Fundamentals of Project Management (WorkSmart) - Softcover

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JOSEPH HEAGNEY has been president of QMA International, LLC since 2001, providing a wide range of management learning solutions. He was previously the Global Practice Leader for Project Management Best Practices at the American Management Association where he currently serves as a faculty member.

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Whether it s your first project or your one hundredth, its success depends on your ability to organize, plan, delegate, analyze, and so much more. Now is not the time for complicated theory or advanced concepts. You need the proven, universal underpinnings of real in-the-field project management methodology.

With more than 162,000 copies in print, Fundamentals of Project Management has offered a framework for countless top-flight projects in every conceivable environment. Now you can use the fourth edition of this super-practical reference, with critical updates based on the latest edition of the PMBOK Guide®, to help you plan and execute your project from start to finish.

The new edition of Fundamentals of Project Management includes three completely new chapters on creating the project risk plan; the change control process; and the role of the project manager as leader. Additionally, the book is packed with up-to-the-minute information on:

Planning projects

Creating and using a work breakdown structure to plan a project

Producing a workable schedule

Project control and evaluation

Earned Value Analysis (EVA)

Managing the project team

Introducing and making project management work in your company

And more.

Each of the fourteen accessible and clearly arranged chapters features enlightening examples and instructive, challenging exercises, the answers to which combine to form a valuable do s-and-don ts list applicable to all your current and future project endeavors.

Clear and down-to-earth, Fundamentals of Project Management explains how to effectively spearhead and manage every stage of a project from developing mission goals and objectives to directing the project team and how to make project management an indispensable profit-driver in your organization.

JOSEPH HEAGNEY has been President of QMA International LLC since 2001. Prior to that, he was with the American Management Association, where he oversaw various AMA seminar lines before transitioning to the project management product line. He eventually became Group Program Manager for the Center for Management Development in New York, then Global Practice Leader, Project Management Best Practices. He is an adjunct graduate and undergraduate instructor with City University of New York and the Dowling Institute/Dowling College.