Essential Project Management Skills (Hardcover)

In today’s business world, project managers not only have to be diligent in project planning and execution, but also need to have skills in persuasion, self-management, communication, and relationship management. Reflecting the changing landscape of projects today, Essential Project Management Skills empowers project managers to master the skills necessary to succeed in the current environment.

Real case studies clarify concepts

Divided into four sections by chapter and enhanced with tables and diagrams, the book begins by introducing the concepts related to the changing project landscape and their impact on projects. It then delves into the details of several trends within the project landscape, describes the challenges created by these trends for project managers, and provides illuminating case studies that elucidate each trend and its impact. Next, the book outlines the skills required to be successful in this new environment and offers techniques that can be applied to fully master them. Each of these skills is aligned with a case study in which the skills and techniques are used and the outcomes discussed. Finally, the book ties together the evolution of the project landscape, the challenges posed, and the new skills required to manage projects successfully in today’s environment. The book also provides a checklist of the skills and techniques in the context of different project scenarios.

Written by an expert in project management

Written by an expert with a career of hands-on experience in the project management field, this volume is invaluable for project managers who have a fundamental background in project management principles and want to augment their toolbox of skills and techniques around the delivery of projects in today’s complicated business environment.

在今天的商業世界中，專案經理不僅需要在專案規劃和執行方面勤奮，還需要具備說服力、自我管理、溝通和關係管理等技能。《Essential Project Management Skills》反映了當今專案環境的變化，使專案經理能夠掌握在當前環境中成功所需的技能。

真實案例研究澄清概念。

本書按章節分為四個部分，並配有表格和圖表。首先介紹與變化中的專案環境相關的概念及其對專案的影響。然後深入探討專案環境中的幾個趨勢的細節，描述這些趨勢對專案經理帶來的挑戰，並提供闡明每個趨勢及其影響的啟發性案例研究。接下來，本書概述了在這個新環境中成功所需的技能，並提供可以全面掌握這些技能的技巧。這些技能中的每一個都與一個案例研究相一致，其中使用了這些技能和技巧，並討論了結果。最後，本書將專案環境的演變、所帶來的挑戰以及在當今環境中成功管理專案所需的新技能緊密結合在一起。本書還提供了在不同專案情境下的技能和技巧檢查表。

由專案管理專家撰寫。

本書由一位在專案管理領域擁有豐富實踐經驗的專家撰寫，對於具有專案管理原則基礎知識並希望增強在當今複雜商業環境中專案交付技能和技巧的專案經理來說，這本書是無價的。

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