Global Project Management Handbook: Planning, Organizing and Controlling International Projects, Second Edition: Planning, Organizing, and Controlling - Hardcover
Global Project Management Handbook: Planning, Organizing and Controlling International Projects, Second Edition: Planning, Organizing, and Controlling - Hardcover
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by David Cleland (Author), Roland Gareis (Author)
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Learn and apply successful international project management techniques
Contributors from 20+ nations reveal how current project management concepts and techniques can be successfully applied in different political, cultural, and geographical settings. Learn how project management is carried out in major countries such as Canada, China, Russia, Germany, France, England -- and how these techniques can be applied globally.
- Case histories from around the world provide lessons on the international application of project management
- 16 completely new chapters including ones on the rebuilding of Iraq, project management in outsourcing initiatives, and developing multinational teams
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Capitalize on New Techniques for Applying Project Management in the Global Marketplace
The revised Second Edition of the Global Project Management Handbook shows readers step-by-step how PM concepts and techniques can be applied in various political, cultural, and geographical settings. Now featuring 16 entirely new chapters, with all others thoroughly updated, this volume covers the full range of PM topics that are crucial to maintaining competitiveness in an increasingly global marketplace. Packed with additional charts, tables, and figures, the Second Edition contains case histories from many different countries that demonstrate how PM can be successfully applied worldwide.
This classic equips readers with:
- State-of-the-art concepts and processes in global PM
- A lucid account of the historical evolution of modern global PM
- Proven financial planning methods for large multinational projects
- A generic model for the management of international projects
- A description of the strategies, structures, and cultures of the project-oriented company
- Processes and methods for program and portfolio management
- Coverage of these topics, new to the Second Edition: applications of global PM in the rebuilding of Iraq, outsourcing initiatives, the global integrated logistics support process, virtual global software projects, developing multinational teams, risk assessment in global projects, and program/project portfolio management
DISCOVER NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR STAYING COMPETITIVE WORLDWIDE
Author Biography
David Cleland is a Fellow of the Project Management Institute and three-time recipient of the Institute's Distinguished Contribution to Project Management Award. The author/editor of 38 books on project management and engineering management, he has been described as the "Father of Project Management." The Project Management Institute's annual David I. Cleland Excellence in Project Management Literature Award is named in his honor.
Roland Gareis is Professor of Project Management and Director of the post-graduate program on international management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. He is also the owner of Roland Gareis Consulting. A recognized expert on project management, he is the author of Happy Projects! and other books.
