Art and Practice of Managing Projects

Offering a new perspective on project management, Art and Practice of Managing Projects brings together over 40 years of experience and research from industry leader Albert Hamilton. With advice that is easy to interpret and apply to your projects, this internationally relevant book provides the tools and techniques you need to increase effectiveness at all levels of your project team and to achieve your strategic goals. Structured into six parts, each containing a real-life case study, this book takes a systems approach to project management, guiding the reader through the key stages from initial idea to final completion.

Preface Contents Systems - the genesis of projects Systems approach Representing systems Systems thinking Synergy between organisations and projects Changes in managing work An account of management progression The rise of 'management by projects' Project management: today's fashion? Organising for project work Projects: agents for change Performing organisations Relationship management Project teams, people, skills Project management office Conceiving and defining projects Aligning business strategy and project management Project conceptualisation Project financing Managing the design phase Project plans and protocols Planning and scheduling Estimating the budget cost Time and cost: inter-linkage & performance Project risk and its management Value and the value system Achieving successful outcomes Procuring what the project needs Managing the project and its stakeholders Quality, health, safety and environment Communications and configuration management Completion, feedback, and lessons learned