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Painless Project Management: A Step-by-Step Guide for Planning, Executing, and Managing Projects
By: Pamela McGhee , Peter McAlineyeBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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A detailed guide to successful, efficient project management, written by two pros with a combined 55 years "in the trenches!"
Project management is a vital and growing component of many organizations and can literally make or break a company. In this step-by-step guide, two project management consultants present a comprehensive guide to effective project management, complete with real stories and case studies from actual project managers. This straightforward guide cuts through the technical jargon to present an easy-to-follow, easy-to-learn approach to executing any project from beginning to end. Project managers, as well as those who want to learn more about project management, will find this guide to be an indispensable resource for all their projects.
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| Title of Business & Economics eBook: Painless Project Management: A Step-by-Step Guide for Planning, Executing, and Managing Projects | |
| Release Date: 09-28-2007 | |
| Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
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Painless Project Management: A Step-by-Step Guide for Planning, Executing, and Managing Projects
Chapter One
Introduction to Project Management
Project management is as old as we are. Africans used project management to build the great pyramids. Mayans used project management to build their temples and pyramids. Romans used project management to build aqueducts to carry water from the mountains to their cities. Chinese used project management to build the Great Wall. In fact, almost all important human achievements have required the use of project management.
Project management allows us to control the process and progress of invention. It allows us to apply and keep track of resources needed to produce that new product or service. Project management allows us to gather and harness resources toward a specific end or outcome.
Businesses and organizations have ongoing needs for new products and services to sell or use. These items or services may never have been created before, or they may represent new versions of existing entities. Either way, their creation requires the establishment of a project, and all projects need project management.
To start, we need to define a few of the terms we use throughout the book:
Project: A unique, one-time work effort with a defined start and a defined end, the objectives of which are defined in advance by those who are paying the bill (and those who have vested interests) and are to be achieved by the use of finite and limited resources. Projects are temporary work, bounded by time, resources, and requirements.
Project management: The processes involved in manag
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