This book is destined to be a well-thumbed volume, kept close at hand by many practitioners and academics. It will serve as a reference, a playbook, and instructional manual for those who will be managing a variety of projects. It will certainly help to minimize the “speed bumps” and to avoid the hidden “landmines” in our practice .
The book will appeal especially to people new to project management, which includes almost all of us at some point.
This book will make the “school of hard knocks” a lot easier, because it furnishes a checklist of issues to be faced, examples of how to cope with such issues, and a new understanding of our responsibilities in carrying out projects.
The beauty of this book is that it distills the experience of many skilled practitioners with wonderful examples of what must be done on projects large and small to result in success. Overviews of the key issues are presented and then also shown in various case studies, so we can truly see how project management is done and how it pays off in project success.

For many years, the terms value analysis (VA) and value engineering (VE) have been used alternately, and there is still disagreement on their exact meanings. Their understanding depends, for the most part, on the country or the national association using them. In this book, value management includes both value analysis and value engineering. The worldwide consensus today is to use value management to describe the integrated widespread application of value methodologies. It encompasses function analysis, value engineering, value analysis, value control (validation), and other value techniques. Value management also involves the skills and knowledge needed to manage the value process by applying the correct tools and techniques at the appropriate time, allowing the greatest benefit to the project or program.
It involves the formulation, organization, deployment, and mastery of the activity as well as team preparation

Project Management Simplified: A Step-by-Step Process i applies well-defined processes for managing projects to managing change in our lives. It describes an approach modeled on a process used successfully in businesses, not-for-profit organizations, schools, and other organizations. The skills and techniques are not unique to businesses and organizations; they are life skills available to everyone.

There are a number of structured approaches that guide the successful completion of projects in business environments. This book translates these processes and techniques such that non project managers can easily use these proven approaches in a non business context for their own projects. It removes technical jargon, the need for computer software and hardware, and complicated organizational environments, describing the essential project management processes in a simple, straightforward manner.

As you progress through the book, you connect the dots necessary to complete your personal projects. A sample project in the text and a case study in the appendices further illustrate the concepts explained in the text. The author challenges you to select a project and, working along with the book, be the project manager and develop a project plan. By working with customers and funders of the project, defining the project, identifying how long it will take, and determining its cost, you will develop the expertise to define project goals and create a plan to reach them.
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