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  Project management - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Reduced to its simplest project management is the discipline of maintaining the risk of failure at as low a value as necessary over the lifetime of the project.
Project management is quite often the province and responsibility of an individual project manager.
Project management was not used as an isolated concept before the Sputnik crisis of the Cold War.
open-encyclopedia.com /Project_management   (1147 words)

  
 Project article - Project plan organization resources Latin Greek object 1950s project - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The word project comes from the Latin word projectum from projicere, "to throw something forwards" which in turn comes from pro-, which denotes something that precedes the action of the next part of the word in time (paralleling the Greek πρό) and jacere, "to throw".
This use of "project" changed in the 1950s when several techniques for project management were introduced: with this advent the word slightly changed meaning to cover both projects and objects.
However, this view is contentious, and indeed industrial program management and portfolio management represent ways of administering a range of projects to fulfil an over-arching strategy.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Project   (376 words)

  
 Online To Do List and Task Management - iTeamwork.com
Projects can be created in an inactive state to prevent email notifications from being sent until you have created all of the tasks and set due dates.
In the case of a project converted from a task, only the project manager (which was the original task's assignee) will be able to "pop" back up to the "parent" project and thus see the up arrow.
Below the list of team members belonging to the project is a space to allow you to add team members without having to assign a task and a below that, the ability to copy a team from some other projects to the current project.
www.iteamwork.com /cgi-bin/cgii/tw.page/overview.html   (2773 words)

  
 Project Management Tutorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Project management is the art of matching a project's goals, tasks, resources to accomplish a goal as needed.
Projects always involve a finite amount of uncertainty (risk) that may lead to problems and surprises during the project.
During this stage, the project manager is responsible for coordinating, though group members should communicate amoung themselves as required.
psdam.mit.edu /rise/tutorials/management/management.html   (1706 words)

  
 Management process - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Management process is a process of planning and controlling the performance or execution of any type of activity, such as:
a process (process management process, sometimes referred to as the process performance measurement and management system).
Organization's top management is responsible for carrying out its management process.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Management_process   (73 words)

  
 Project - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
For the form of US public housing, see housing projects.
It can also comprise an ambitious plan to define and a future by limiting it to set goals and parameters.
The planning, execution and monitoring of major projects sometimes involves setting up a special temporary organization, consisting of a project team and one or more.
www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Project   (411 words)

  
 List of management topics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of articles on general management and strategic management topics.
For articles on specific areas of management, such as marketing management, production management, human resource management, information technology management, and international trade, see the list of related topics at the bottom of this page.
list of business ethics, political economy, and philosophy of business topics
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_management_topics   (132 words)

  
 Product (project management) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In project management, a product is a physical entity that is created as a result of project work.
The injection of specialist products into the organization or its environment should be both a necessary and a sufficient condition to bring about changes resulting in achieving project objectives.
To develop a better understanding of project's products, one can construct a product breakdown structure or write product descriptions.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deliverable   (126 words)

  
 Software Project Management Reading List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The purpose of the list is to provide an academic foundation and practical experience base for managing software development projects and products using the principle and practices of agility.
Modern project management is heavily influenced by the belief that a project management process can be improved by scientific methods.
The failure of the project was due to lack of skills rather than inappropriate feasibility, suitability, or acceptability of the solution.
www.niwotridge.com /Resources/PM-SWEResources/SWPMReadingList.htm   (729 words)

  
 RSP&AProject Planning and Management
Software project management involves the planning, monitoring, and control of the people, process, and events that occur as software evolves from preliminary concept to operational implementation.
The Cathederal and the Bazaar - A Project Management Metaphor
Phillips (IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish, McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2002), Charvat (Project Management Nation, Wiley, 2002), Schwalbe (Information Technology Project Management, second edition, Course Technology, 2001) and Holtsnider and Jaffe (IT Manager’s Handbook, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2000) are representative of the many books that have been written on software project management.
www.rspa.com /spi/project-mgmt.html   (1120 words)

  
 Project management / Project Management / Topics / Root - Questonline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The project manager is the person on the ground delivering the customer’s wishes and dealing with suppliers, although the contractual relationship is usually between customer and supplier.
Projects in Controlled Environments (PRINCE) was developed by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) as the UK government’s standard for IT PM.
The project is driven by the business case, describing the organisation’s justification, commitment and rationale for the deliverable (or outcome).
www.bulldogpublishing.co.uk /layout/set/print/content/view/full/1852   (1595 words)

  
 CONK! Encyclopedia: List_of_project_management_topics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
This book explains the twelve things that every project manager must do to be successful.
The longest chapter is on how to monitor a project.
And everyone will be interested in the answer it gives to the question: "What should I do if my management or customer insists on an entirely unrealistic completion date?".
www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=List_of_project_management_topics   (217 words)

  
 The CEO Refresher - Project Management
Projects are the 'work' of business, and project leadership, project management and project membership skills are 'extremely' important.
The Extreme Project Management principle dictates that Project Managers conduct their own QA, before it is passed on to production.
Today it is every manager's responsibility to reduce the time spent in meetings, and to optimize every moment spent around the conference table.
www.refresher.com /archives37.html   (372 words)

  
 NCEF Resource List: Project Management for School Construction
Key to the success of this approach is a project manager with a good understanding of community needs and a good grasp of the technical aspects of school facility construction.
Facilities management programs at public schools covering capital improvement projects and facility operations and maintenance functions need comprehensive safety programs to ensure that workers, school staff, and students are provided a safe and healthy environment during all related activities.
Changes in the process and the architect's organization, the role of the project manager, drawbacks to third party management, and the relevance for educational construction projects are discussed.
www.edfacilities.com /rl/project_management.cfm   (8656 words)

  
 Specific Topics - Project Management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Management Pocketbook Series, 14 East Street Alresford, Hamshire, SO24 9EE, retailing at about £8 each, have a huge selection of books which are specifically aimed at trainers.
This is a home page all about project management, which gives excellent information on the subject.
Hidden away in the "What is Project Management?" page is a link called "Scalable Project Management Guide".
www.trainersnetwork.org /html/topics5.html   (232 words)

  
 Project Management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The teacher may choose a few components of project planning to help focus student efforts or may give students the task of deciding themselves what it is they need to create their plan.
The accompanying page, Project Management Planning, can be given to students as a guide or used by teachers to give direction and feedback.
Students' performance on developing project management plans can be assessed, as well as the way they respond to suggestions for the plan, and how they actually utilize the plan during the production process.
pblmm.k12.ca.us /PBLGuide/Activities/ProjectManagement.html   (744 words)

  
 Project Planning Best Practices
The PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Environments) was first developed in 1989 as a standard for IT project management by the UK government.
This phase is the responsibility of the sponsor (the management person with oversight of the project), but it can be done by the project leader with the sponsor reviewing and approving it when it's complete.
Project Kick Start is a brainstorming tool to help you come up with the content of project plans.
www.wilsonmar.com /1projs.htm   (3861 words)

  
 Benchmarking - Project Management Benchmarking Network
The Project Management Benchmarking Network (PMBN™) is currently a free association of Project Management organizations within major corporations.
To create a cooperative environment where full understanding of the performance and enablers of "best in class" Project Management processes can be obtained and shared at reasonable cost.
To support the use of benchmarking to facilitate Project Management process improvement and the achievement of improved innovation, cycle time and technology transfer.
www.pmbn.org   (610 words)

  
 RMC Project Management - Rita Mulcahy
Rita Mulcahy (Mul-kay-he), PMP, is the President and founder of RMC Project Management, Inc., and a world-renowned project management author, trainer and speaker.
Rita is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a long-time member of PMI and ASTD.
Rita has taught thousands of project managers, senior managers and team members and is one of the trainers PMI uses for worldwide training.
www.rmcproject.com /about/rita.htm   (572 words)

  
 Bernd Brügge: Advanced Project Management Hauptseminar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The goal is to learn about and apply project management techniques under conditions of rapid change.
We believe that there are many ways to run a successful project but that the most successful project managers practice not only situational leadership but situational project management.
Since the single most important factor in project success or failure is the effectiveness of the project manager, we will spend the bulk of time on specific theories and models which help maximize leadership effectiveness.
atbruegge27.informatik.tu-muenchen.de /teaching/ws99/PM.html   (216 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Project Management (The Briefcase Book Series)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Project Management reviews the steps in organizing and managing projects, from how to build a realistic schedule to how to measure both success and failure.
This book is a down-to-earth, hands-on guide for new project managers as well as for those who are experienced, but still struggling with attaining successful implementaiton of projects in their organization.
A list by mehmet gok, Project Manager, MBA, PMP
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071379525?v=glance   (1355 words)

  
 2002 Project Management and Product Development Book Reviews
Conrow emphasizes that good risk management is proactive in nature and fundamentally different from the crisis-management or fire-fighting style that many line managers employ and for which they are inadvertently rewarded.
In principle, management remakes a decision to continue the project at each gate, and if a project’s prospects are a net negative at a gate, it is simply terminated there.
Tom Kelley is the General Manager of IDEO and the brother of the firm’s founder and leader, David Kelley.
www.newproductdynamics.com /book_reviews02.htm   (7918 words)

  
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 CRITICAL PATH FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In project_management, a critical path is the sequence of project_network terminal_elements with the longest overall duration, determining the shortest time to complete the project.
The duration of the critical path determines the duration of the entire project.
Any delay of a terminal element on the critical path directly impacts the planned project completion date (i.e.
www.witwik.com /Critical_path   (136 words)

  
 List Of Management Topics Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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 Project Management software solutions for the enterprise - Welcom
Executives, project managers, and team members can achieve greater control over all data sources, leveraging existing software investments and reducing implementation costs.
WelcomPortfolio is a project portfolio analysis tool that helps executives and portfolio managers to evaluate, select and prioritize projects based on strategic objectives.
Open Plan is an enterprise project management system that includes critical path planning, and advanced resource management.
www.welcom.com   (284 words)

  
 1996 Project Management and Product Development Book Reviews
Many of the topics are advanced: the reader will find new tools and concepts in this book, but these may require further work to validate and apply.
The emphasis is clearly on large companies and large projects, so the techniques suggested will need adjustment for more modestly sized situations to retain an agile team environment.
Development was normally equated with RandD; top managers would say, "That is handled by our vice president of engineering." Today, leading companies consider their new-products capability to be a core competence, far too important to be trusted to a department of technical wizards.
www.newproductdynamics.com /book_reviews96.htm   (1655 words)

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