Project Management Case Studies - Harold Kerzner

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Résumé :

Preface xv

1 Project Management Methodologies 1

Lakes Automotive 3

Ferris HealthCare, Inc. 5

Clark Faucet Company 7

Creating a Methodology 11

Honicker Corporation 15

Acquisition Problem 19

Zane Corporation 29

2 Implementation of Project Management 33

Kombs Engineering 35

Williams Machine Tool Company 37

The Reluctant Workers 39

Macon, Inc. 41

Cordova Research Group 43

Cortez Plastics 45

The Enterprise Resource Planning Project 47

The Prioritization of Projects 55

Selling Executives on Project Management 57

The New CIO 61

The Invisible Sponsor 65

The Trade- off Decision (A) 69

The Trade- off Decision (B) 73

The Project Audit 75

Brenda's Dilemma 79

The Information Overflow Dilemma 81

Impact of the Assumptions 83

3 Project Management Cultures 85

Como Tool and Die (A) 87

Como Tool and Die (B) 91

Apache Metals, Inc. 95

Haller Specialty Manufacturing 97

Coronado Communications 99

Radiance International 103

The Executive Director 107

Redstone Inc. 113

The Lack of Information 117

Cultivating Servant Leaders at Acme Industries 119

4 Project Management Organizational Structures 121

Quasar Communications, Inc. 123

Fargo Foods 129

Government Project Management 133

Falls Engineering 135

White Manufacturing 141

Martig Construction Company 143

Dixon Aerospace 145

Managing Project Resources in Government Agencies 147

5 Negotiating for Resources 151

Ducor Chemical 153

American Electronics International 157

The Carlson Project 161

Communication Failures 163

6 Project Estimating 167

Capital Industries 169

Small- Project Cost Estimating at Percy Company 173

Cory Electric 175

Camden Construction Corporation 179

The Estimating Problem 183

The Singapore Software Group (A) 185

The Singapore Software Group (B) 191

The Singapore Software Group (C) 193

The Singapore Software Group (D) 195

To Bid or Not to Bid 197

7 Project Planning 201

Greyson Corporation 203

Teloxy Engineering (A) 209

Teloxy Engineering (B) 211

Payton Corporation 213

Kemko Manufacturing 215

Chance of a Lifetime 219

The Phoenix Project 223

8 Project Scheduling 225

Crosby Manufacturing Corporation 227

The Scheduling Dilemma 231

9 Project Execution 235

The Blue Spider Project 237

Corwin Corporation 253

Quantum Telecom 265

The Trophy Project 267

Margo Company 271

Project Overrun 273

The Automated Evaluation Project 275

The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Iridium: A Project Management Perspective 279

Health Care Partners, Inc. 311

McRoy Aerospace 317

The Poor Worker 321

The Prima Donna 323

The Team Meeting 325

The Management Control Freak 327

The Skills Inventory Project 331

The Brainstorming Meeting 333

Skills Needed for Managing a Complex Government Project 335

10 Controlling Projects 339

The Two- Boss Problem 341

The Bathtub Period 343

Irresponsible Sponsors 345

The Need for Project Management Metrics (A) 347

The Need for Project Management Metrics (B) 353

The Need for Project Management Metrics (C) 359

The Need for Project Management Metrics (D) 363

The Need for Project Management Metrics (E) 367

The Need for Project Manageme...

Biographie:

Harold Kerzner, PhD, is Senior Executive Director for Project Management at the International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL), a global learning solutions company offering professional training and consulting services worldwide. Dr. Kerzner's profound effect on the project management industry inspired IIL to establish, in coordination with PMI, the Kerzner International Project Manager of the Year Award, which is presented to a distinguished PMP^? or global equivalent each year....

Sommaire:

Harold Kerzner, PhD, is Senior Executive Director for Project Management at the International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL), a global learning solutions company offering professional training and consulting services worldwide. Dr. Kerzner's profound effect on the project management industry inspired IIL to establish, in coordination with PMI, the Kerzner International Project Manager of the Year Award, which is presented to a distinguished PMP^? or global equivalent each year....