Project Management for Business and Technology: Principles and Practice (2nd Edition)

This comprehensive book covers all aspects of project management: quantitative, qualitative, technical, and behavioral. It offers a clear overview of concepts and technology?as they apply to a wide range of business and technical situations. Chapter titles include Systems, Organizations, and System Methodologies; Systems Development Cycle: Early, Middle, and Later Stages; Planning Fundamentals; Network Scheduling and PDM; PERT, CPM Resource Allocation, and GERT; Cost Estimating and Budgeting; Managing Risks in Projects; project Control; Project Management Information Systems; Project Evaluation, Reporting, and Termination; Project Organization and Integration; Project Roles, Responsibility, and Authority; Managing Participation, Teamwork, and Conflict; and Project Failure, Success, and Lessons Learned. For project/program managers, system developers, systems managers, project controllers, system administrators, and project engineers.