. 2010 in the original fourth edition (plus some corrections). This book provides up-to-date information on how good project, program, and portfolio management can help you achieve organizational success. It includes over 50 samples of tools and techniques applied to one large project, and it is suitable for all majors, including business, engineering, and more. This text uses a chronological approach to project management, with detailed explanations and examples for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing projects.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to project, program and portfolio management -- Project, program and portfolio selection -- Initiating projects -- Planning projects, Part I (Project integration, scope, time and cost management) -- Planning project, Part II (Project quality, Human resource, Communications, Stakeholder, risk and procurement management) -- Executing projects -- Monitoring and controlling projects -- Closing projects -- Best practices in project management.

The fourth edition of An Introduction to Project Management includes changes based on the PMBOK Guide, Fifth Edition (2013). Note that a revised edition is available with Project 2013 instructions. Other features: Includes a guide for using Microsoft Project 2010. Provides a special 60-day free trial of MatchWare's MindView Business software (www.matchware.com/intropm), an integrated tool to create mind maps, Gantt charts, and other project documents. Includes information on AtTask, a leading web-based project management tool, and a guide for using this powerful software for portfolio optimization. Includes features in each chapter providing real-world examples and references, including Opening Cases and Case Wrap-Ups, examples of What Went Right, What Went Wrong, Media Snapshots, Best Practices, and a new feature with Video Highlights related to project management. Appendix C, Resources, provides case studies where students can apply various tools and techniques plus information on simulation software and project management certifications. Web site includes easy access to online quizzes, Jeopardy-like games, template files, Project 2010 files, links to sites mentioned in the text, and much more.