LEADER 04139nam 22009015 450 001 9910965414603321 005 20240322023309.0 010 $a9786611365950 010 $a9781281365958 010 $a1281365955 010 $a9781403984555 010 $a1403984557 024 7 $a10.1057/9781403984555 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342611 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000100576 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131281 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100576 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10036877 035 $a(PQKB)10066645 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8455-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307577 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307577 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10155133 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136595 035 $a(OCoLC)124039435 035 $a(Perlego)3497193 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342611 100 $a20151222d2006 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAid Impact and Poverty Reduction /$fedited by S. Folke 205 $a1st ed. 2006. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 1 $aGovernance, Security and Development,$x2945-7823 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781349533183 311 08$a1349533181 311 08$a9781403971760 311 08$a1403971765 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Introduction: Aid Relations, Aid Impact and Poverty Reduction -- Part I: Aid Relations: Approaches and Dilemmas -- 1 Challenging the Injustice of Poverty: Rethinking Aid Strategies -- 2 Flexible Standards for Controlled Empowerment? Microfinance as a Case-Study of Aid Management -- 3 Aid Modalities and the Arts of Government -- 4 From Humanitarianism to Human Rights: Reflections on a Danish-Ethiopian Aid Model -- Part II: Aid Impact: Cases and Contexts -- 5 Assessing Impact with Limited Outcome Data: Experience from a Theory-Based Approach to the Evaluation of Social Funds -- 6 Reaching the Poor in an Integrated Rural Development Project in Bangladesh -- 7 The Impact of a Joint NGO Program in North Wollo, Ethiopia: Enhanced Food Security for the Poor? -- 8 Domestic Water, Bikas, and Modernity: Exploring the Impacts of Finnish Aided Water Supply Project in Nepal -- 9 Coping Strategies within a Development Project -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. 330 $aDeveloping broad, holistic notions of 'impact' to measure the effects of international development assistance, this book makes a significant contribution to understanding the international political economy. 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-- CHAPTER 2 Why is PM Important, Especially in Telecommunications? -- Team Diversity -- Resource Limitations -- Time Constraints and Limitations -- Risk Management -- Ensuring Quality -- Scope Definition -- Project Objectives -- What About Telecom Projects? -- Tehnologies -- Services -- Companies in the Business -- Regulatory Environment -- Successful Business Model -- Internal Corporate Structures -- Customers -- The Best Way to Market -- Service Models -- Network Architecture -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3 Project Management Basics -- Integration -- Project Scope Management -- Time Management -- Cost Management -- Procurement Management -- Risk Management -- Communications Management -- Human Resources Management -- Quality Management -- CHAPTER 4 Getting Started on Your Project -- Why Do Projects? -- The Requirements -- What Happens Before the Team Arrives? -- Setting Project Objectives -- General Description, Skills Analysis, and Stakeholders, and Risk Analysis -- CHAPTER 5 Who Is Involved? -- Project Sponsor -- Stakeholders -- Management -- Functional Managers -- The Type of Company Hosting the Project -- CHAPTER 6 Setting Business and Project Objectives -- SMART Objectives -- Specific -- Measurable -- Achievable -- Realistic -- Time-Bound -- CHAPTER 7 What Is to be Included? -- Building the Charter -- Scope Description -- Scope Management Plan -- Where Will the Resources Come From? -- The Work Breakdown Structure -- CHAPTER 8 Going Outside the Company for Products and Services -- Definition of Requirements -- Solicitation -- RFI -- RFP -- RFQ -- Vendor Selection -- Contract Management -- CHAPTER 9 Managing Risk in Telecom Projects -- Risk Management -- Contingency is Expected to be Spent. 327 $aCHAPTER 10 Who Tells What to Whom? -- Communications Management -- General Communications -- CHAPTER 11 Creating the Timelines -- Task Duration -- Dependencies -- Finish-Start Dependency -- Start-Start Dependency -- Finish-Finish Dependency -- Start-Finish Dependency -- Mandatory and Discretionary Dependencies -- Lags and Leads -- Project Logic Diagram -- Critical Path -- Forward Pass -- Backward Pass -- Float -- Showing the Schedule -- Including Contingency -- Collapsing the Schedule -- Effort-Driven and Duration-Driven Tasks -- And then . . . -- CHAPTER 12 Managing the Costs -- Types of Costs -- Profitability Measures -- Estimating the Costs -- Project Budgets and Planning the Project Cost -- Managing the Costs -- Project Communications Planning and the Communications Matrix -- Status Reporting -- Meetings -- Preparing the Agenda -- Inviting the Right People -- Informing the People of Their Roles at the Meeting -- Using the Meeting Time Effectively -- Motivating People to Communicate Properly -- Electronic Tools for Communications -- Monitor and Control -- Some Suggestions -- CHAPTER 13 Managing the Developments -- CHAPTER 14 Managing the People -- Organization Structures for Projects -- Management Styles -- Autocratic -- Paternalistic -- Democratic -- Laissez-faire -- Leadership -- Team Building -- Motivation -- Conflict -- Learning Organization -- Managing the Workloads of the Team Members -- Some Suggestions for Good Participation and Good Management -- CHAPTER 15 What Is the Gain? -- Good People -- Understanding the Value of the Product -- Clear Project Objectives -- Clearly Defined Scope -- Good Planning -- Strong Change Control -- Well-Connected Team -- Effective Communication -- References -- Index. 330 $a"This pocket guide provides an overview of the telecommunications environment as it has evolved over the past few years, illustrating the need for project management, the significance of project success to the companies, and the application of key project management processes within the telecom environment. 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