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Successful Project Management, 6th Edition

Jack Gido, Jim Clements

Copyright 2015
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Overview

Teach your students everything they need to know to work successfully in today's exciting project management environment with Gido/Clements's SUCCESSFUL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 6E. This best-selling text details how to organize as well as manage effective project teams, from planning and scheduling to cost management.

Revised chapters closely align with the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) framework and approach to ensure that students are learning today's best practices. Coverage of the latest business developments and challenges acquaint students with issues such as project constraints, stakeholder issues, the project charter, and how projects relate to an organization's strategic plan.

Students learn the keys to effective communication both within and outside a team. A wealth of new and revised intriguing cases inspire discussion and debate, and new real-world vignettes give students firsthand insights into how to apply project management in the workplace. Other learning features and a variety of end-of-chapter practice activities reinforce concepts critical to project management success.

Students also gain experience working with the latest version of today's most popular project management software--Microsoft® Project 2013. A trial version of this software is available for download on the student companion site to use with corresponding examples and exercises throughout this edition. SUCCESSFUL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 6E and its accompanying comprehensive instructor support package provide everything you and your students need to manage projects effectively in business today.

Meet the Authors

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Jack Gido

Jack Gido has 20 years of industrial management experience, including the management of productivity improvement and technology development projects. He has an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University. Jack is a member of the Project Management Institute and former President of the Upstate New York Chapter, and teaches courses on project management.

Jim Clements

James P. Clements currently serves as the 15th President of Clemson University. He holds a PhD. in Operations Analysis from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, an M.S. in Computer Science from the Johns Hopkins University, and a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is the author of more than 50 research publications. During the past 25 years, Dr. Clements has served as a consultant for a number of public and private organisations.

What's New

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UPDATED CONTENT TO REFLECT PROJECT STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT, A NEW PMBOK KNOWLEDGE AREA.
UPDATED MS PROJECT APPENDICES BASED ON THE LATEST VERSION OF MICROSOFT® PROJECT 2013.
UPDATED REAL-WORLD VIGNETTES. Give students an opportunity to see how successful project managers apply concepts in today's actual workplace with these engaging new vignettes. These intriguing, contemporary vignettes at the beginning and within each chapter give students a taste of project management skills in action.
UPDATED END-OF-CHAPTER EXERCISES. You and your students will find a variety of proven and contemporary learning tools and opportunities for practice that will thoroughly prepare students for success on tests and quizzes.

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RESTRUCTURED CHAPTERS ALGIN WITH THE PMBOK APPROACH. To ensure that the concepts your students are learning reflect today's best practices within project management, the chapters have been rearranged and restructured to align with the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) framework and approach.
FUN AND ENGAGING CASES. Throughout this edition, cases place project management skills into practical context and prompt meaningful analysis and discussion among students.
DOWNLOADABLE TRIAL VERSION OF MICROSOFT® PROJECT 2013 PROVIDES PRACTICE WITH TODAY'S LEADING PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. Prepare students to work with the most up-to-date project management software available. Students can download a trial version of the latest best-selling project management software--Microsoft® Project 2013—via the student companion website for this text. Students learn to master and maximize the efficiencies of this powerful tool as they complete problems throughout this edition.
STRAIGHTFORWARD, ACCESSIBLE APPROACH REFLECTS STATE-OF-THE-ART CONCEPTS. The authors have applied their years of firsthand project management experience to create an engaging, inviting presentation that focuses on the latest techniques and applications while de-emphasizing mathematical and overly technical detail.
COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT ADDRESSES EVERYTHING STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY IN TODAY'S PROJECT ENVIRONMENT. Students learn the critical skills and knowledge they need to organize and manage effective project teams. This edition also emphasizes communication with a focus on how to document and communicate project developments both within and outside the team. In-depth coverage also delves into the details of planning, scheduling, and cost management.
"LEARNING OUTCOMES" AND "CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR" BOXES HIGHLIGHT THE KEY POINTS OF EACH CHAPTER. This edition helps students focus on each chapter's most important points as "Learning Outcomes" and "Critical Success Factors" provide brief overviews and reinforce the chapter's main ideas.
PROVEN END-OF-CHAPTER MATERIALS ENABLE STUDENTS TO APPLY CHAPTER CONCEPTS IN WRITING AND ONLINE. A wealth of practical questions and effective Internet exercises encourage students to apply the concepts covered in the chapter.
"REINFORCE YOUR LEARNING" QUESTIONS TEST STUDENTS' COMPREHENSION OF CONCEPTS. Useful questions designed to test students' understanding of key concepts are sprinkled throughout each chapter. "Reinforce Your Learning" questions ensure that students fully understand a concept before moving ahead.
COMPLETE TEACHING PACKAGE PROVIDES A WEALTH OF TIME-SAVING RESOURCES FOR COURSE PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION. Discover a wealth of time-saving support tools located on the Instructor's Resource CD for your convenience. Suggested teaching guidelines for each chapter, lecture outlines, answers to end-of-chapter questions, a comprehensive test bank, test creation software, and PowerPoint® slides allow you to efficiently create a dynamic, interactive learning environment.

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1. Project Management Concepts.
Part I: INITIATING A PROJECT.
2. Identifying and Selecting Projects.
3. Developing Project Proposals.
Part II: PLANNING, PERFORMING, AND CONTROLLING A PROJECT.
4. Defining Scope, Quality, Responsibility, and Activity Sequence.
5. Developing the Schedule.
6. Resource Utilization.
7. Determining Costs, Budget and Earned Value.
8. Managing Risk.
9. Closing the Project.
Part III: PEOPLE: THE KEY TO PROJECT SUCCESS.
10. The Project Manager.
11. The Project Team.
12. Project Communication and Documentation.
13. Project Management Organizational Structures.
Appendix A: Project Management Information Systems.
Appendix B: Project Management Websites.
Appendix C: Project Management Associations around the Globe.
Appendix D: Acronyms.
Reinforce Your Learning Answers.
Glossary.
Index.