Project Management

This book is written for all managers, in any function, who are tasked with delivering projects at work. It is of particular interest to those managers who have to deal with small- to medium-sized projects in addition to their usual responsibilities. Straightforward and user friendly, this book take..

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Combining research with practical examples and experience from a career that has included blue chip organizations such as GSK, GlaxoWellcome and Unilever, Ron Basu offers a rigorous guide to the fundamentals of R&D project management including project lifecycle management, risk management, cost, tim..

Looking at Project Management, this title teaches people what they need to know to lead, or be a member of, a project team. It covers the behavioural aspects of project management and project team participation. It shows what happens when your boss decides the project's schedule and budget, and you ..

Few people realise how many projects people actually manage. Or how many of the theoretical approaches to Project Management do not meet the test of the real world. This intensive look at Project Management teaches people what they need to know to lead, or be a member of, a project team. Most Projec..

A concise description of current best practice in project risk management introduces the latest relevant developments enabling project managers, project sponsors and others responsible for managing risk in projects to do just that - effectively...

Situates risk management in its proper context in the world of project management and beyond, and emphasises the central concepts that are essential in order to understand why and how risk management should be implemented on all projects of all types and sizes, in all industries and in all countries..

Managing Sport Mega-Events identifies and evaluates the current issues and complexities faced by those charged with the responsibility of managing these mega-sport events. The book draws on leading international sport management scholars, each whom have expertise in the organisation of mega-sport ev..

Managing Sustainable Development Programmes is about understanding the difficulties and complexities of large change programmes and projects in both the private and public sectors. The authors' research reveals an extraordinary level of failure in these projects, the analysis of which overturns much..

Sometimes unanticipated threats or opportunities create a situation in which work is required unexpectedly. On these occasions, such urgent and unexpected work demands an instant start, in contrast to the often lengthy processes of investigation, evaluation, development, selection and planning norma..

This book is the first of its kind to provide a set of key principles and guidelines to marketing all types of projects to all types of customers, both B2B and B2C, setting out a range of theoretical developments and applying them throughout to practical scenarios and cases to link theory to practic..