Engineering Project Management

Author Byron A. Love admits proudly to being an IT geek. However, he found that being an IT geek was limiting his career path and his effectiveness. During a career of more than 31 years, he has made the transition from geek to geek leader. He hopes this book helps other geeks do the same. It addres..

Written as a series of bulleted tips drawn from client experiences and best practices, this book presents practical tips to help leaders engage and motivate their geographically dispersed project team members. The ideas in this book are based on Nancy Settle-Murphy’s decades of experience working as..

This book presents a systems-based approach to Construction Project Management that will facilitate a greater understanding of the complexity of large construction projects and how that complexity can be effectively managed with the knowledge gained from this book. The systems approach permits the o..

Over the past several years, there has been increasing concern over the growth of offshore outsourcing. The challenge now lies in how to embrace this inevitable trend in order to address issues of global development. This book provides the tools, techniques, and knowledge necessary to achieve projec..

This book covers vital areas of project management, whose importance has only recently come to be recognized. Suitable for students at both undergraduate and graduate level it fills the gap between introductory textbook and research monograph. Practitioners will also find it a useful insight into th..

This book covers vital areas of project management, whose importance has only recently come to be recognized. Suitable for students at both undergraduate and graduate level it fills the gap between introductory textbook and research monograph. Practitioners will also find it a useful insight into th..

The book presents a framework for managing competence in a knowledge-intensive, project-intensive context. It provides tools and templates that could support managers, project managers, HR representatives, and other people in leading positions in a more efficient management of people and competence...

This practical guide to project management outlines how to find and identify new and fresh ideas in an organization and translate them into actionable project proposals...

Project managers who lead globally dispersed teams face unique challenges in managing project stakeholders, scope, knowledge sharing, schedules, resources, and above all team execution. This book presents more than 80 case studies designed to help project managers craft solutions to the typical prob..

This book presents an integrated approach to project management for oil and gas projects. It covers concepts, tools, and techniques of project management based on the elements of the Project Management Body of Knowledge. The book also contains case examples of applications of project management tool..

This manual details proven methods for turning around chronically late, over budget, underperforming projects. It explains how Theory of Constraints tools can be applied to achieve effective solutions in virtually any environment. It describes the Critical Chain scheduling approach, considered the m..

This book covers the important role a project management office (PMO) plays in promoting lessons learned. Project managers learn how to improve processes by applying lessons learned. The book emphasizes "actionability," or producing a process improvement that can be acted upon by anyone in the PMO o..