项目管理:预算和时间控制(哈佛商业评论系列) HBE: MANAGING PROJECTS LARGE AND SM HAR

分类: 图书,进口原版书,经管与理财 Business & Investing ,
作者: Harvard Business School Press 著
出 版 社: Harvard Business School Press
出版时间: 2004-12-1字数:版次: 1页数: 175印刷时间: 2004/12/01开本:印次:纸张: 胶版纸I S B N : 9781591393214包装: 平装内容简介
When it comes to project management, success lies in the details. This book walks managers through every step of project oversight from start to finish. Thanks to the book's comprehensive information on everything from planning and budgeting to team building and after-project reviews, managers will master the discipline and skills they need to achieve stellar results without wasting time and money.
The Harvard Business Essentials series is for managers at all levels but is especially relevant for new managers. It offers on-the-spot guidance, coaching, and tools on the most relevant topics in business. Each book includes the critical information that managers need on a given topic-from budgeting to hiring to communication to strategy-and offers interactive tools and worksheets that translate advice into action. Providing ready answers to day-to-day issues, these guides make sound, trusted mentoring advice available whenever managers need it.
目录
Introduction
1 Project Management As a Process
Four Phases
Defining and Organizing the Project
Planning the Project
Managing Project Execution
Closing the Project
Summing Up
2 The Cast of Characters
Who's Who in Project Management
Project Sponsor
Project Manager
Project Team Leader
Project Team Members
Characteristics of Effective Project Teams
Summing Up
3 A Written Charter
Your Marching Orders
A Mandate for Action
Clarify Objectives
Make It Time-Bound
Be Specific About Project Scope
Summing Up
4 A Framework for Action
Important First Steps
Decisions, Decisions
Tracking and Disposing of Unresolved Issues
Documenting Decisions and Actions
Creating a Communications Plan
Bringing People into Contact
Developing the Budget
Summing Up
5 Work Breakdown
From Huge Job to Manageable Tasks
Work Breakdown Structure
Time and Resource Estimates
Assigning the Work
An Extended Example
Shall We Proceed?
Summing Up
6 Scheduling the Work
Put the Horse Before the Cart
Examine the Relationships Between Tasks
Create a Draft Schedule
Optimize the Schedule
Using Scheduhng Software
Summing Up
7 Adjustments and Trade-Offs
More Fine Tuning
When the ProjectWon't Fit
Challenge Assumptions
Revisit Tasks and Times
Summing Up
8 Managing Risk
9 Project Adaptation
10 Getting Off on the Right Foot
11 Keeping on Track
12 The Closedown Phase
Appendix A: Useful Implementation Tools
Appendix B: A Guide to Effective Meetings
Notes
Glossary
For Further Reading
Index
About the Subject Adviser
About the Writer