Project Management: The Managerial Aspects
$42.00
Author: | G P Sudhakar |
ISBN 13: | 9788177085150 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2020 |
Subject: | Commerce and Management |
About the Book
Poor project management and execution leads to considerable wastage of resources on the part of business enterprises. This indicates the need for a systematic study of project management techniques. Knowledge, skills, experience, leadership and competencies of a project manager impact the success of a project. Learning project management from macro management point of view can increase the success rate of a project.
This book provides insights into various concepts, definitions, research findings, industry best practices, tools and techniques for project management and scope for further research. In short, it is intended to provide systematically arranged authentic information on managerial dimensions of project management.
The book is organized into 3 parts:
Part I (chapters 1 to 6) is titled Strategy and Project Management. Apart from introduction to managerial aspects of project management, it covers topics such as basics of project strategy, characteristics of content development projects, nature of work of a global manager, role of conflicts in top management teams, and a case study of Tata Group.
Part II (chapters 7 to 13) is titled Project Management Research. It deals with such topics as project success requirements, success factors for software projects, conflict management techniques, lessons from Bhagavad Gita in project management, success factors for offshore software development projects, scientific versus social science research methodology, and research in management.
Part III (chapters 14 to 20) is titled People Aspects in Project Management. It is devoted to explanation and examination of different dimensions of teams, performance of software development teams, recruitment strategies of Indian IT firms, software programmers, software organizations, and project stakeholders and technology.
CONTENTS
Part I: Strategy and Project Management
1. Introduction to Managerial Aspects of Project Management
1.1 What is a Project?
1.2 What is Project Management?
1.3 Project Management in India
1.4 Project Governance and Strategy
1.5 Project Management Research Areas
1.6 Project Management Frameworks and Models
1.7 Human Aspects of Project Management
1.8 Project Teams
1.9 Project Control
2. Basics of Project Strategy
2.1 Individual Project Status Check
2.2 Risk Management
2.3 Needed Skills for Program Management
2.4 Prioritize the Projects
2.5 Maintaining a Resource Pool
2.6 Evaluation of the EPM Tools
2.7 Identification of Stakeholders
2.8 Project Planning
2.9 Communicating the Project Plan
2.10 Project Execution
2.11 Evaluating Team Member Performance
2.12 Training and Development
2.13 Releasing the Deliverables
3. Program Management of Content Development Projects
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Uniqueness of Content Development Projects
3.3 Content Development Program Planning
3.4 Identifying the Content Development Projects
3.5 Make or Buy Decisions
3.6 Co-ordination between Different Projects
3.7 Relationship Management with Vendors
3.8 Challenges in Content Development Programs
3.9 Benefits and Value to the Stakeholders
4. The Global Manager
4.1 What is a Global Organization?
4.2 Categories of Global Managers
4.3 Nature of a Global Manager’s Work
4.4 Skills Needed by a Global Manager
4.5 Need for Orientation
4.6 Training and Development for Global Managers
5. Conflicts in Top Management Teams (TMTs)
5.1 Categories of Conflicts
5.2 Findings of Various Studies on Conflicts in TMTs
5.3 Reasons for Conflicts in Top Management Team
5.4 Conflict Resolution Techniques
5.5 Impact of Conflicts on TMT Performance
6. Tata Group: A Case Study
6.1 Tata Group: History and Legacy
6.2 Tata Group Performance
Part II: Project Management Research
7. Project Success Factors
7.1 What is Project Success?
7.2 Project Team
7.3 Organizational Factors
7.4 Technical Factors
7.5 Environmental Factors
7.6 Other Factors
8. Critical Success Factors for Software Projects
8.1 Software Projects
8.2 Software Projects are Different
8.3 Success Factors for Software Development Projects
9. Conflict Management Techniques in Projects
9.1 Conflict Defined
9.2 Categories of Conflicts
9.3 Conflict Life Cycle
9.4 Models of Conflict Management
9.5 Identification of Reasons for Conflicts in Projects
9.6 Conflict Resolution Techniques
9.7 Conflict Analysis
9.8 Choosing the Best Alternative
9.9 Review the Impact
10. Project Management Insights from Bhagavad Gita
10.1 About Bhagavad Gita
10.2 Project Stakeholders
10.3 Project Management Concepts and Framework from Bhagavad Gita
10.4 Task Characteristics
10.5 Project Execution
10.6 Project Leader Characteristics
10.7 Individual (Team Member) Behaviour
11. Critical Success Factors for Offshore Software Development Projects
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Features of Offshore Projects
11.3 Why Offshore Projects are Tricky?
11.4 Success Factors for Offshore Software Projects
11.5 Success Story of India as Provider of Software Services
11.6 Strategies of Indian IT Companies
12. Scientific versus Social Science Research Methodology
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Conceptual Research
12.3 Empirical Research
12.4 Model Research Methodology
12.5 Experimental Research
12.6 Formal Methodologies
12.7 Build Research Methodology
12.8 Process Research Methodology
12.9 Simulation Methodology
13. Research in Management: From Identification to Publication
13.1 Problem Definition
13.2 Literature Review
13.3 Conceptual Model Development
13.4 Define Hypotheses
13.5 Research Design and Methodology
13.6 Data Collection, Correction and Preparation
13.7 Data Analysis by Statistical Techniques
13.8 Confirmatory Factor Analysis
13.9 Research Findings
13.10 Publishing Research Papers
Part III: People Aspects in Project Management
14. People Side of Modern Project Management
14.1 Recruitment
14.2 Induction
14.3 Setting Objectives
14.4 Work Allocation
14.5 Communicating with Other Team Members
14.6 Facing Conflicts
14.7 Conflict Resolution Techniques
14.8 Performance Appraisals
14.9 Motivating Team Members
14.10 Training and Development
14.11 Moving Between Projects
15. Different Dimensions of Teams
15.1 Meaning and Characteristics of a Team
15.2 Quantitative Dimensions of a Team
15.3 Qualitative Dimensions of a Team
16. Managing Dynamics in Teams
16.1 Team Development Stages
16.2 Managing Communications in the Team
16.3 Virtual Teams
16.4 Relationship among Team Members
16.5 Relationship with a Manager
16.6 Working in Different Organizational Structures
16.7 Self-managed Worker and Team
16.8 Managing Differences and Conflicts in Team
16.9 Leadership in Teams
16.10 Human Resource Skills Required for Managers
17. Recruitment Strategies of Indian IT Firms
17.1 Sources of Talent Pool
17.2 Temporary to Permanent Employment
17.3 Recruiting Old or Retired Workers
17.4 Targeting the Candidate
17.5 Diversity in Workforce
17.6 Selecting the Candidates
17.7 Interviewer Strategies
17.8 Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
18. Software Programmer: The Management Perspective
18.1 Setting Objectives
18.2 Providing Training
18.3 Evaluating Performance
18.4 Measuring Lines of Code (LOC) Per Man Month
18.5 Function Points Measure
18.6 Complexity Measure
18.7 Combination of Measures
18.8 Leadership Training for Future Roles
18.9 Career Paths for Programmers
18.10 Moving Across Projects
18.11 Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
18.12 People Capability Maturity Model (PCMM)
19. Teamwork in Software Organizations
19.1 Team Organization
19.2 Characteristics of Teams
19.3 Teams in Software Organizations
19.4 Managing Software Teams
19.5 How to Evaluate Performance of Software Teams?
19.6 Fostering Productivity in Team Work
19.7 Team Development
19.8 Need for High Performance Teams in Indian IT Industry
19.9 Characteristics of High Performance Teams
19.10 The Indian Scenario
20. Project Stakeholders and Technology
20.1 Team Members
20.2 People Side of Project Management
20.3 How to Manage Team Members?
20.4 Best Practices for Project Management
20.5 Best Practices for Selection
20.6 Best Practices for Performance Appraisals
20.7 Best Practices in Project Development Process
20.8 Best Practices for Software Development Methodologies
20.9 Skills versus Experience
20.10 Tapping Managerial Talents
20.11 Impact of Advanced Technologies on HR Function
Bibliography/References
Index