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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458231903321

Titolo

Perspectives on projects / / Rodney J. Turner. [et al.] ; with contributions by Darren Dalcher. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-84883-1

1-135-84884-X

1-282-64016-X

9786612640162

0-203-89163-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DalcherDarren

TurnerJ. Rodney <1953-> (John Rodney)

Disciplina

658.4/04

Soggetti

Project management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1 The diversity of projects and project management; Part I: The nine perspectives; 2 Optimization: The project as a machine; 3 Modeling: The project as a mirror; 4 Success: The project as an objective; 5 Governance: The project as a legal entity; 6 Behavior: The project as a social system; 7 Marketing: The project as a billboard; 8 Process: The project as an algorithm; 9 Decision: The project as a computer; 10 Contingency: The project as a chameleon; Part II: The three case studies

11 Using the nine perspectives12 The North-South Metro Line: Managing in crowded historic Amsterdam; 13 The LAS story: Learning from failure; 14 ABS International: Sustainable project management; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Modern project management had its genesis in the field of operations research in the late 1940s, but today it is a much more diverse subject. It has evolved and developed a much wider range of methods, techniques, and skills that the project manager can draw upon. Not all



these skills are relevant to every project, but an assortment of them will be relevant to most. This book aims to describe for students, researchers and managers the full range of skills that project managers can use to develop their methodologies.The authors group the skills into nine perspectives, represent