Reconstructing Project Management (eBook)
344 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-53692-6 (ISBN)
management of projects, past, present and future, is written both
for practitioners and scholars. Beginning with a history of the
discipline's development, Reconstructing Project
Management provides an extensive commentary on its practices
and theoretical underpinnings, and concludes with proposals to
improve its relevancy and value. Written not without a hint of
attitude, this is by no means simply another project management
textbook.
The thesis of the book is that 'it all depends on how you
define the subject'; that much of our present thinking about
project management as traditionally defined is sometimes boring,
conceptually weak, and of limited application, whereas in reality
it can be exciting, challenging and enormously important. The book
draws on leading scholarship and case studies to explore this
thesis.
The book is divided into three major parts. Following an
Introduction setting the scene, Part 1 covers the origins of modern
project management - how the discipline has come to be what
it is typically said to be; how it has been constructed - and
the limitations of this traditional model. Part 2 presents an
enlarged view of the discipline and then deconstructs this into its
principal elements. Part 3 then reconstructs these elements to
address the challenges facing society, and the implications for the
discipline, in the years ahead. A final section reprises the
sweep of the discipline's development and summarises the
principal insights from the book.
This thoughtful commentary on project (and program, and
portfolio) management as it has developed and has been practiced
over the last 60-plus years, and as it may be over the next 20 to
40, draws on examples from many industry sectors around the world.
It is a seminal work, required reading for everyone interested in
projects and their management.
Peter Morris is Professor of Construction and Project Management at University College London (UCL). He is the author of The Management of Projects (Thomas Telford, 1994) and, with George Hough, of The Anatomy of Major Projects (John Wiley & Sons, 1987) and with Ashley Jamieson of Translating Corporate Strategy into Project Strategy (PMI, 2004). He is co-editor with Jeffrey Pinto of The Wiley Guide to Managing Projects (Wiley, 2005); and, with Jeffrey Pinto and Jonas Söderlund of The Oxford Handbook of Project Management (OUP, 2010). He is a past Chairman of the Association for Project Management (APM) and Deputy Chairman of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). He received the Project Management Institute's 2005 Research Achievement Award, IPMA's 2009 Research Award, and APM's 2008 Sir Monty Finniston Life Time Achievement Award.
"This book is well written in plain, unambiguous English. It is for all serious project management practitioners working on any significant project in any area of project management application... This is an academic tome, yet ... surprisingly easy and enjoyable reading...the contents throughout the book provide incredible insights and sound and realistic advice." (From a review by R.Max Wideman, Fellow of the Project Management Institute, December 2014)
"Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners." (Choice, 1 February 2014)
Bravo! ... a tour de force on the philosophy, methods and
practices of project and program management; a feast of PM lore,
knowledge and insight... provides the most complete and
well-integrated coverage of the evolution of project management
written to date... a must-read for teachers, students and
reflective practitioners of the art and craft of project
management.
--Raymond E. Levitt, Kumagai Professor of Engineering,
Director, Stanford Global Projects Center, University of
Stanford
This book has something for everyone - facts, ideas,
concepts and theories that will be of interest to students,
practitioners and managers alike. Through whatever lens you are
looking at project management, whether past, present or future, you
will almost certainly find the answer in this book.
--Mike Brown, Director of Project and Programme Management,
Rolls-Royce plc, Derby
For anyone involved in thinking about projects, whether as
deliverers, teachers or researchers, this book will fascinate and
challenge in equal measure.
--Robbie Burns, Regional Director, Western and Wales
Region, Infrastructure Projects, Network Rail
Every thinking professional in the field should read it; every
serious library must contain a copy. This book confirms
Peter's place as THE world's leading critical thinker
on the increasingly important topic of managing projects.
--David L. Pells, Managing Editor, PM World Journal,
Houston, Texas
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.3.2013 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Technik ► Bauwesen |
Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement | |
Schlagworte | Baubetrieb • Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen • Business & Management • Civil Engineering & Construction • Construction Management • Project Management • Projektmanagement • Wirtschaft u. Management |
ISBN-10 | 1-118-53692-4 / 1118536924 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-53692-6 / 9781118536926 |
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