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Books 2011

Project Management

Books 2011

FORTHCOMING BOOKS FOR 2011

The Project Risk Maturity ModelMeasuring and Improving Risk Management CapabilityMartin Hopkinson

‘...provides an answer for those who know that they haven’t yet peaked in project risk management capability, or who want to maintain or improve their ability to manage project risk. Martin Hopkinson has done a great job over the past ten years in developing the Project Risk Maturity Model into a robust framework...I’m pleased to recommend it.’ Dr David Hillson, The Risk Doctor

Martin Hopkinson equips you with the ability to assess the capability of your organisation’s risk management process on four distinct levels. This enables you to assess whether your current level of risk management is appropriate for the nature and scale of the projects you are undertaking. Using an objective measure of risk management capability is extremely valuable for organisations, both the private and public sector need to demonstrate good project governance and to reassure potential project partners of their qualities. The Project Risk Maturity Model provides organisations with a measure for progress in the ongoing development of project managers and teams. Includes a free, working example of The Risk Maturity Model on CD-Rom.

January 2011 Hardback and CD-ROM 978-0-566-08879-7 c. 292 pages c. £60.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088797

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Project PoliticsA Systematic Approach to Managing Complex RelationshipsNita Martin

The ability of individuals to work together to facilitate the delivery of a project can be a major factor in determining its success. Project Politics provides a framework for solving political concerns through the effective management of complex relationships. Nita Martin’s structured approach will raise awareness and improve your ability to manage issues in the workplace. She shows that once you recognize the problems, and take politics in your stride, you can successfully manage such environments.

Contents: Introduction; Part I Modelling Human Behaviour: Psychological profiling models; Influence models; Behaviour models; Communication models. Part II Case Studies by Project Lifecycle Stage: Project definition; Planning and risk management; Implementation; Project evaluation and closure; Further reading; Index.

January 2011 Hardback 978-0-566-08895-7 170 pages £55.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088957

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Project Success Critical Factors and BehavioursEmanuel Camilleri

In chapters dedicated to factors such as leadership, teams, communication, information management and risk management, the author shines a light on the key behaviours in which project managers and others engage and how those behaviours predict success or failure. Practising project managers, project board members and sponsors, struggling to manage conflicting stakeholder expectations, complexity and ambiguity, will learn which factors are vital to determining successful outcomes.

March 2011 Hardback978-0-566-09228-2 c. 220 pages c. £65.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566092282

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Bid Writing for Project ManagersDavid Cleden

‘ Bid Writing for Project Managers is an excellent introduction to the process of writing a competitive bid or proposal for new business...full of good sense delivered in an easy, persuasive and authoritative style. You feel that the author (David Cleden) is a master of the craft about which he writes, rather than a self-professed business guru writing in his ivory tower about how he thinks things ought to be. I would recommend Bid Writing for Project Managers to anyone who has the unenviable responsibility of managing preparation of a bid, and to all project managers who are required to contribute to a proposal, especially if they’re likely to be tasked with delivering the project when the bid is won!’ Mark Pillatt, Senior Project Manager, WTG Technologies Limited

Bid Writing for Project Managers will guide prospective project managers through the bid-writing lifecycle, providing comprehensive guidelines and numerous tips on how to craft a winning bid and how to set the project up with the best possible chance of success.

April 2011 Hardback978-0-566-09214-5 c. 220 pages c. £60.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566092145

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FORTHCOMING BOOKS FOR 2011

Commercial Aircraft ProjectsManaging the Development of Highly Complex ProductsHans-Henrich Altfeld

The theme of this book is that any management approach for the development of commercial aircraft should seek to integrate the strengths of state-of-the-art management disciplines while limiting their application to some basic essentials. It explores the interconnectedness between individual management disciplines by explicitly considering the matter of integrative management.

November 2010 Hardback 978-0-7546-7753-6 482 pages £70.00

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Aviation Project ManagementTriant G Flouris, Daniel Webster and Dennis Lock

This unique book highlights the ways that successful businesses are managed in the aviation industry through the identification and application of proven project management methods. Theoretical concepts are defined, clarified and shown how they can be valuable to business managers and students of the aviation business sector.

2008 Hardback 978-0-7546-7395-8 314 pages £60.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780754673958

Managing Aviation Projects from Concept to CompletionTriant G Flouris and Dennis Lock

Aviation projects have commonly failed to deliver their expected outcomes on time and have greatly exceeded their intended budgets. Many of those failures would have been prevented if the project managers had adhered to the sound principles of project management, as described and demonstrated throughout this book.

2009 Hardback 978-0-7546-7615-7 528 pages £70.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780754676157ebook 978-0-7546-9874-6

Project SponsorshipAn Essential Guide for Those Sponsoring Projects Within Their OrganizationsDavid West

‘The writing is in a good, readable style. The author comes across as personable and knowledgeable in his subject. The book should be easy to dip into, and is likely to be a handy reference source.’ Graham Dalton, CEO, Highways Agency, London

‘...Having read it I can confirm that indeed the book is comprehensive, the contents cover a wide remit...As a practising risk manager and a former project manager, the book is written in an accessible manner and is even handed in its emphasis on the very important areas for the Sponsor to focus...’ Mike Walker, Principal, RedAmber Consulting

David West explains the roles and skills that lie at the heart of effective sponsorship. The sponsor acts as a lynch-pin between the Board and the Project Manager, communicating and translating requirements downwards and resource needs, progress and constraints back upwards. Project Sponsorship includes exercises, examples and case histories from the real world of projects. It is an essential guide for anyone assuming the important role of managing the business case of the project and will help you ensure that the organization is ‘doing the right things’ as well as ‘doing things right’.

December 2010 Paperback 978-0-566-08888-9 188 pages £25.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088889

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AVIATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOOKS

Gower Handbook of Project ManagementFourth EditionEdited by J Rodney Turner

This is intended as a handbook for project management practitioners gives an introduction to, and overview of, the essential knowledge required for managing projects, from the perspective of an experienced team of practitioners in the field. There are four parts:

Projects: describing the context of projects in organizations, and their naturePerformance: describing how to manage the delivery of the project, covering scope, quality, cost, time, resources, risk, etcProcess: describing the project management life-cycle and each stage of itPeople: describing how to manage the people working on projects.

This latest edition of an encyclopedia for the discipline and profession of project management is a classic that no-one in the field should be without.

2008 Hardback978-0-566-08806-3 912 pages £95.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088063CD-ROM individual user 978-0-566-08838-4 £95.00 + VAT www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088384

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Transforming Government and Public ServicesRealising Benefits through Project Portfolio ManagementStephen Jenner

‘Jenner’s book hits the nail on the head in these challenging times when every investment should make a difference. He not only gives advice on why you really should be focussing right now on effective Portfolio Management which includes prioritisation, optimisation, management and real benefits delivery but more importantly sound advice with 20 practical hints and tips on how you go about making it happen in your organisation. My advice is read this and act now, it is never too late to start..’ Paul Hirst, Head of Programme and Project Management, Departmental Transformation Portfolio, HMRC

In a complex, confusing and often highly politicized environment, Stephen Jenner’s Transforming Government and Public Services provides a clear, definitive and highly applied guide for all involved in selecting the right projects and doing them right so that they achieve the intended investment objectives.

May 2010 Hardback 978-1-4094-0163-6 188 pages £60.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9781409401636

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Project Reviews, Assurance and GovernanceGraham Oakes

Projects are hard. By definition, projects are about non-routine activities. Many of them are large and complex; they may involve many people, often from different backgrounds and increasingly with different languages and cultures. Amongst all of this, it is easy to get lost, to overlook important trends or to misunderstand each other. So projects fail.

Graham Oakes’ Project Reviews, Assurance and Governance is about learning from your mistakes and understanding what’s really going on with your projects. In order for reviews and assurance to provide you with this information and learning, you need to perform them effectively and that is the purpose of this book.

The core of the book is built around a number of models of project review processes and governance, all derived from practice and interspersed with case studies drawn from practitioners, project management literature and from practices in other industry. The result is the blend of the conceptual and the practical needed to make your project assurance process sympathetic, relevant and rigorous for your organization and the range of projects and programmes which you undertake.

2008 Hardback978-0-566-08807-0 288 pages £60.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088070

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Images of ProjectsMark Winter and Tony Szczepanek

‘A wonderful contribution to the theory and practice of project management. It gives individuals and teams a concrete way of exploring the different dimensions of situations they are facing, and of selecting the most appropriate actions.’ Gareth Morgan, Distinguished Research Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada

‘ ...quite unlike any other book about the management of projects. Written in a clear and lucid style...this book offers advice that is well-researched and theoretically well-grounded.’ Terry Cooke-Davies, Executive Chairman, Human Systems International

This book highlights four key areas of new thinking and practice in project management: value creation through projects and programmes, business projects vs technology projects, the social complexity of projects, and the growing importance of soft capabilities and reflective practice. Drawing on real project experiences and other developments in the field, the four key areas are presented in ways that enable the reader to reflect on their own personal knowledge and experience. As well as this, the book also contains new practical tools and approaches to assist practitioners working in complex project environments.

2009 Hardback978-0-566-08716-5 288 pages £40.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087165

ADVANCES IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERIES

FUNDAMENTALS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERIES

Series Editor: Professor Darren Dalcher

Project management has become a key competence for most organisations in the public and private sectors. Driven by recent business trends such as fewer management layers, greater flexibility, increasing geographical distribution and more project-based work, project management has grown beyond its roots in the construction, engineering and aerospace industries to transform the service, financial, computer, and general management sectors. Yet many organisations have struggled in applying the traditional models of project management to their new projects in the global environment.

In an increasingly busy, stressful, and uncertain world it has become necessary to manage several projects successfully at the same time. According to some estimates the world annually spends well over $10 trillion (US) on projects. In the UK alone, more than £250 billion is spent on projects every year. Up to half of these projects fail! A major ingredient in the build-up leading to failure is often cited as the lack of adequate project management knowledge and experience.

Advances in Project Management provides short, state of play, guides to the main aspects of the new emerging applications including: maturity models, agile projects, extreme projects, six sigma and projects, human factors and leadership in projects, project governance, value management, virtual teams, project benefits.

14 titles are in the pipline including:Spirituality and Project ManagementManaging Value in ProjectsProject EthicsProject Requirements

Series Editor: Professor Darren Dalcher

This companion to the Advances in Project Management Series provides short guides to a set of key aspects of project management:

Benefits Management; Business Case; Change Management; Cost Management; Financing; Governance; Leadership; Organization; Programme Management; Progress Management/Earned Value; Planning; Quality Management; Risk Management; Scope; Scheduling; Sponsorship; Stakeholder Management; Value Management.

Each guide, as the series title suggests, aims to provide the fundamentals of the subject from a rigorous perspective and from a (if not the) leading proponent of the subject. Practising professionals and project students will find in the fundamentals a definitive, shorthand guide to each of the main competencies associated with project management; a book that is authoritative, based on current research but immediately relevant and applicable.

Other titles in the pipline:Project-Based OrganizationsProject Stakeholder ManagementEarned Value Management for Projects

See enclosed leaflet for more details on these series titles

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About the Series Editor:Professor Darren Dalcher is Director of the National Centre for Project Management, a Professor of Software Project Management at Middlesex University and Visiting Professor of Computer Science at the University of Iceland.

Project ManagementNinth EditionDennis Lock

‘…writing is always simple, clear and lucid, and the material is very logically organised. Students often comment that this book is the most readable of all the recommended books in my reading lists...I particularly dislike management jargon and this book is refreshingly free of it. It is a very practical book...and I thoroughly recommend it. ‘ Dr Sally Brailsford, University of Southampton, UK

Dennis Lock’s masterly exposition of the principles and practice of project management has been pre-eminent in its field for four decades. It explains the entire project management process in great detail, demonstrating techniques ranging from the simplest of charts to sophisticated computer applications. throughout reinforced throughout with case examples and diagrams. The Tutor’s Edition includes all of the text of the paperback edition along with a series of 25 Powerpoint presentations. Each one is tied into the contents of the related chapters. The presentations developed by the author during a lifetime of teaching and training project management techniques.

2007 (Tutor’s Edition) Hardback and CD-ROM 978-0-566-08769-1 544 pages £47.50www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087691 Paperback 978-0-566-08772-1 £30.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087721

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The Essentials of Project ManagementThird EditionDennis Lock

‘Lock has moved even more closely to the life cycle concept that many of us use as the basis ofdevelopments in educational technology (and that all in information technology development have had to use for decades)…This book is for business students and for serving managers with just an occasional project to steer. Steering any project will be much less trouble with this book to hand.’ British Journal of Educational Technology

The Essentials of Project Management is a primer distilled from Dennis Lock’s comprehensive, successful and encyclopedic textbook, ProjectManagement. The text for the new edition has been completely restructured and largely rewritten, so that the sequence now follows even more closely the life-cycle of a typical project from its earliest definition to final close-out.

The Essentials of Project Management remains the ideal first text for anyone new to project working or students studying project management as part of a wider business qualification or degree.

2007 Paperback978-0-566-08805-6 218 Pages £19.50 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088056

Benefit Realisation ManagementA Practical Guide to Achieving Benefits Through ChangeSecond EditionGerald Bradley

Gerald Bradley’s Benefit Realisation Management is a highly practical guide to using measures to track performance throughout a programme’s life; enabling you to eliminate wasted investment, realise more benefits and realise them earlier.

The benefits realisation management methodology fits closely with existing programme and project management approaches such as MSP and Prince 2, making it appropriate for both public and private sector environments. If you are investing heavily in change management, IT infrastructure or project working, then this book is a must-read that will justify its price many times over.

The Second Edition includes new material on portfolio management along with new case studies and, in contrast to the original edition, has been printed in four-colour.

May 2010 Hardback 978-1-4094-0094-3 394 pages £65.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9781409400943

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Global Project ManagementCommunication, Collaboration and Management Across BordersJean Binder

‘...I have been managing projects for over 13 years, developing telecommunication solutions all over the world. Before even completing 3 chapters, I was entirely engrossed in this book as it was describing exactly what I experience and was clearly explaining why some projects fail and why some succeed. This book is definitely a must-have for any Project Management professional.’

Fabien Niget, Orange Business Services, Outsourcing Services Program Office,

Switzerland

Global Project Management describes how to adapt your organization and your projects to thrive in a multi-cultural, multi-language environment. The text is filled with real-life examples and techniques and illustrates how to apply the recommendations as part of the successful management of any global project.


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Winner of the 2008 Project Management Institute – David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award

Tools for Complex ProjectsKaye Remington and Julien Pollack

‘In this different book about Project Management the authors have blended elements from complexity theory to throw light on why complex projects are particularly challenging to manage...Tools for Complex Projects is supported by appropriate bibliography and the use of many tables, figures, diagrams, and other visual aids that strengthen the book’s important messages.’ David Cleland, Professor Emeritus in the School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

Tools for Complex Projects draws on the latest research in the areas of project management, complexity theory and systems thinking to provide a ready reference for understanding and managing the increasing complexity of projects and programmes.

The main part of the book provides a series of fourteen project tools. Some of these tools may be used at the level of the whole project life-cycle. Others may be applied ad hoc at any time. In each case, the authors provide: detailed guidelines for using the tool, information on its purpose and the types of complexity for which it is most appropriate, the theoretical background to the tool, a practical example of its use, and any necessary words of caution.


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Stakeholder Relationship ManagementA Maturity Model for Organisational ImplementationLynda Bourne

This book has two specific purposes: firstly, as a ‘how-to’ book to provide the fundamental processes and practices to support either individuals or organisations in improving stakeholder management in endeavours such as projects, program management offices (PMO), but also in supporting organisational survival during mergers and acquisitions, preparing for the tender bidding, marketing campaigns; and, secondly, for organisations that have recognised the importance of stakeholder engagement to their success, as a guidebook for assessing their current maturity regarding implementation of stakeholder relationship management and a series of guidelines and milestones for achieving their preferred level of maturity.

2009 Hardback and CD-ROM 978-0-566-08864-3 242 pages £60.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566091933

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Managing Group Risk AttitudeRuth Murray-Webster and David Hillson

This book builds on Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude but this time looks exclusively at the challenges of understanding and managing those attitudes adopted by groups of people when faced with making decisions that they perceive as risky and important.The book makes the link between risk management and decision-making explicit, building on existing work from the economic and risk psychology schools but taking a pragmatic, practitioner-focused approach that is relevant to all decision-making groups in any situation.

2008 Hardback 978-0-566-08787-5 190 pages £49.50www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087875

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Understanding and Managing Risk AttitudeSecond EditionDavid Hillson and Ruth Murray-Webster

‘As a way to approach business, the book is well worth a read by managers; whether they seek to manage change in their organization, be a leader getting more from staff, set goals or simply avoid failure. In a couple of words, the keys seem to be optimism and self-awareness.’ Professional Security

This second edition is updated to strengthen the understanding of individual risk attitudes and reinforce what individuals can do to manage those risk attitudes that are leading them away from their objectives. The authors introduce a range of models, perspectives and examples to define and detail the range of possible risk attitudes; looking both at individuals and groups. Using leading-edge thinking on self-awareness and emotional literacy, they develop a powerful approach to address the most common shortfall in current risk management: the failure to manage the human aspects of the process.

2007 Paperback978-0-566-08798-1 208 pages £25.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087981

Ruth Murray-Webster and David Hillson have written a practical book for all decision-makers, supported by actual research by practitioners and underpinned by the seminal research of leading academics.

Exploiting Future UncertaintyCreating Value from RiskDavid Hillson

David Hillsons’ book contains more than sixty focused briefings, each addressing a key part of the risk challenge. Using five themes, it covers the links between better business and risk-taking, basic risk concepts, making risk management work in practice, people aspects, and managing risk in the wider world.

December 2010 Paperback978-1-4094-2341-6 220 pages £20.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9781409423416

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The Project Manager’s Guide to Handling RiskAlan Webb

A concise, practical guide to the process for every project manager. It provides a comprehensive assessment of the current range of software tools that deals with the various aspects of risk management. Included is a CD-ROM containing samples of available software packages.

2003 Hardback and CD-ROM 978-0-566-08571-0 194 pages £60.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/978056608570

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Practical Schedule Risk AnalysisDavid Hulett

Practical Schedule Risk Analysis, contains a complete treatment of schedule risk analysis from basic to advanced concepts.The methods are introduced at the simplest level:

Why is the duration uncertain? How do we represent this uncertainty with a probability distribution?

These are then progressively elaborated:How does uncertainty of activities along a path lead to more uncertainty of the path’s completion date? How can a schedule with parallel paths be riskier than each of the paths individually?How can we represent risks about activities that are not in the schedule at all?

Schedule risk analysis is a process that is industry-independent, and the methods explained in this volume have been used by the author with positive effect in such industries as construction, oil and gas, information systems, environmental restoration and aerospace/defense. The result is a book that is not only highly practical; something that people within all types of projects and in all industries can apply themselves; but that is an extraordinarily complete guide to creating and managing a rigorous project schedule.


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Estimating RiskA Management ApproachAndy Garlick

‘A comprehensive and critical overview of the risk management toolkit from both a theoretical and practical perspective. Risk professionals will find it an extremely useful resource... Mike Robertson, Managing Director, Risk Solutions, UK

‘...Readers will quickly understand some of the myths and pitfalls surrounding a reliance on some of the more expensive corporate risk software for estimating risk and I suspect become significantly more demanding of their own risk processes. To use the author’s own words - “You have been warned”.’ Alistair C. Kennedy, Balfour Beatty Management


A Short Guide to Fraud RiskFraud Resistance and DetectionSecond EditionMartin Samociuk, Nigel Iyer, Edited by Helenne Doody

This concise but thorough introduction to the risk of fraud based on a six-element strategy, it includes practical steps to assess and treat fraud risks across an organisation, including those relating to directors. It shows how to develop fraud awareness across an organisation and how to implement an effective fraud detection and incident management program.

March 2010 Paperback 978-0-566-09231-2 196 pages £17.99www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566092312

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A Short Guide to Procurement RiskRichard Russill

As a minimum, suppliers are the sources of materials, services and expert attention which enables a company to feed its business model. When done well, a high-performance risk-aware procurement process provides the bonus of competitive advantage, with ability to capitalise, rather than suffer, from the occurrence of unexpected events.

May 2010 Paperback 978-0-566-09218-3 142 pages £17.99www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566092190

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Implementing Virtual TeamsA Guide to Organizational and Human FactorsAbigail Edwards and John R Wilson

Many organisations worldwide are currently exploring the potential gains to be made from working with virtual teams. Although many different things are meant by use of ‘virtual’ (and indeed by ‘teams’), usually it denotes groups of people with common purpose and goals working in different locations and often different time zones; they will be interconnected via a variety of telecommunications networks, perhaps including the Internet and intranet, video conferencing, shared white boards, as well as telephone, mail and email. For organisations implementing such virtual teams there is a great need for guidance, in terms of the organisational structure and support which needs to be put in place.

This book offers a practical guide to developing virtual teams, providing both an overview of what is involved and also a clear simple framework around which organisations can build their own implementation process.


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Gower Handbook of Programme ManagementGeoff Reiss, Malcolm Anthony, John Chapman, Geof Leigh,Adrian Pyne and Paul Rayner

This Handbook provides authoritative guidance and advice on every aspectof successful programme management. It presents a detailed description of the whole programme management process, together with the requisite supporting infrastructure essential for the delivery of planned programme outcomes. It also includes The Programme Management Maturity Model, a benchmarking tool covering the ten key processes.


Contracting for Project ManagementEdited by J Rodney Turner

In all but the smallest of projects the project sponsor inevitably has to buy-in the goods and services of other suppliers, This requires people to make contracts so that they know the basis on which they are working with each other and to deal with any disagreements that subsequently arise. A knowledge of contracting specifically for project management is essential if a project is to avoid difficulties and reach a successful conclusion.

2003 Paperback 978-0-566-08529-1 168 pages £30.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566085291

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Making the Business CaseProposals that Succeed for Projects that WorkIan Gambles

A well-written and well-researched business case will secure funding; make sure any project stays on the right side of regulation; mobilize support for the cause; provide the platform for managing the project and the benchmark against which to measure progress. Ian Gambles’ Making the Business Case shows you how to make sense of the task at hand, develop a strategy, articulate your options, define the benefits, establish the costs, identify the risks and make a compelling case.

Just as with the best business cases, the text is concise, jargon-free and easy to read; illustrated throughout with practical examples drawn from real cases and including reflective exercises at the end of each chapter to help you consolidate what you have learned. This jewel of a book; essential reading for the manager tasked with making the business case, the senior manager who needs to understand and test it, and the project manager who is responsible for delivering whatever is agreed on.

2009 Paperback 978-0-566-08745-5 198 pages £25.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780754694274

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The Relationship ManagerThe Next Generation of Project ManagementTony Davis and Richard Pharro

The Relationship Manager has been written to fill the gap between technical and `business aspects of successful project delivery. It provides practical guidance on how to make this new way of working a reality and details the skills and techniques necessary to make a success of the latest developments in project management.


Project Delivery in Business-as-Usual OrganizationsTim Carroll

Tim Carroll’s book is an authoritative guide to improving project delivery in organizations such as banks, insurance, business and consumer service companies, hospitals, local and national government. This is a ‘must-read’ book to help managers responsible for strategy and change in all these organizations to realize the value that project management can bring to the long term development of their organization.

2006 A4 Hardback 978-0-566-08629-8 214 pages £45.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566086298

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Systems Cost EngineeringProgram Affordability Management and Cost ControlEdited by Dale Shermon

Parametric cost estimating models are flexible tools which bring engineering, scientific and mathematical rigour to cost and schedule estimating, but great tools alone will not keep programs affordable. Tools must be applied as part of a credible process if estimates and analyses are to be accepted.

Complex major projects involving engineering, hardware, software, service and IT, all suffer from two basic problems: the project sponsors often struggle to specify the project effectively, and project managers find themselves wrestling with unpredicted cost or schedule overruns. Everyone wants to be successful with the tools and solutions they use, so this book is a comprehensive collection of methods with proven success. The applications described by Dale Shermon and his co-authors have evolved over 30 years of cost engineering experience during which time they have been matured by the parametric community. Each chapter explores a different application of parametrics, based on real-life case examples, providing you with a detailed guide to the rationale and value of cost engineering in a different industry or program context.


The Project Manager’s Guide to PurchasingContracting for Goods and ServicesGarth Ward

‘Garth Ward has produced a rarity in the world of Project Management – a book that successfully encompasses the subject, written with the authority and practical experience gained from personally delivering challenging projects. In addition to providing an extensive guide to the commercial elements of purchasing, the book contains numerous case studies and amusing anecdotes, all of which are recognisable to those involved in the execution of projects...The Project Manager’s Guide to Purchasing is recommended as essential reading for both practicing Project Managers and those aspiring to deliver the projects of the future.’ Mike Cleaver, Commercial Vice President, M W Kellogg Limited

2008 Hardback978-0-566-08692-2 232 pages £55.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566086922

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Making Sense of Project RealitiesTheory, Practice and the Pursuit of PerformanceCharles Smith

This is a convincing explanation as to why project management theory and practice have become disconnected. It describes the kind of complex, human skills that are required to deliver successful projects, and draws on the experiences of practising project and programme managers from across private and public sector organizations. The result is a highly readable, and credible exploration of the nature of projects and programmes.


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59 Checklists for Project and Programme ManagersSecond EditionRudy Kor and Gert Wijnen

The practical approach taken by the authors makes this an easy book to dip into to improve your project and programme management competences. The book covers: choosing the right approach, organising for projects and programmes, team management, starting and executing projects, and programme management.

2007 Paperback978-0-566-08775-2 224 pages £30.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087752

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Volume 1: Skills and PrinciplesSecond Edition

Volume 1 contains exercises and activities which stimulate learning about managing projects, focusing particularly on the people and leadership aspects. They are intended not only to make learning more fun, but also to speed up the process.

The activities in the collection cover five distinct areas:

Project Management PrinciplesSetting Objectives and Assessing RequirementsCreativity and Problem-SolvingCommunication, Negotiation and Co-ordinationMotivation, Teamwork and Leadership

Background material on project management principles, methodologies and learning techniques support a diverse collection of activities including icebreakers, design exercises, questionnaires and assessments, project plans, brainteasers and enigmas, team challenges, and discussion exercises.

2008 A4 Looseleaf 978-0-566-08869-8 338 pages £99.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088698

CD-ROM individual user 978-0-566-08872-8 £99.00 + VAT www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088728

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Volume 3: Innovation, Value and PerformanceThis new collection of activities enables your project managers and team members to improve the performance of their projects by exploring topics such as benefit and value management, stakeholder relations, critical and innovative thinking and much more.


2009 CD-ROM individual user 978-0-566-08874-2 £99.00 + VAT www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088742

Three Volume SetYou can buy the complete set of the three Training for Project Management volumes for only £250.00, saving just under £50 when compared to the £297.00 you would be spending if you brought the three titles individually.

2009 A4 Loosleaf978-0-566-08901-5 1086 pages £250.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566089015

CD-ROM individual user 978-0-566-08902-2 £250.00 + VAT www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566089022

Volume 2: Methods and TechniquesSecond Edition

As projects continue to grow in scale, cost and complexity, the need for consistent and professional project management techniques for planning, organizing, controlling costs, risk management, managing progress, performance and change has never been greater. These exercises are designed to stimulate learning in the technical aspects of project management.


2008 CD-ROM individual user 978-0-566-08873-5 £99.00 + VAT www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088735

Training for Project ManagementIan Stokes

Managing Unique AssignmentsA Team Approach to Projects and ProgrammesGert Wijnen and Rudy Kor 2000 Hardback 978-0-566-08279-5 404 pages £65.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566082795

INDUSTRY SPECIFIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOOKS

FORTHCOMING

KEY BACKLIST PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOOKS

Project Management for the Pharmaceutical IndustryRevised ReprintLaura Brown and Tony GrundyWritten firmly from the perspective of the pharmaceutical industry, the authors’ offer a guide to the tools and techniques of project management. They cover both the technical and human aspects of project management to provide clinical research, drug development and quality assurance managers or directors with a must-have reference.June 2011 Hardback 978-1-4094-1894-8 224 pages £77.50www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/97814018948 ebook 978-1-4094-1895-5

Contracting for Engineering and Construction ProjectsFifth EditionPeter MarshWith its emphasis on the commercial aspects of contracting, this book represents an eminently practical guide to this complex subject for purchaser and contractor alike. 2001 Hardback 978-0-566-08282-5 256 pages £75.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566082825

Project Management for Successful Product InnovationAlan Webb2000 Hardback 978-0-566-08262-7 456 pages £70.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566082627

Law for Project ManagersDavid Wright2004 Hardback 978-0-566-08601-4 176 pages £60.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566086014

Risk and Financial Management in ConstructionSimon A. Burtonshaw-GunnThe book covers Risk Management describing the tools and methods to reduce the occurrence and consequences of risk, and the financial management of construction projects from raising funding, to contract strategy and through to estimating, budgeting and cost control. It includes a chapter covering international project risk, bringing together the issues of risk management, prime contracting, and PFI funding for construction projects undertaken away from the contractors main home market. 2009 Hardback 978-0-566-08897-1 200 pages £47.50 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088971

Reducing Project RiskRalph L Kliem and Irwin S Ludin1997 Hardback 978-0-566-07799-9 256 pages £60.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566077999

KEY BACKLIST PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOOKS

ALSO OF INTEREST

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Successful OSS Project Design and ImplementationRequirements, Tools, Social Designs, Reward Structures and Co-ordination MethodsHind Benbya and Nassim BelbalyToday, it has become clear that OSS represents a significant portion of the software industry. Thus the purpose of this book is to provide readers with an overall understanding of the OSS approach by explaining the features common to the products and processes of open source development projects. Decision makers at different levels and in a variety of fields need to understand the factors that contribute to the OSS adoption and use effectiveness; the circumstances required, the approaches, tools, social designs, reward structures and coordination methods.March 2011 Hardback 978-0-566-08795-0 216 pages c.£65.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087950 ebook 978-1-4094-0957-1

Measuring the Value of the Supply ChainLinking Financial Performance and Supply Chain DecisionsEnrico CamerinelliEnrico Camerinelli provides the supply chain manager and the chief financial officer with the means to link the value of supply chain to an organization’s bottom line. He explores the problem with current supply chain metrics, shows how to close the gap between financial decisions and supply chain performance, suggests a model to provide a lingua franca for supply chain, financial and other managers throughout the company and points to ways in which new technology can help measure the value of supply chain. Using case studies and interviews with supply chain and financial experts, this book is a call to arms for financial and supply chain managers seeking to achieve strategic advantage through effective supply chain management.April 2009 Hardback 978-0-566-08794-3 236 pages £65.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087943 ebook 978-0-7546-8144-1

Dynamic Supply Chain AlignmentA New Business Model for Peak Performance in Enterprise Supply Chains Across All GeographiesJohn Gattorna and FriendsNow, in the follow-up to his hugely successful Strategic Supply Chain Alignment, called Dynamic Supply Chain Alignment, John Gattorna explores how to create and sustain multiple supply chains with a level or flexibility and responsiveness that allow you to respond to opportunities and threats; how to align your suppliers, your partners AND your customers.July 2009 Hardback 978-0-566-08822-3 440 pages £60.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088223 ebook 978-1-4094-0247-3

The Contract ScorecardSuccessful Outsourcing by DesignSara CullenAn upfront investment in your contracts, from a commercial rather than legal perspective is probably the single most influential activity you can undertake; one that will ensure your outsourcing relationships have clear business goals as the focus of the deal. Reading a copy of Sara Cullen’s The Contract Scorecard should be the first step in that investment.April 2009 Hardback 978-0-566-08793-6 266 pages £70.00www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087936 ebook 978-0-7546-8171-7

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