The practice of project management : a guide to the business-focused approach

Summary

Titles

• Full Title: The practice of project management : a guide to the business-focused approach/ Enzo Frigenti, Dennis Comninos.

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• pt. I. The Essential Building Blocks -- Ch. 1. Projects and project management -- Ch. 2. The context of project management -- pt. II. Focusing Projects on the Business -- Ch. 3. Projects and strategic linkages -- Ch. 4. The Wrappers model -- Ch. 5. Implementing Business Focused Project Management -- pt. III. Objective Directed Project Management (ODPM) -- Ch. 6. Introduction to ODPM -- Ch. 7. The project initiation phase -- Ch. 8. The project definition phase -- Ch. 9. The project planning phase -- Ch. 10. The project execution phase -- Ch. 11. The project close-out phase -- App. A. The conference project -- App. B. Basic concepts, tools and techniques -- App. C. Reasons for failure and guidelines for success.

Identifiers

• Isbns: 0749436948; 9780749436940
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)1113206495

Publication Statement

• Place: London
• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Date: 2002

Physical Description

• Extent: xi, 356 pages :
• Dimensions: 26 cm
• Illustrations: illustrations ;

Table Of Contents

• pt. I. The Essential Building Blocks -- Ch. 1. Projects and project management -- Ch. 2. The context of project management -- pt. II. Focusing Projects on the Business -- Ch. 3. Projects and strategic linkages -- Ch. 4. The Wrappers model -- Ch. 5. Implementing Business Focused Project Management -- pt. III. Objective Directed Project Management (ODPM) -- Ch. 6. Introduction to ODPM -- Ch. 7. The project initiation phase -- Ch. 8. The project definition phase -- Ch. 9. The project planning phase -- Ch. 10. The project execution phase -- Ch. 11. The project close-out phase -- App. A. The conference project -- App. B. Basic concepts, tools and techniques -- App. C. Reasons for failure and guidelines for success.

Summary

• Addressing the concepts and issues of business project management, this book assists organisations in making the shift from a narrow, strong, technical focus on project management to a broader, more business-oriented focus.

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