eBook: Successful Project Management: South African Edition, 1st Edition

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eBook: Successful Project Management: South African Edition 1st Edition

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Successful Project Management is intended for students as well as for working professionals and volunteers. The book is designed to present the essential skills readers need to make effective contributions and to have an immediate impact on the accomplishment of projects in which they are involved. It prepares students with marketable and transferrable skills and sends them into the workforce ready to apply project management knowledge and skills.

Students using this text learn the keys to effective communication both within and outside a team. A wealth of new and revised intriguing cases inspire discussion and debate, and the real-world vignettes, including local ones from South Africa and Africa, give students first-hand insights into how to apply project management in the workplace. Other learning features and a variety of end-of-chapter practice activities reinforce concepts critical to project management success.

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Written in an easy-to-understand, straightforward style with a minimum of technical terms. Readers acquire project management terminology gradually as they read the text.
The text does not use complex mathematical theories or algorithms to describe scheduling techniques. An overtly technical approach can create a barrier to learning for individuals who lack deep understanding of advanced mathematics or technical backgrounds.
Concepts in the chapters support the project management knowledge areas of the PMBOK® Guide. This ensures that the concepts students are learning reflect today's best practices within project management.
End-of-chapter, localised case studies provide critical-thinking scenarios, placing project management skills into practical context and prompting meaningful analysis and discussion among students.
A wealth of practical questions and effective online exercises encourage students to apply the concepts covered in the chapter.
Includes examples from South Africa and Africa, which students will be familiar with.

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1. Project Management Concepts.
Part I: INITIATING A PROJECT.
2. Identifying and Selecting Projects.
3. Developing Project Proposals.
Part II: PLANNING, PERFORMING, AND CONTROLLING A PROJECT.
4. Defining Scope, Quality, Responsibility, and Activity Sequence.
5. Developing the Schedule.
6. Resource Utilization.
7. Determining Costs, Budget and Earned Value.
8. Managing Risk.
9. Closing the Project.
Part III: PEOPLE: THE KEY TO PROJECT SUCCESS.
10. The Project Manager.
11. The Project Team.
12. Project Communication and Documentation.
13. Project Management Organizational Structures.
Appendix A: Project Management Information Systems.
Appendix B: Project Management Websites.
Appendix C: Project Management Associations around the Globe.
Appendix D: Acronyms.
Reinforce Your Learning Answers.
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