Engineering Project Management

Every CEO in the world, if questioned, will always complain that there are a lot of ideas to implement, but, unfortunately, insufficient resources to accomplish them. This book provides a solution to this dilemma by supplying techniques to assess the value of projects, prioritize projects, and decid..

This updated guide explains how to implement project management best practices for continued improvement to the supply chain. James Ayers, an authority on supply chain implementation and management, offers unique perspectives, augmented by anecdotes garnered from years of experience. He covers SCM e..

The Project Management Office (PMO) is a rapidly growing concept in project management. This reference provides comprehensive information that allows the project manager to select the features most appropriate and relevant to their issues, while keeping the full PMO activities in perspective. The bo..

Expanded and thoroughly revised, this book extends the concepts and considerations of "modern project management" into the realm of project management oversight, control, and support. It recognizes the need for a centralized organizational entity—the project management office (PMO)—to perform in thi..

Entrepreneurs must stay cutting-edge to make their businesses thrive. This book features a cutting-edge approach to project management that enables you to take your technical skills as a project manager, add the elements of an entrepreneur, and create a high-powered team around you as well as become..

Explores how engineering teams can ensure success by using strategic project planning properly. This title provides a question-and-question format to facilitate completion of various types of projects. It focuses on decision-making, resolving major conflicts and finding ways for team members to work..

Provides a proven question-and-question format to facilitate completion of all types of projects. Focuses on decision-making, resolving major conflicts and finding ways for team members to work together, changing the strategic direction of major projects, and identifying and managing risks...

Total Quality Management (TQM) tools alone are insufficient to guarantee successful endeavors. Project management expertise is also required. This book shows you how to apply project management tools in conjunction with TQM activities and projects. It covers the application of TQM tools to the proje..

A comprehensive guide to the implementation of the Triple C Model of project management, this book presents the soft side of project management. It deals with the fuzzy, ambiguous people issues subject to emotional nuances and sentimental knee-jerk reactions. Offering practical steps for managing an..

While value stream mapping is now accepted as a tool for identifying waste, future state mapping presents greater challenges. Achieving the full implementation pictured in an enhanced future state map is far more complex than its development. Hoshin Kanri can help. This method encourages employees t..