Introduction to Project Control
Introduction to Project Control

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Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781903494349

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There is a narrow view of control which is about delivering projects in accordance with their plans, using disciplines like earned value and risk management already championed by APM. That view is about doing projects right. This Introduction to Project Control offers a wider perspective, which includes doing the right projects. It involves integrating all the disciplines of project management.

Agile Project Management
Agile Project Management

Author: Jim Highsmith

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2009-07-10

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13: 0321659171

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Best practices for managing projects in agile environments—now updated with new techniques for larger projects Today, the pace of project management moves faster. Project management needs to become more flexible and far more responsive to customers. Using Agile Project Management (APM), project managers can achieve all these goals without compromising value, quality, or business discipline. In Agile Project Management, Second Edition, renowned agile pioneer Jim Highsmith thoroughly updates his classic guide to APM, extending and refining it to support even the largest projects and organizations. Writing for project leaders, managers, and executives at all levels, Highsmith integrates the best project management, product management, and software development practices into an overall framework designed to support unprecedented speed and mobility. The many topics added in this new edition include incorporating agile values, scaling agile projects, release planning, portfolio governance, and enhancing organizational agility. Project and business leaders will especially appreciate Highsmith’s new coverage of promoting agility through performance measurements based on value, quality, and constraints. This edition’s coverage includes: Understanding the agile revolution’s impact on product development Recognizing when agile methods will work in project management, and when they won’t Setting realistic business objectives for Agile Project Management Promoting agile values and principles across the organization Utilizing a proven Agile Enterprise Framework that encompasses governance, project and iteration management, and technical practices Optimizing all five stages of the agile project: Envision, Speculate, Explore, Adapt, and Close Organizational and product-related processes for scaling agile to the largest projects and teams Agile project governance solutions for executives and management The “Agile Triangle”: measuring performance in ways that encourage agility instead of discouraging it The changing role of the agile project leader

Introduction to Project Control
Introduction to Project Control

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Published: 2010

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ISBN-13: 9781903494387

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There is a narrow view of control which is about delivering projects in accordance with their plans, using disciplines like earned value and risk management already championed by APM. That view is about doing projects right. This Introduction to Project Control, written by the APM Planning Specific Interest Group, offers a wider perspective, which includes doing the right projects. It involves integrating all the disciplines of project management. Hence it draws heavily on the work of the other APM SIGs, brings together material from the APM Body of Knowledge, 5th edition and other APM publications.

Project Management, Planning and Control
Project Management, Planning and Control

Author: Albert Lester

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780750669566

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This fifth edition provides a comprehensive resource for project managers. It describes the latest project management systems that use critical path methods.

APM Body of Knowledge
APM Body of Knowledge

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Published: 2012

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9781903494400

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The APM Body of Knowledge 6th edition provides the foundation for the successful delivery of projects, programmes and portfolios across all sectors and industries. Written by the profession for the profession it offers the key to successful project management and is an essential part of the APM Five Dimensions of Professionalism. It is a scope statement for the profession and a sourcebook for all aspiring, new and experienced project professionals offering common definitions, references and a comprehensive glossary of terms.

Program Management
Program Management

Author: Michel Thiry

Publisher: Gower Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2012-09-28

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1409458822

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Based on practical applications of Program Management in different countries, as well as the leading standards, this book reflects the most recent developments in the area. It offers an understanding of program management's connection to business strategy and value realisation, beyond multiple-project management. Additionally it emphasizes the need for program specific processes, based on an iterative life cycle and the management of multiple stakeholders and their expected benefits. The book is grounded in a robust theoretical framework, complemented by a number of case studies.

The Oxford Handbook of Project Management
The Oxford Handbook of Project Management

Author: Peter W. G. Morris

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2012-07-19

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 0191629383

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The Oxford Handbook of Project Management presents and discusses leading ideas in the management of projects. Positioning project management as a domain much broader and more strategic than simply 'execution management', this Handbook draws on the insights of over 40 scholars to chart the development of the subject over the last 50 years or more as an area of increasing practical and academic interest. It suggests we could be entering an emerging 'third wave' of analysis and interpretation following its early technical and operational beginnings and the subsequent shift to a focus on projects and their management. Topics dealt with include: the historical evolution of the subject; its theoretical base; professionalism; business and societal context; strategy; organization; governance; innovation; overruns; risk; information management; procurement; relationships and trust; knowledge management; practice and teams. This handbook is of particular relevance to those interested in the research issues underlying project management.