The No-Nonsense Guide to Project Management

von Barbara Allan

256 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book provides a ‘no-nonsense’ guide to projectmanagement which will enable library and information professionals to lead or take part in a wide rangeof projects from large-scale multi-organisation complex projects through torelatively simple local ones.Barbara Allan has fully revised and updated her classic 2004title ‘Project Management’ toincorporate considerable developmentsduring the past decade, including: the development and wide-scale acceptance offormal project management methodologies; the use of social media to communicateand disseminate information about projects and the large shift in the types ofproject library and information workers may be involved in.The text is supported by practical case studies drawn from awide range of LIS organizations at local, regional, national and internationallevels. These examples provide an insight into good practice for thepractitioner, from an individual working in a voluntary organization on anextremely limited budget, to someone involved in an international project.Content covered includes:- an introduction to project management, project workers andthe library and information profession- different approaches to project management, the projectcycle, the people side of projects and management of change- discussion of project methodologies, project managementsoftware, open source software, collaborative working software and use ofsocial media.- project initiation, communication, analysis and projectbriefs- developing project infra-structure, scheduling, working outthe finances and carrying out a detailed risk analysis- implementation, monitoring and reporting and identifyingpotential problems- current approaches to funding, bidding and tendering, andtaking part in audits- working in partnerships, in diverse and virtual teams, andmanaging change.  Readership:If you are an LIS professional involved in project work of any kind, whether ona managerial, practical, academic or research level, this is an invaluable resourcefor you.

• Reihe: Facet Publishing
• ISBN: 9781783302048
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.07.2017
• Größe: 229 x 153 mm
• Verlag: Facet Publishing - IPSUK