Winner of the 2018 Project Management Institute David I. Cleland Award for Literature
A project is a temporary organization of people and resources brought together to achieve a one-off objective. Andrew Davies explains how and why the project approach is central to success in creating products and services, constructing major infrastructure, launching entrepreneurial ventures, implementing strategies, even landing a man on the moon.
A project is a temporary coalition of people and resources brought together to achieve a one-off objective. Andrew Davies explains how and why the project approach is central to success in creating products and services, constructing major infrastructure, launching entrepreneurial ventures, implementing strategies, even landing a man on the moon.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- 1: Introduction
- 2: America's venture into the unknown
- 3: From Manhattan to the Moon
- 4: Arup's adhocracy and projects in theory
- 5: Lean, heavy, and disruptive projects
- 6: London's megaproject ecology
- 7: Back to the future
- References
- Further Reading
- Index