Global Project Management Handbook: Planning, Organizing and Controlling International Projects, 2/e

Learn and apply successful international project management techniques

Contributors from 20+ nations reveal how current project management concepts and techniques can be successfully applied in different political, cultural, and geographical settings. Learn how project management is carried out in major countries such as Canada, China, Russia, Germany, France, England -- and how these techniques can be applied globally.

• Case histories from around the world provide lessons on the international application of project management
• 16 completely new chapters including ones on the rebuilding of Iraq, project management in outsourcing initiatives, and developing multinational teams

 

Table of Contents

Part 1: State of the Art Global Project Management
Chapter 1.The Evolution of Project Management
Chapter 2. Project Management: A Business Process of the Project-Oriented Company
Chapter 3. The Future of Project Management: Mapping the Dynamics of Project Management Field in Action
Chapter 4. Total Life-Cycle System Management
Chapter 5. Developing Multinational Project Teams
Chapter 6. Risk Identification and Assessment for International Construction Projects
Chapter 7. Program Management and Project Portfolio Management

Part 2: Competency Factors in Project Management
Chapter 8. Competencies of Project Managers
Chapter 9. Managing Risks and Uncertainty in Major Projects in the New Global Environment
Chapter 10. Managing Human Energy in the Project-Oriented Company
Chapter 11. Managing Project Management Personnel and Their Competencies in the Project-Oriented Company
Chapter 12. Lessons Learned: Rebuilding Iraq in 2004
Chapter 13. Project Critical Success Factors: The Project-Implementation Profile

Part 3: Management of Global Programs and Projects
Chapter 14. Project Management for Outsourcing Decisions
Chapter 15. Project Quality Management in International Projects
Chapter 16. Success Factors in Virtual Global Software Projects
Chapter 17. Managing Global Projects Over a Collaborative Knowledge Framework

Part 4: Management of the Project-Oriented Company
Chapter 18. Management of the Project-Oriented Company;
Chapter 19. Project Portfolio Score Card
Chapter 20. Partnering in Projects
Chapter 21. Business Process Management in the Project-Oriented Company

Part 5: National Project Management
Chapter 22. Project Management in Austria: Analysis of the Maturity of Austria as a Project-Oriented Nation
Chapter 23. A Brief Insight of Project Management in the Mainland of China
Chapter 24. Project Management in Australia
Chapter 25. Project Management in Romania
Chapter 26. Japanese Project Management Practices on Global Projects