Introduction to Project Management

by Kathy Schwalbe

Overview

New from best-selling author Kathy Schwalbe, Introduction to Project Management offers a general yet concise introduction to project management. This book provides up-to-date information on how good project, program, and portfolio management can help you achieve organizational success. It includes over 50 samples of tools and techniques applied to one large project, and is suitable for all majors, including business, engineering, healthcare, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544701899
Publisher:	Kathy Schwalbe
Publication date:	11/28/2017
Edition description:	New Edition
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Kathy Schwalbe is a professor in the Department of Business Administration at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, where she teaches courses in project management, problem solving for business, systems analysis and design, information systems projects, and electronic commerce. Kathy was also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota, where she taught a graduate-level course in project management in the engineering department. She also provides training and consulting services to several organizations and speaks at several conferences. Kathy worked for ten years in industry before entering academia in 1991. She was an Air Force officer, systems analyst, project manager, senior engineer, and information technology consultant. Kathy is an active member of PMI, having served as the Student Chapter Liaison for the Minnesota chapter of PMI, VP of Education for the Minnesota chapter, Editor of the Information Systems Specific Interest Group (ISSIG) Review, and member of PMI's test-writing team. She is currently the Director of Communications for the ISSIG. Kathy earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education at the University of Minnesota, her MBA at Northeastern University's High Technology MBA program, and her B.S. in mathematics at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Project, Program, and Portfolio Management. 2. Project, Program, and Portfolio Selection. 3. Initiating Projects. 4. Planning Projects, Part 1 (Project Integration, Scope, Time, and Cost Management). 5. Planning Projects, Part 2 (Project Quality, Human Resource, Communications, Risk, and Procurement Management). 6. Executing Projects. 7. Monitoring and Controlling Projects. 8. Closing Projects and Best Practices. Appendix A: Resources. Appendix B: Fissure Project Management Simulation.