Effective Project Management, 6th Edition

Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme
Expert guidance on ensuring project success—the latest edition!

Many projects fail to deliver on time and within budget, and often-poor project management is to blame. If you’re a project manager, the newest edition of this expert and top-selling book will help you avoid the pitfalls and manage projects successfully. Covering the major project management techniques including Traditional (Linear and Incremental), Agile (Iterative and Adaptive), and Extreme, this book lays out a comprehensive overview of all of the best-of-breed project management approaches and tools today.

You’ll learn how to use these approaches effectively to achieve better outcomes. Fresh topics in this new edition include critical chain project management, using the Requirements Management Lifecycle as a key driver, career and professional development for project managers, and more. This book is packed with step-by-step instruction and practical case studies, and a companion web site offers additional exercises and solutions.

• Gives new or veteran project managers a comprehensive overview of the best-of-breed project management approaches and tools today
• Shows readers, through step-by-step instruction and practical case studies, how to use these tools effectively
• Updated new edition adds new material on career and professional development for project managers, critical chain project management, and more

If you’re seeking to improve your professional project management skills, the latest edition of this popular, successful, and in-depth book is the place to start.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

I used Wysocki’s 4th edition to teach my MBA courses. But the newest edition 5 is so well-written that I have expanded my use to include both undergraduate and MBA project management courses. The new edition has updated material, more useful examples and cases, plus a series of slides for the instructor. The book takes a complicated subject and breaks in down into so much detail that anyone can absorb the concepts. Nice work on the latest edition Bob!

Table of Contents

Part I: Defining and Using Project Management Process Groups
Chapter 1: What Is a Project?
Chapter 2: What Is Project Management?
Chapter 3: Understanding the Project Management Process Groups
Chapter 4: How to Scope a TPM Project
Chapter 5: How to Plan a TPM Project
Chapter 6: How to Launch a TPM Project
Chapter 7: How to Monitor and Control a TPM Project
Chapter 8: How to Close a TPM Project

Part II: Establishing Project Management Life Cycles and Strategies
Chapter 9: Complexity and Uncertainty in the Project Management Landscape
Chapter 10: Traditional Project Management
Chapter 11: Agile Project Management
Chapter 12: Extreme Project Management

Part III: Building an Effective Project Management Infrastructure
Chapter 13: Establishing and Maturing a Project Support Office
Chapter 14: Establishing and Managing a Project Portfolio Management Process
Chapter 15: Establishing and Managing a Continuous Process Improvement Program

Part IV: Managing the Realities of Projects
Chapter 16: Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Distressed Projects
Chapter 17: Organizing Multiple Team Projects
Chapter 18: Managing the Professional Development of Project Teams

Appendix A Glossary of Acronyms
Appendix B What’s on the Website?
Appendix C Bibliography