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| Project Management : Achieving Project Bottom-Line Succe$$ | 
 enlarge | Author: William J. Pinkerton
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1472811
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 520
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0071412816
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.404
UPC: 639785504092
EAN: 9780071412810
ASIN: 0071412816
Publication Date: January 21, 2003
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This title presents the keys to making every project a bottom-line success - from start to finish! In business, every brilliant idea must first answer a simple question before approval or implementation: How will it impact the bottom line? That's why if overseeing capital improvement projects from conception to completion is part of your work, "Project Management: Achieving Project Bottom-Line Succe$$" is the one book you must keep within your reach at all times.Written with the insight of an internationally known project management expert, this powerful reference offers a frank discussion of what is necessary to successfully devise, plan, and execute projects. This book is written for all project stakeholders, those for whom project success or failure means so much: executive management, general managers (engineering, operations, systems), maintenance managers and engineers, purchasing agents and buyers, project engineers, field engineers, planners and schedulers, accounting personnel and cost engineers, quality assurance managers, environmental engineers and specialists, contractors, equipment suppliers, bargaining unit (union) management, trainers, human resources managers, industrial analysts, financial planners, and financial institutions. You'll get practical, no-holds-barred guidance on the type of effective strategic thinking that must take place as early as the conception and approval stages.With "Project Management: Achieving Project Bottom-Line Succe$$", you'll learn how to focus on bottom-line results, keep impulse thinking out of the decision-making process, and use projects as building blocks in the management of strategic change - and as tools to achieve specific, measurable goals. Here in a single definitive volume are the practical techniques, proven methods, and case studies corporate executives, project managers, and consultants require to devise and implement sound, dollar-wise projects that will reap tangible bottom-line benefits. Using a clear, logical style that reflects his three decades of experience, the author covers everything from defining a project's need through measuring its success.Packed with insider wisdom, valuable practice tools, and rock-solid advice, this "eye on the bottom line" resource helps you to: determine if projects are needed and how to make sure they succeed; develop and execute projects that reflect corporate goals and objectives; eliminate impulse thinking from the conceptualization and approval process; and, use 27 procedures for testing and implementing project start-up and 56 forms for recording start-up procedures for your benefit. "With Project Management: Achieving Bottom-Line Succe$$", you'll get a firm grasp of the strategic thinking, planning, development, and testing processes that may well turn your project into your company's next great accomplishment.
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT - Achieving Bottom Line Success March 19, 2003
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This new addition to project management literature is a unique and valuable contribution to the field.
The Forward, by a systems control engineer and CEO, sets the stage for what one can expect in the text. The author's Preface further enhances interest by way of a vivid descriptive overview of projects throughout history that illustrate how crucial planning and management is to any venture's success - or failure. Of particular interest is the caveat that project management has to be viewed in a global context as technological advances will have an ever increasing impact on a corporation's ability to maintain a competitive edge. What makes this book a stand-out in a field which appears to have an over-abundance of contributors? Primarily, it is due to the author's creative formulation of a well constructed philosophy of "bottom-line success(PBLS)." This philosophy sets forth principles by which the project achieves a bottom-line impact, i.e., a net profit. Note that the "P" can interchangeably mean philosophy, principles or project. To alliterate further: PROFIT!
In essence, bottom-line success encompasses all of these.PBLS stresses the importance of detailed attention to the beginning stages of a project accompanied by a keen eye to the long term aspects such as potential problems and risks, contingencies and corrective action components, all of which can impact costs. This construct rests on basic fundamentals, or precepts, namely, clearly defined objectives, recognition of risks, teamwork, pre-project planning and a detailed definition of scope. To bypass or diverge from any one of these will invite failure. What separates this book from many others on the subject is its avoidance of "quick fixes and solutions." It is highly readable and has substance. Through vivid illustrations of real life situations, the author analyzes both successes and failures. Further features include an extensive appendix of forms and a valuable section on key definitions. The numerous graphs and progress monitoring charts are useful adjuncts to the text. The author has impressive credentials. He has over 30 years experience with a wide range of domestic and global projects including 10 years with NASA along with in-depth involvement in a number of billion dollar industrial and business ventures. Currently, he conducts seminars and workshops world-wide that assist corporations in "achieving bottom-line succcess." This book is truly on the "cutting edge" and will be of inestimable value to both the experienced and the novice. A question is posed in the concluding pages: "When is success successful enough?" Answer: "When it cannot, realistically, be done better!" Enjoy, and PROFIT!!
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