Project Management

This series provides a detailed examination of project management concepts and strategies.

It discusses:

• The seven components of a management system and the five phases of the project life cycle, and looks at factors that affect cost and quality.
• The project manager's role in detail, and strategies for defining the project are examined.

• Tasks such as:

• developing the Work Breakdown Structure,
• estimating and scheduling resources
• scheduling computations, and tracking project activities
• the close-out phase

• Other topics include:

• culture awareness for ethnically diverse project teams
• formalizing project management standards
• developing a project team
  
• strategies for becoming a more effective project manager