Managing Multiple Projects
eBook - ePub

Managing Multiple Projects

Planning, Scheduling, and Allocating Resources for Competitive Advantage

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eBook - ePub

Managing Multiple Projects

Planning, Scheduling, and Allocating Resources for Competitive Advantage

About this book

Project leaders, managers, and team members, as well as cost engineers, analysts, and students in project management and planning, can glean ideas and methods for managing multiple projects from this reference. It details time-efficient and cost-effective strategies for evaluating, selecting, prioritizing, planning, and managing multiple projects. The editors present proven methods and practical applications for the development of successful project portfolios and prosperous multi-project environments. Edited by pioneers in the field, with contributions from a panel of experts, the book provides useful models and scheduling frameworks for increased quality and productivity.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2002
eBook ISBN
9781040177884
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Project Management
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title
  3. Center for Business Practices
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Series Introduction
  7. Preface
  8. Contents
  9. Contributors
  10. 1: Project Portfolio Management and Managing Multiple Projects: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
  11. 2: Software Packages Don't Manage Projectsā€”People Do!
  12. 3: Managing Multiple Projects in the 21st Century
  13. 4: Why Is Multiple-Project Management Hard and How Can We Make It Easier?
  14. 5: Multiproject Scheduling and Resource Allocation
  15. 6: Effective Resource Managementā€” Debunking the Myths
  16. 7: A Learning Loop for Successful Program Management
  17. 8: Programs, Portfolios, and Pipelines: How to Anticipate Executives' Strategic Questions
  18. 9: Multiproject Scheduling and Management
  19. 10: Organizing for Multiple Projects
  20. 11: Improving Multiproject Management by Using a Queuing Theory Approach
  21. 12: A Multiproject Management Framework for New Product Development
  22. 13: Extensions to Multiple Projects
  23. 14: Program Managementā€”Turning Many Projects into Few Priorities with Theory of Constraints
  24. 15: Operational Measurements for Product Development Organizations
  25. 16: New Problems, New Solutions: Making Portfolio Management More Effective
  26. 17: Juggling the Interdependent Project Portfolio
  27. 18: Program Management: A Key for Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems
  28. 19: Managing Multiple Projects in Large Information Systems Organizations
  29. 20: Human Resource Allocation in a Multiproject Research and Development Environment
  30. 21: The Big Puzzleā€”Multiproject Management Is Redefining the Way Companies Handle Technology, People, and Vendors to Make All the Pieces Fit
  31. 22: The Toyota Benchmark: Multiproject Development Centers
  32. 23: Multiple Projects, Limited Resources: Implementing Effective Project Management
  33. Bibliography
  34. Index