Gido/Clements' best-selling SUCCESSFUL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 5E presents everything you need to know to work successfully in today's exciting project management environment, from how to organize and manage effective project teams, to planning, scheduling and cost management. Revised chapters now closely align with the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) framework to ensure you are mastering today's best management practices. Coverage of the latest business developments and challenges introduce issues, such as project constraints, the project charter, and how projects relate to an organization's strategic plan. You even gain experience working with the latest version of today's most popular project management software — Microsoft Project 2010 — using the trial version that comes with each new book.
Synopsis
Teach your students everything they need to know to work successfully in today’s exciting project management environment with Gido/Clements’ SUCCESSFUL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 5E. This best-selling text details how to organize as well as how to manage effective project teams, from planning and scheduling to cost management. Revised chapters now closely align with the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) framework and approach to ensure your students are learning today’s best practices. Coverage of the latest business developments and challenges acquaint students with issues such as project constraints, stakeholder issues, the project charter, how projects relate to an organization’s strategic plan, and more. Your students learn the keys to effective communication both within and outside of a team. A wealth of new and revised intriguing cases inspire discussion and debate, while new real world vignettes give students first-hand insights into how to apply project management in the workplace. Other learning features and a variety of end-of-chapter practice and Internet exercises reinforce concepts critical to project management success. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
About the Author, Gido, Jack , Clements, James P.
Jack was most recently Director of Economic & Workforce Development and Director of PennTAP, the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program at Penn State University. In this position he directed the program, obtained funding, and provided leadership for a statewide staff who provide technology assistance and workforce development to Pennsylvania businesses and industry to improve their global competitiveness. Jack has 20 years of industrial management experience including the management of productivity improvement and technology development programs. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University.
Dr. Clements currently serves as the 23rd President of West Virginia University and is a tenured Professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Prior to becoming President of WVU, Jim served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vice President for Economic Development and Community Outreach, Chair of the Computer and Information Sciences Department, and the Robert W. Deutsch Distinguished Professor of Information Technology at Towson University. He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Analysis from The University of Maryland Baltimore County, an M.S. in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University, and a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He is the author of more than 50 research publications. During the past 20 years Dr. Clements has served as a consultant for a number of public and private organizations. He is also a four-time winner of the Faculty Member of the Year Award given by students at Towson University..
