Art & Practice of Managing Projects

Offering a new perspective on project management, Art and Practice of Managing Projects brings together over 40 years of experience and research from industry leader Albert Hamilton. With advice that is easy to interpret and apply to your projects, this internationally relevant book provides the tools and techniques you need to increase effectiveness at all levels of your project team and to achieve your strategic goals. Structured into six parts, each containing a real-life case study, this book takes a systems approach to project management, guiding the reader through the key stages from initial idea to final completion.

Part A : Systems : The Genesis of Projects
Chapter 1 : Systems Approach
Chapter 2 : Representing Systems
Chapter 3 : Systems Thinking
Chapter 4 : Synergy Between Organisations and Projects

Part B : Changes In Managing Work
Chapter 5 : An Account of Management Progression
Chapter 6 : The Rise of Projects and Their Management
Chapter 7 : Project Management: Today's Fashion?

Part C : Organising for Project Work
Chapter 8 : Projects: Agents for Change
Chapter 9 : Performing Organisations
Chapter 10 : Relationship Management
Chapter 11 : Project Teams, People, Skills
Chapter 12 : Project Management Office

Part D : Conceiving and Defining Projects
Chapter 13 : Aligning Business Strategy and Project Management
Chapter 14 : Project Conceptualisation
Chapter 15 : Project Financing
Chapter 16 : Managing The Design Phase

Part E : Project Plans and Protocols
Chapter 17 : Planning and Scheduling
Chapter 18 : Estimating The Budget Cost
Chapter 19 : Time and Cost : Interlinkage and Performance
Chapter 20 : Project Risk and Its Management
Chapter 21 : Value and The Value System

Part F : Achieving Successful Outcomes
Chapter 22 : Procuring What The Project Needs
Chapter 23 : Managing The Project and Its Stakeholders
Chapter 24 : Quality, Health, Safety and Environment
Chapter 25 : Communications and Configuration Management
Chapter 26 : Completion, Feedback and Lessons Learned

Index