Move step-by-step through proven solutions guaranteed to keep all your projects on track. The Project ManagerÆs Desk Reference, Second Edition, by James P. Lewis, gives you a template for managing projects of any size from start to finish, a 16-step process for planning, monitoring, and controlling any project. As you explore specific situations taken from today's fast-moving business environment, the author's easy-to-understand approach shows you how to confidently put together a project plan using Work Breakdown Structures, PERT, CPM, and Gantt schedules. You learn how to conduct risk analysis, and assemble and manage a problem-solving team to eliminate potential stumbling blocks and complete the project on time and within budget. In the second edition of this hands-on toolbox, you get updated examples, illustrations and figures, checklists for every stage, plus lists of associations and powerful websites.

The Project Manager's Desk Reference

Business & Money

Lewis, James P.

Management & Leadership

McGraw=Hill

Unique among project management books, Project Planning, Scheduling &amp; Control is renowned for its applications-oriented, non-theoretical understanding of the flexibility required in day-to-day management situations. New material in this long-awaited third edition includes easy-to-follow guidelines for managing multiple projects, effective risk management strategies, an innovative blueprint for developing a workable project methodology, and more.

Project Planning, Scheduling & Control, 3rd Edition

The Boeing 777 development program is one of the most stirring, successful teamwork projects of the past half century. The commitment and ultimate success of the project teamand the principles that have allowed Boeing and other global corporations to plan, execute, and maintain remarkable project successare chronicled for the first time in Working Together. Detailing 12 keys to successful project management as espoused by Boeing's project management guru Alan Mulally, the book offers clear, easy-to-understand guidance for any type of project, in any organization.

Working Together: 12 Principles for Achieving Excellence in Managing Projects, Teams, and Organizations

Troubleshooting tips and techniques for keeping projects and management careers on track Bestselling author James P. Lewis has become today's number one authority on the rules of project management in virtually any industry or environment. Now, in The Project Manager's Pocket Survival Guide, Dr. Lewis focuses on areas that are often the largest stumbling blocks to project managers both new and experienced, and provides the practical skills and hidden keys necessary for completing projects on time and within budget. Providing numerous case studies of project management successes and failures in the field, this no-nonsense book explains how to maintain project consistency and success in today's environment of fast change and even faster innovation. Managers will obtain new tools and insights for: <ul>
<li>Understanding the politics of projects </li>
<li>Running a successful, results-driven meeting </li>
<li>Managing effectively in the project environment </li>
</ul>

The Project Manager's Pocket Survival Guide

Investing

Speed-to-market is the most critical factor determining the success of new products. James Lewis and Louis Wong, one of today's most accomplished project management author teams, discuss often-overlooked principles that can make the difference in the never-ending race to be first and best. They give project managers, engineers, and top-level decision makers the needed tools and techniques to: <ul>
<li>Establish a solid and well-grounded vision </li>
<li>Turn that vision into an actionable road map </li>
<li>Implement platforms to support new processes </li>
</ul>

Accelerated Project Management: How to Be First to Market

LEWIS, James

Wong, Louis

The #1 exam prep guide for official certification as a project management professional Project management is one of today’s fastest growing disciplines, and Project Management Professional certification is the PM gold standard. The McGraw-Hill Guide to the PMP Exam covers the essential principles and knowledge practitioners need to pass this vital exam. This comprehensive study guide and exam prep is aligned with the Project Management Institute’s latest edition of Project Management Book of Knowledge, 2000 Edition. Featuring online questions that allow users to practice answering questions in a similar setting to that of the real exam, this essential book: Covers questions found on the actual exam Provides in-depth discussion of difficult principles Summarizes key points with checklists after each chapter

THE MCGRAW-HILL GUIDE TO THE PMP EXAM

Dudley, Robert

Jerram, Paul

The definitive guide to keeping your project on time, under budget, and problem-free In this Third Edition of The Project Manager's Desk Reference, top project management consultant James Lewis arms you with today's most comprehensive and understandable project management resources, showing you how to conduct a project of any size or nature-from the office move to building new facilities. Using results-oriented language and easy-to-understand examples, this comprehensive, quick-reference guide presents specific situations taken from today's fast-moving business environment, walking you through proven solutions designed to keep the project moving forward. This ready-access toolbox shows you how to: <ul>
<li>Plan, execute, and control a project from beginning to end </li>
<li>Choose project managers, leaders, and teams </li>
<li>Develop project plans using Work Breakdown Structures, PERT, CPM, and Gantt schedules </li>
<li>Conduct risk analysis </li>
<li>Design a project control system </li>
<li>Use earned value analysis to track projects </li>
<li>Communicate effectively with all levels of your team </li>
<li>Conduct the essential post-project “lessons learned” review</li>
</ul>
Serving as the perfect supplement to Lewis's bestselling PM bible, Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control, The Project Manager's Desk Reference provides you with the foundation you need to manage any project to its successful completion.

The Project Manager's Desk Reference, 3E

All you need to execute a project perfectly 
A new edition of the classic project management book is here, revised and updated with even more guidelines and real-world examples. This expanded fifth edition provides an applications-oriented understanding of the issues you must confront and important tips for passing the Project Management Professional exam. 
The standard guidebook in the Project Management field for over 20 years Project Planning Scheduling and Control now offers more strategies for dealing effectively with team members, clients, senior managers and other key stakeholders and is the perfect prescription for project success. 
NEW TO THIS EDITION:
<ul>
<li>Chapters on Full-spectrum Project Management and how to manage a virtual project team </li>
<li>Managing and facilitating project meetings </li>
<li>Techniques for dealing with contractors </li>
<li>Guidelines for setting up a project office</li>
</ul>

Project Planning, Scheduling, and Control: The Ultimate Hands-On Guide to Bringing Projects in On Time and On Budget , Fifth Edition: The Ultimate ... to Bringing Projects in On Time and On Budget

Biography & History

Effective project management is becoming a critical mission skill for individuals and organizations in every industry. Faster product life cycles, the widespread adoption of cross-functional teams, and the increasing demands of customers are all contributing to the growing need for professional managers who know how to marshal resources, make decisions, and ensure the smooth flow of projects from idea to launch. In The World Class Project Manager, Robert Wysocki and James Lewis offer a highly practical handbook for anyone who aspires to achieve superior project-manager skills. Featuring self-assessment tools, showcasing best practices from the field, and drawing on their own extensive experience in training project managers around the world, the authors provide a comprehensive program for crafting a career development plan and putting it into action.

The World Class Project Manager: A Professional Development Guide

Wysocki, Robert K.

DeCarlo, Doug

Basic Books

Tens of thousands of readers rely on James Lewis's classic Project Planning, Scheduling &amp; Control for hands-on help in bringing projects in on time and on budget. Now, this higher-level guide takes project managers beyond basic skills. Using the flexible and down-to-earth approach for which Lewis is famed, it covers advanced topics such as identifying customer requirements using QFD (quality function deployment); allocating resources for improved scheduling applying systems thinking; and using decision-support tools in project management.

Mastering Project Management

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