Understanding Project Management: Skills and Insights for Successful Project Delivery

Aimed specifically at practicing managers and EMBA students, Understanding Project Management balances the reflective practice necessary to develop analytical skills and the knowledge needed to utilize different tools and techniques in real world situations.  Author Gary Straw takes a unique approach to the study of project management by emphasizing international aspects and dilemmas and global issues relevant to the contemporary world.  He also addresses change/dealing with the unexpected and leadership within change and organizational management, taking the “person” perspective to evaluate a range of project scenarios.  By including learning objectives, diagrams, activities, highlighted key points, annotated further reading, and free online resources, this is an ideal book for independent or classroom study.

Table of Contents

Part One Projects in an ideal world
Chapter 01 An introduction to projects and project management
Chapter 02 Projects at the conceptual phase
Chapter 03 Planning within projects

Part Two Projects in a real world
Chapter 04 After the planning: delivering projects
Chapter 05 Managing to completion
Chapter 06 Reviewing and learning in projects

Part Three Projects in a challenging world
Chapter 07 Projects: a way of thinking
Chapter 08 Within and outside projects
Chapter 09 A global stage

Part Four Developing a capability
Chapter 10 Managing and leading in project environments
Chapter 11 A spectrum of project management roles
Chapter 12 Develop the capability