LEADER 03441oam 2200709I 450 001 9910811101403321 005 20230725015452.0 010 $a1-135-84883-1 010 $a1-135-84884-X 010 $a1-282-64016-X 010 $a9786612640162 010 $a0-203-89163-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203891636 035 $a(CKB)2560000000011482 035 $a(EBL)537863 035 $a(OCoLC)642661757 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000425144 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12145256 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425144 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10476182 035 $a(PQKB)10095062 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000440726 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12192257 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000440726 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10471734 035 $a(PQKB)10290323 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC537863 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL537863 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10394405 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL264016 035 $a(OCoLC)650029025 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000011482 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPerspectives on projects /$fRodney J. Turner. [et al.] ; with contributions by Darren Dalcher. [et al.] 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-99374-1 311 $a0-415-99373-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $a11 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 330 $aModern 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 606 $aProject management 606 $aProject management$vCase studies 615 0$aProject management. 615 0$aProject management 676 $a658.4/04 701 $aDalcher$b Darren$0866917 701 $aTurner$b J. Rodney$g(John Rodney),$f1953-$0165387 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811101403321 996 $aPerspectives on projects$94020776 997 $aUNINA