Project management case studies /
Providing a comprehensive collection of case studies in one accessible volume, Project Management Case Studies features one hundred cases drawn from real companies that illustrate both successful and poor implementation of project management. Covering broad areas of project management plus construct...
| Uniform Title: | Project management (Case studies) |
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| Main Author: | Kerzner, Harold. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
[2013]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
Providing a comprehensive collection of case studies in one accessible volume, Project Management Case Studies features one hundred cases drawn from real companies that illustrate both successful and poor implementation of project management. Covering broad areas of project management plus construction and international project management, this fourth edition of the most popular book of project management case studies maintains the popular ""super case"" on the Iridium Project. Project Management Case Studies supplements any textbook on the subject. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1: Project Management Methodologies; Lakes Automotive; Questions; Ferris HealthCare, Inc.; Questions; Clark Faucet Company; Background; Culture; The Executive Decision; Engineering Interviews; Marketing Interviews; Questions; Creating a Methodology; Background; Critical Issues; Questions; Honicker Corporation; Background; Establishing The Team; Kickoff Meeting; Questions; Acquisition Problem; Background; Planning for Growth; Strategic Timing Issue; Preacquisition Decision-Making; Postacquisition Integration; Questions. 2: Implementation of Project Management. Kombs Engineering; Questions; Williams Machine Tool Company; Wynn Computer Equipment (WCE); CEO Presentation; The Reluctant Workers; Hyten Corporation; Company Background; The Automotive Components Division; Informal Project Management at Hyten Corporation; The Business Development Department; Introduction of Formal Project Management at Hyten Corporation; Personnel Department's View of Project Management; Project Management As Seen By the Various Departments; Questions; Macon, Inc.; Questions; Continental Computer Corporation; Questions. Goshe Corporation. Background; The Meeting of the Minds; Questions; Acorn Industries; Problems Facing the General Manager; Change within the Organizational Structure; Expansion and Growth; Responsibilities of the Project Manager; Interaction with Functional Departments; Current Status; Questions; MIS Project Management at First National Bank; Information Services Division (ISD) History; Priorities Committee; The Project Proposal Life Cycle; Project Life Cycle; Project Estimating; Funding of Projects; System Quality Reviews; Project Team Staffing; Corporate Database; Synopsis; Questions. Cordova Research Group. Questions; Cortez Plastics; Questions; L.P. Manning Corporation; Project Firecracker; History and Background; The Ill-Fated Project; Philip Condit and the Boeing 777: From Design and Development to Production and Sales; The Aircraft Industry; The Boeing Company; The 777 Program; A Consumer-Driven Product; A Globally Manufactured Product; A Family of Planes; Digital Design; Design-Build Teams (DBTs); Employees' Empowerment and Culture; Leadership and Management Style; The Results of the 777 Project; Unresolved Problems and Lessons Learned. Conclusion: Boeing, Airbus, and the 777Notes; The Enterprise Resource Planning Project; Background; Executive Decision; Meeting the Team; Understanding Phase; Audit Phase; Trade-Off Phase; Negotiation Phase; Restart Phase; Execution Phase; Questions; The Prioritization of Projects; Background; Prioritization Issues; Questions; Selling Executives on Project Management; Background; Need for Project Management; Gap Analysis; Questions; The New CIO; Background; A Time for Change; Hiring the CIO; A Bull in a China Shop; Presentation of the Plan; Questions; The Invisible Sponsor; Background. Providing a comprehensive collection of case studies in one accessible volume, Project Management Case Studies features one hundred cases drawn from real companies that illustrate both successful and poor implementation of project management. Covering broad areas of project management plus construction and international project management, this fourth edition of the most popular book of project management case studies maintains the popular ""super case"" on the Iridium Project. Project Management Case Studies supplements any textbook on the subject. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781118418611 1118418611 9781118415825 1118415825 9781118433584 1118433580 1283949989 9781283949989 1523110430 9781523110438 |