Guide to Project Management (Economist Books)

Guide to Project Management (Economist Books)

by PaulRoberts (Author)

Synopsis

This guide describes how to manage a project and how to ensure that the whole organisation can contribute to its success. It will be of interest to a wide audience and of particular value to project managers and project team leaders as well as the senior managers responsible for new and continuing projects. Project management is too often considered to be work done only by those called 'project managers'. Responsibility is delegated to individuals who struggle against sometimes impossible odds to bring about a successful outcome. Yet experience demonstrates that any project requires the collaboration of a great many people, including those who commission the project, those who finance it, those who carry it out and those who use the end product. All of those who have a stake in the success of the project must play their part with skill, sensitivity and, if the investment in the project is to pay off, with a clear understanding of the roles of the others involved and what together they are seeking to achieve.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: Main
Publisher: Profile
Published: 26 Jul 2007

ISBN 10: 1861978227
ISBN 13: 9781861978226

Media Reviews
The Guide delves in great depth into its subject matter and justifies its conclusions with a wealth of clearly thought-through flow charts, diagrams and tables. Paul Roberts' twenty-plus years experience in Project Management, as both manager and consultant, shines through on every page, providing an invaluable source of information and clear thinking for both students and seasoned professionals alike. * Manager Magazine *
...very easy to pick up and use...its major strength is in communicating in a clear and structure way to senior business managers, explaining the value of project management and placing it firmly on the business agenda. * Project Magazine *
Author Bio
Paul Roberts specialises and has worked extensively in the field of project, programme and change management with organisations such as British Airways, ComputaCenter, The Economist, HBOS, Ministry of Defence, Pfizer, Inland Revenue, Royal Mail, Somerfield and Wilco.