Successful Project Management, includes Microsoft® Project 2010

Teach your students everything they need to know to work successfully in today's exciting project management environment with Gido/Clements' SUCCESSFUL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 5E. This best-selling text details how to organize as well as how to manage effective project teams, from planning and scheduling to cost management. Revised chapters now closely align with the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) framework and approach to ensure your students are learning today’s best practices. Coverage of the latest business developments and challenges acquaint students with issues such as project constraints, stakeholder issues, the project charter, how projects relate to an organization's strategic plan, and more. Your students learn the keys to effective communication both within and outside of a team. A wealth of new and revised intriguing cases inspire discussion and debate, while new real world vignettes give students first-hand insights into how to apply project management in the workplace. Other learning features and a variety of end-of-chapter practice and Internet exercises reinforce concepts critical to project management success. Your students also gain experience working with the latest version of today's most popular project management software -- Microsoft® Project 2010. A trial version of this software accompanies each new text with corresponding examples and exercises throughout this edition. A new CourseMate website features tutorials on Microsoft® Project 2010 as well as a complete, interactive eBook version of this edition and numerous teaching and learning tools. This leading SUCCESSFUL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 5E and its accompanying, comprehensive instructor support package provide all you and your students need to effectively manage projects in business today.

STRAIGHT-FORWARD, ACCESSIBLE APPROACH REFLECTS STATE-OF-THE-ART CONCEPTS. The authors have applied their years of first-hand project management experience to create an engaging, inviting presentation that focuses on the latest techniques and applications while de-emphasizing mathematical and overly technical detail.
COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT ADDRESSES EVERYTHING STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY IN TODAY'S PROJECT ENVIRONMENT. Students learn the critical skills and knowledge they need to organize and manage effective project teams. This edition also emphasizes communication with a focus on how to document and communicate project developments, both within and outside of the team. In-depth coverage also delves into the details of planning, scheduling and cost management.
"LEARNING OUTCOMES" AND "CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR" BOXES HIGHLIGHT THE KEY POINTS OF EACH CHAPTER. This edition helps your students focus their attention and learning efforts on each chapter's most important points as "Learning Outcomes" and "Critical Success Factors" provide brief overviews and reinforce the chapter's main ideas.
PROVEN END-OF-CHAPTER MATERIALS ENABLE STUDENTS TO APPLY CHAPTER CONCEPTS IN WRITING AND ONLINE. A wealth of practical questions and effective Internet exercises encourage your students to apply the concepts covered within the chapter.
"REINFORCE YOUR LEARNING" QUESTIONS TEST STUDENTS' COMPREHENSION OF CONCEPTS. Useful questions designed to test your students' understanding of key concepts are sprinkled throughout each chapter. "Reinforce Your Learning" questions ensure students fully understand the concept before moving ahead.
COMPLETE TEACHING PACKAGE PROVIDES WEALTH OF TIME-SAVING RESOURCES FOR COURSE PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION. Discover a wealth of time-saving support tools located, for your convenience, on the Instructor's Resource CD. Suggested teaching guidelines for each chapter, lecture outlines, answers to end-of-chapter questions, a comprehensive test bank, ExamView® test creation software, and PowerPoint® slides allow you to efficiently create a dynamic, interactive learning environment.

Jack Gido
Jack was most recently Director of Economic & Workforce Development and Director of PennTAP, the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program at Penn State University. In this position he directed the program, obtained funding, and provided leadership for a statewide staff who provide technology assistance and workforce development to Pennsylvania businesses and industry to improve their global competitiveness. Jack has 20 years of industrial management experience including the management of productivity improvement and technology development programs. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University.
James P. Clements
Dr. Clements currently serves as the 23rd President of West Virginia University and is a tenured Professor in the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Prior to becoming President of WVU, Jim served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vice President for Economic Development and Community Outreach, Chair of the Computer and Information Sciences Department, and the Robert W. Deutsch Distinguished Professor of Information Technology at Towson University. He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Analysis from The University of Maryland Baltimore County, an M.S. in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University, and a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He is the author of more than 50 research publications. During the past 20 years Dr. Clements has served as a consultant for a number of public and private organizations. He is also a four-time winner of the Faculty Member of the Year Award given by students at Towson University.

1. Project Management Concepts.
Part I: INITATING A PROJECT.
2. Identifying and Selecting Projects.
3. Developing Project Proposals.
Part II: PLANNING, PERFORMING, AND CONTROLLING THE PROJECT.
4. Defining Scope, Quality, Responsibility, and Activity Sequence.
5. Developing the Schedule.
6. Resource Utilization.
7. Determining Costs, Budget and Earned Value.
8. Managing Risk.
9. Closing the Project.
Part III: PEOPLE: THE KEY TO PROJECT SUCCESS.
10. The Project Manager.
11. The Project Team.
12. Project Communication and Documentation.
13. Project Management Organizational Structures.
Appendix A: Project Management Software.
Appendix B: Project Management Associations Around the Globe.
Appendix C: Project Management Websites.
Appendix D: Acronyms.
References.
Reinforce Your Learning Answers.
Glossary.
Index.