August 2011
Beginner to intermediate
589 pages
27h 14m
English
Content preview from Project Management: A Managerial Approach, 8th Edition
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PART III
PROJECT EXECUTION
Part III of the text now gets into actual project execution, as shown in the accompanying figure. Chapter 10 examines the information requirements of a project and the need for monitoring critical activities. Included in this chapter is a description of some common project management information systems (PMIS). There are many such systems available, and several are briefly discussed, but in this book we will use Microsoft Project®, by far the most popular project management software.
Chapter 11 then describes the control process in project management—keeping the project under control and bringing it back into alignment with plans when our monitoring shows that it is deviating. This chapter covers standards for comparison and tools to help the manager keep the project in control. Chapter 12 deals with methods for both ongoing evaluations and terminal audits of a project, as well as identifying factors associated with project success and failure. Last, Chapter 13 describes the different forms of project termination, such as outright shutdown, integration into the regular organization, or extension into a new project. Each form presents unique problems for the project manager to solve.
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