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GOWER www.gowerpublishing.com/projectmanagement Project Management New titles and key backlist 2012 New Project Management Titles 1 Project Management Key Backlist Titles 4 Forthcoming Project Management Titles for 2012 9 Fundamentals of Project Management Series 10 Advances in Project Management Series 12 Short Guides to Business Risk Series 14 Training for Project Management Collection 15 Also of Interest from Ashgate’s Aviation List 16 Future titles to look out for 17 Ordering Information Back Page This catalogue includes new project management titles for 2012 as well as key backlist titles. Project Management 2012 page 3 page 3 page 4 Orders You can find the ordering information on the back page of this catalogue, or order online and save 10% at www.gowerpublishing.com Review Copies For review copies of titles in this leaflet, please contact: Maureen Lazenby Telephone: +44 (0)1252 736600 Fax: +44 (0)1252 736736 Email: mlazenby@ashgatepublishing.com Please state the name of the publication in which the review will be published. Pricing and Contents Prices and publication dates shown in this catalogue are correct at press time (July 2012), but are subject to change without notice. Details of forthcoming titles are necessarily provisional. Cover Image: Composition frame © kryczka iStockphoto.com The Gower Project Management list Founded in 1967 Gower is an independent publisher, widely recognized as a specialist in project management books and resources. Gower’s publishing programme includes a range of over 80 titles from classic project management books through to the most challenging and cutting edge works. Our expert authors are continually developing new titles and are drawn from the most respected academic institutions and industries worldwide. Do you have a book proposal for us? Contact Jonathan Norman, Publisher jnorman@gowerpublishing.com or Visit www.gowerpublishing.com/authors for information about submitting a proposal. Order online and receive a 10% discount www.gowerpublishing.com/projectmanagement 1 New Project Management Titles Project Psychology Using Psychological Models and Techniques to Create a Successful Project Sharon De Mascia ‘The principal factors in project success (and failure) are to do with people. Sharon De Mascia’s book is a highly accomplished and relevant guide to getting the best out of people in projects. It deserves a place on the desk of anyone involved in a project – be they a sponsor, stakeholder, customer or project manager.’ Eric Woodcock, CEng FRSA Whether you are looking to set up and manage a new project or working to develop the competence and maturity of your organization’s project management capability, Sharon De Mascia’s book will provide you with insights and tools for making sense of the people involved and for managing them to best effect. January 2012 208 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08942-8 £60.00 ebook 978-1-4094-3829-8 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566089428 Value Management Translating Aspirations into Performance Roger H. Davies and Adam J. Davies ‘The book is a great read but, more importantly, conducting Value Management in practise within Logica has been a good business decision and certainly has improved our ability to justify investments and manage the returns.’ Roel Wolfert, Global Head of Strategy & Marketing Financial Services, Logica ‘The authors have managed to bring logic, insight and practical application together; it’s very compelling and an asset for modern leaders of complex change, regardless of industry.’ Diahann Williams, Head of Human Resources, Global Supply Chain Service Centre, BAT Failing to understand the causal links between the intended stakeholder outcomes and the actual programme outputs can be fatal to any project. Value Management explains how direction and delivery can be clarified and improved by examining the baseline business case and benefits realisation. October 2011 316 pages Hardback 978-1-4094-0955-7 £65.00 ebook 978-1-4094-0956-4 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9781409409557 Leading Successful PMOs How to Build the Best Project Management Office for Your Business Peter Taylor ‘For years there has been an inaccurate view that PMOs define and maintain project management standards. This view has led to untold PMO difficulties. The PMO in whatever shape or form is entirely about leadership and achievement. Kudos to Peter Taylor for spotlighting this and bringing us this practical reference.’ Mark Price Perry, Founder, BOT International Leading Successful PMOs, is a guide to maximising project success through a Project Management Office (PMO). Building and leading an effective PMO is a complex process. Peter Taylor outlines the basics of setting up a PMO and clearly explains how to ensure it will do exactly what you need it to do – the right things, in the right way, in the right order, with the right team! October 2011 206 pages Hardback 978-1-4094-1837-5 £35.00 ebook 978-1-4094-1838-2 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9781409418375 Leading Complex Projects Kaye Remington ‘I recommend this book as fundamental reading for those who wish to be acknowledged as future project leaders, it provides an insight into the importance of sensitivity and earning respect from your project team.’ Brian R Kooyman, Director of Global Business, Tracey Brunstrom & Hammond Group Kaye Remington’s Leading Complex Projects draws on original, empirical research into leadership of complex projects across a broad range of industries. The book explains and applies emerging best-practice in a coherent and focused way. It will inform experienced practitioners aswell as those involved in teaching and researching projects, complexity and leadership. October 2011 364 pages Hardback 978-1-4094-1905-1 £70.00 ebook 978-1-4094-1906-8 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9781409419051 For NEW TITLES in our acclaimed Fundamentals and Advances in Project Management Series, see pages 10-14 GOWER Project Management 2012 2 New Project Management Titles I certainly will be recommending this as a high quality book for my Masters and Doctoral students and all of these are also practicing project managers Derek H.T. Walker, RMIT University, and editor of The International Journal of Managing Projects in Business “ ” On Advising Upwards Advising Upwards A Framework for Understanding and Engaging Senior Management Stakeholders Edited by Lynda Bourne ‘This book offers a wide range of thoughtful insights into the much under-rated skill of managing up. All too often, supply side problems are caused on the stakeholders’ side and not necessarily by the suppliers. Understanding true stakeholder needs is the key to unlocking real business value.’ Jonathan Dutton, FCIPS, Managing Director, The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Australasia (CIPSA) Building, and managing, relationships with senior (upwards) stakeholders is essential for success. Advising Upwards makes a detailed examination of stakeholder relationship management, starting with a discussion of the personal changes that senior managers must make as they move into executive roles in the organisation, and recognising that through targeted and purposeful communication the team must ensure that their senior stakeholders understand how best to support their work. Case studies and stories from experts illustrate practical, structured approaches that enable the teams to develop robust relationships with senior stakeholders that will result in their ‘being heard’ and ‘being extraordinary’. September 2011 340 pages Hardback 978-0-566-09249-7 £65.00 ebook 978-1-4094-3430-6 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566092497 Integrated Cost-Schedule Risk Analysis David Hulett ‘Hulett’s latest book…describes how one can (and really should) develop risk models that consider both cost and schedule and, more importantly, the interaction between the two. It is to be hoped that Hulett’s approach will be adopted, no doubt adapted to suit each individual practitioner, to produce more realistic (let us not say ‘accurate’) projections of project outcomes – to set more achievable targets and to point towards more effective risk mitigation actions.’ Philip Rawlings, Director, Euro Log Ltd This companion volume to Practical Schedule Risk Analysis (see page 5 of this catalogue) explores the second area where projects so often go horribly wrong – project cost. Many cost estimates are fundamentally flawed in their conception, become written in stone when the project is approved and consequently fall apart during the project implementation and delivery. David Hulett explains the true value of project cost estimating and how to manage the risks associated with project costs and project schedules. Given the scale of the investment in many modern projects, this is surely a book that is worth its weight in gold. June 2011 240 pages Hardback 978-0-566-09166-7 £65.00 ebook 978-1-4094-2812-1 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566091667 Bid Writing for Project Managers David Cleden ‘Bid Writing for Project Managers is an excellent introduction to the process of writing a competitive bid or proposal for new business full of good sense delivered in an easy, persuasive and authoritative style. You feel that the author (David Cleden) is a master of the craft about which he writes, rather than a self- professed business guru writing in his ivory tower about how he thinks things ought to be. I would recommend Bid Writing for Project Managers to anyone who has the unenviable responsibility of managing preparation of a bid, and to all project managers who are required to contribute to a proposal, especially if they’re likely to be tasked with delivering the project when the bid is won!’ Mark Pillatt, Senior Project Manager, WTG Technologies Limited Involving the designated project manager at the bidding stage is becoming the norm in many commercial organizations. Getting the bid right is the essence of planning for project success. However, many project managers are unfamiliar with the pitfalls of competitive bidding and don’t know how to balance a compelling sales message against a realistic delivery plan. Bid Writing for Project Managers will guide prospective project managers through the bid-writing lifecycle, providing comprehensive guidelines and numerous tips on how to craft a winning bid and how to set the project up with the best possible chance of success. April 2011 270 pages Hardback 978-0-566-09214-5 £65.00 ebook 978-0-566-09215-2 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566092145 Order online and receive a 10% discount www.gowerpublishing.com/projectmanagement 3 New Project Management Titles Project Success Critical Factors and Behaviours Emanuel Camilleri ‘What makes a project successful? Emanuel Camilleri in the book Project Success: Critical Factors and Behaviours has tried to answer that question. This book from Gower is the bible on getting it right, covering everything from the history of project management to managing information flow and organisational diagnostics If you are studying project management, or working as a consultant for failing projects, then this is a must-have read. If you are setting up a project management function from scratch in your company, then you’ll find Project Success very useful for starting off on the right foot.’ Elizabeth Harrin, heads The Otobos Group, which publishes her award-winning blog, A Girl’s Guide to Project Management In chapters dedicated to factors such as leadership, teams, communication, information management and risk management, the author shines a light on the key behaviours in which project managers and others engage and how those behaviours predict success or failure. Practising project managers, project board members and sponsors, struggling to manage conflicting stakeholder expectations, complexity and ambiguity, will learn which factors are vital to determining successful outcomes. February 2011 324 pages Hardback 978-0-566-09228-2 £70.00 ebook 978-0-566-09229-9 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566092282 The Project Risk Maturity Model Measuring and Improving Risk Management Capability Martin Hopkinson ‘The Project Risk Maturity Model provides an answer for those who know that they haven’t yet peaked in project risk management capability, or who want to maintain or improve their ability to manage project risk. Martin Hopkinson has done a great job over the past ten years in developing The Project Risk Maturity Model into a robust framework, and this book allows others to access and apply his insights and experience. I’m pleased to recommend it.’ Dr David Hillson, The Risk Doctor Martin Hopkinson equips you with the ability to assess the capability of your organisation’s risk management process on four distinct levels. This enables you to assess whether your current level of risk management is appropriate for the nature and scale of the projects you are undertaking. Using an objective measure of risk management capability is extremely valuable for organisations, both the private and public sector need to demonstrate good project governance. The Project Risk Maturity Model provides a measure for progress in the ongoing development of project managers and teams. Includes a free copy of the Project Risk Maturity Model Programme on CD allowing you to perform an unlimited number of your own maturity assessments. December 2010 264 pages Hardback and CD-ROM 978-0-566-08879-7 £65.00 ebook 978-1-4094-2646-2 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088797 Project Politics A Systematic Approach to Managing Complex Relationships Nita Martin The ability of individuals to work together to facilitate the delivery of a project can be a major factor in determining its success. Project Politics provides a framework for solving political concerns through the effective management of complex relationships. Nita Martin’s structured approach will raise awareness and improve your ability to manage issues in the workplace. She shows that once you recognize the problems, and take politics in your stride, you can successfully manage such environments. December 2010 166 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08895-7 £55.00 ebook 978-1-4094-1261-8 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088957 Project Sponsorship An Essential Guide for Those Sponsoring Projects Within Their Organizations David West ‘The writing is in a good, readable style. The author comes across as personable and knowledgeable in his subject. The book should be easy to dip into, and is likely to be a handy reference source.’ Graham Dalton, CEO, Highways Agency, London, UK David West’s Project Sponsorship explains the roles and skills that lie at the heart of effective sponsorship. The sponsor acts as a lynch-pin between the Board and the Project Manager, communicating and translating requirements downwards and resource needs, progress and constraints back upwards. December 2010 256 pages Paperback 978-0-566-08888-9 £25.00 ebook 978-1-4094-1079-9 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088889 GOWER Project Management 2012 4 Project Management Key Backlist Titles Exploiting Future Uncertainty Creating Value from Risk David Hillson Exploiting Future Uncertainty contains more than sixty focused briefings, each addressing a key part of the risk challenge. Using five themes, International risk consultant Dr David Hillson covers the links between better business and risk-taking, basic risk concepts, making risk management work in practice, people aspects, and managing risk in the wider world. It is packed with clear practical advice with specific how-to tips and guidance. 2010 220 pages Paperback 978-1-4094-2341-6 £20.00 ebook 978-1-4094-2342-3 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9781409423416 Transforming Government and Public Services Realising Benefits through Project Portfolio Management Stephen Jenner ‘Jenner’s book hits the nail on the head in these challenging times when every investment should make a difference. He not only gives advice on why you really should be focussing right now on effective Portfolio Management which includes prioritisation, optimisation, management and real benefits delivery but more importantly sound advice with 20 practical hints and tips on how you go about making it happen in your organisation. My advice is read this and act now, it is never too late to start…’ Paul Hirst, Head of Programme and Project Management, Departmental Transformation Portfolio, HMRC Operating in a complex, confusing and often highly politicized environment, Stephen Jenner’s Transforming Government and Public Services provides a clear, definitive and highly applied guide for all involved in selecting the right projects and doing them right so that they achieve the intended investment objectives. 2010 188 pages Hardback 978-1-4094-0163-6 £60.00 ebook 978-1-4094-0307-4 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9781409401636 Stakeholder Relationship Management A Maturity Model for Organisational Implementation Lynda Bourne This book has two specific purposes: firstly, as a ‘how-to’ book to provide the fundamental processes and practices to support either individuals or organisations in improving stakeholder management. It will help with projects and program management offices (PMO), and organisational survival during mergers and acquisitions, preparing for the tender bidding and marketing campaigns. Secondly, for organisations that have recognised the importance of stakeholder engagement to their success, as a guidebook for assessing their current maturity regarding implementation of stakeholder relationship management and a series of guidelines and milestones for achieving their preferred level of maturity. 2009 242 pages Hardback & CD-ROM 978-0-566-08864-3 £65.00 ebook 978-0-566-09193-3 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088643 Images of Projects Mark Winter and Tony Szczepanek Based on real examples and the authors work over the last ten years, Images of Projects presents seven pragmatic images for making sense of the complex realities of projects. Illustrated using various models, these images are presented in ways that allow you to reflect upon your own mental models in relation to the different perspectives in this book. Along with the seven images, the book contains numerous other frameworks enabling you create your own ‘toolkit’ of models and tools. This book will help practitioners and students develop (or enrich) crucial skills for working on projects and programmes in the 21st century. 2009 288 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08716-5 £42.50 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087165 Order online and receive a 10% discount www.gowerpublishing.com/projectmanagement 5 Project Management Key Backlist Titles Systems Cost Engineering Program Affordability Management and Cost Control Edited by Dale Shermon Parametric cost estimating models are flexible tools which bring engineering, scientific and mathematical rigour to cost and schedule estimating, but great tools alone will not keep programs affordable. Tools must be applied as part of a credible process if estimates and analyses are to be accepted. Complex major projects involving engineering, hardware, software, service and IT, all suffer from two basic problems: the project sponsors often struggle to specify the project effectively, and project managers find themselves wrestling with unpredicted cost or schedule overruns. Everyone wants to be successful with the tools and solutions they use, so this book is a comprehensive collection of methods with proven success. The applications described by Dale Shermon and his co-authors have evolved over 30 years of cost engineering experience during which time they have been matured by the parametric community. Each chapter explores a different application of parametrics, based on real-life case examples, providing you with a detailed guide to the rationale and value of cost engineering in a different industry or program context. 2009 328 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08861-2 £70.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088612 Practical Schedule Risk Analysis David Hulett Practical Schedule Risk Analysis, contains a complete treatment of schedule risk analysis from basic to advanced concepts. Benefits of the process, relationship to traditional critical path method scheduling and to project management, the role of the corporate culture in ensuring success and the criticality of collecting risk data are emphasized for the benefit of the practitioner. 2009 240 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08790-5 £65.00 ebook 978-0-7546-9196-9 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087905 Making the Business Case Proposals that Succeed for Projects that Work Ian Gambles A well-written and well-researched business case will secure funding; make sure any project stays on the right side of regulation; mobilize support for the cause; provide the platform for managing the project and the benchmark against which to measure progress. Ian Gambles’ Making the Business Case shows you how to make sense of the task at hand, develop a strategy, articulate your options, define the benefits, establish the costs, identify the risks and make a compelling case. 2009 198 pages Paperback 978-0-566-08745-5 £25.00 ebook 978-0-7546-9427-4 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087455 Project Reviews, Assurance and Governance Graham Oakes Graham Oakes’ Project Reviews, Assurance and Governance is about learning from your mistakes and understanding what’s really going on with your projects. In order for reviews and assurance to provide you with this information and learning, you need to perform them effectively and that is the purpose of this book. The author builds on his experience of running assurance and review teams for professional service firms (working for public and private sector clients) and for private sector companies. He provides a series of ‘mental models’ that can help reviewers, sponsors and other stakeholders set up and conduct effective reviews. These models are coupled with pragmatic advice on how to run effective project review and assurance teams, and are backed by a range of case studies. 2008 288 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08807-0 £65.00 ebook 978-0-7546-8146-5 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088070 Managing Group Risk Attitude Ruth Murray-Webster and David Hillson David Hillson and Ruth Murray-Webster bring together leading-edge thinking on risk attitudes and emotional literacy to create a unique resource for those wishing to move beyond mere implementation of a risk process and towards a people-centred approach for risk management. Provides clear and usable guidance for readers on how to manage risk attitude in their working groups. 2008 190 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08787-5 £55.00 ebook 978-0-7546-8135-9 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087875 GOWER Project Management 2012 6 Project Management Key Backlist Titles The Project Manager’s Guide to Purchasing Contracting for Goods and Services Garth Ward This very practical guide describes the whole process of contracting for goods and services, from selecting tenderers to placing a contract. It details the key topics that are necessary for success, such as contract strategy, contract types, contract law and evaluating tenders. Whilst the book also addresses the project context in which purchasing takes place, the subject matter could equally be applied to any business context. 2008 232 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08692-2 £65.00 ebook 978-0-7546-8129-8 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566086922 Tools for Complex Projects Kaye Remington and Julien Pollack Tools for Complex Projects draws on the latest research in the areas of project management, complexity theory and systems thinking to provide a ready reference for understanding and managing the increasing complexity of projects and programmes. The main part of the book provides a series of fourteen project tools. Some of these tools may be used at the level of the whole project life-cycle. Others may be applied ad hoc at any time. In each case, the authors provide: detailed guidelines for using the tool, information on its purpose and the types of complexity for which it is most appropriate, the theoretical background to the tool, a practical example of its use, and any necessary words of caution. 2008 c. 232 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08741-7 £65.00 ebook 978-1-4094-0892-5 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087417 Gower Handbook of Project Management Fourth Edition Edited by J Rodney Turner This handbook for project management practitioners gives an introduction to, and overview of, the essential knowledge required for managing projects, from the perspective of an experienced team of practitioners in the field. There are four parts: • Projects: describing the context of projects in organizations, and their nature • Performance: describing how to manage the delivery of the project, covering scope, quality, cost, time, resources, risk, etc • Process: describing the project management life-cycle and each stage of it • People: describing how to manage the people working on projects. 2008 912 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08806-3 £95.00 ebook 978-0-566-08994-7 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088063 The Essentials of Project Management Third Edition Dennis Lock The Essentials of Project Management is a primer distilled from Dennis Lock’s comprehensive, successful and encyclopedic textbook, Project Management, (now in its Ninth Edition). It provides a concise, straightforward account of the principles and techniques of project management, designed to meet the needs of the business manager or student. Using examples and illustrations, the author introduces the key project management procedures and explains clearly how and when to use them. The text for the new edition has been completely restructured and largely rewritten, so that the sequence now follows even more closely the life-cycle of a typical project from its earliest definition to final close-out. 2007 218 Pages Paperback 978-0-566-08805-6 £20.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088056 Project Management Ninth Edition Dennis Lock Dennis Lock’s masterly exposition of the principles and practice of project management has been pre-eminent in its field for four decades. It explains the entire project management process in great detail, demonstrating techniques ranging from the simplest of charts to sophisticated computer applications. Everything is reinforced throughout with case examples and diagrams. The text has been completely restructured and largely rewritten for this ninth edition, so that the sequence now follows even more closely the life-cycle of a typical project from its earliest definition to final close-out. Case examples and diagrams have all been reviewed, updated, augmented or replaced. 2 007 544 pages Paperback 978-0-566-08772-1 £30.00 ebook 978-0-7546-8634-7 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087721 Tutor’s Edition Order online and receive a 10% discount www.gowerpublishing.com/projectmanagement 7 Project Management Key Backlist Titles Estimating Risk A Management Approach Andy Garlick Andy Garlick’s book explores the role of quantitative techniques in modern risk management. It describes a broad range of modelling techniques, all illustrated by business-relevant examples. The role of the models in decision making is also discussed, with particular emphasis on what the risk premium – the price people charge for accepting risk – is and should be. In order to provide a self contained account the underpinning material from probability and decision theory is also included, so that the book will provide a handy reference guide for all practitioners. 2007 260 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08776-9 £65.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087769 Making Sense of Project Realities Theory, Practice and the Pursuit of Performance Charles Smith Drawing heavily on research into the experiences of practising project and programme managers from across private and public sector organizations, this readable, very credible and imaginative exploration of the nature of projects and programmes will strike a chord with every project practitioner. It is a book that offers a realistic set of ideas for developing creative and effective project players, who understand the purpose of what they are doing, the context within which they are working, and the people with whom they need to engage. 2007 208 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08729-5 £40.00 ebook 978-0-7546-9284-3 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087295 59 Checklists for Project and Programme Managers Second Edition Rudy Kor and Gert Wijnen The practical approach taken by Rudy Kor and Gert Wijnen makes this an easy book to dip into to improve your project and programme management competences. The book covers a range of topics, including: choosing the right approach, organising for projects and programmes, team management, starting and executing projects, and programme management. For each topic, the book provides a series of checklists to lead you through the most important aspects of each subject. With such hands-on advice from acknowledged experts so easily available, this is a book which no project or programme manager should be without. 2007 224 pages Paperback 978-0-566-08775-2 £32.50 ebook 978-0-7546-8191-5 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087752 Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude Second Edition David Hillson and Ruth Murray-Webster David Hillson’s and Ruth Murray-Webster’s Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude will help you understand the human aspects of risk management and to manage proactively the influence of human behaviour on the risk process. The authors introduce a range of models, perspectives and examples to define and detail the range of possible risk attitudes; looking both at individuals and groups. Using leading-edge thinking on self-awareness and emotional literacy they develop a powerful approach to address the most common shortfall in current risk management: the failure to manage the human aspects of the process. 2 007 208 pages Paperback 978-0-566-08798-1 £26.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087981 Gower Handbook of Programme Management Geoff Reiss, Malcolm Anthony, John Chapman, Geof Leigh, Adrian Pyne and Paul Rayner This Handbook provides authoritative guidance and advice, templates, concepts, systems and approaches on every aspect of successful programme management. The main part of the handbook presents a detailed description of the whole programme management process, together with the requisite supporting infrastructure essential for the delivery of planned programme outcomes. The book also includes The Programme Management Maturity Model, a benchmarking tool covering the ten key processes within programme management, plus the Programme Management Improvement Process: a step-by-step guide to improving an organization’s ability to deliver change. 2006 738 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08603-8 £99.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566086038 Tutor’s Edition GOWER Project Management 2012 8 Project Management Key Backlist Titles Over 3000 Ashgate and Gower titles are now available as ebooks. Titles in this catalogue available as ebooks show an ebook ISBN. We do not sell ebooks directly, however there are several, easy to use, purchase options available to libraries and individuals. Visit www.ashgate.com/ebooks for more information. Project Delivery in Business-as- Usual Organizations Tim Carroll Tim Carroll’s Project Delivery in Business-as-Usual Organizations, provides an authoritative guide to improving project delivery in organizations such as banks, insurance, business and consumer service companies, hospitals, local and national government. This is a ‘must-read’ book to help managers responsible for strategy and change in all these organizations to realize the value that project management can bring to the long term development of their organization. 2006 214 pages A4 Hardback 978-0-566-08629-8 £45.00 ebook 978-0-7546-8555-5 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566086298 The Project Manager’s Guide to Handling Risk Alan Webb Risk is a key issue for every project manager. How the various risks are handled can often define the final outcome of a project; it can determine its overall worth to both sponsors and contractors and its ultimate success or failure. Alan Webb’s The Project Manager’s Guide to Handling Risk is a concise, practical guide to the process for every project manager. Starting from an explanation of how our current ideas of risk have evolved, the author: •introducesthenatureofriskandthebasisofrisk analysis; •exploreshowandwheredifferentpatternsofrisk emerge within the life of a project, and •explainsthevarietyoftoolsandtechniquesforrisk analysis and management and shows how to use them. The book also provides a comprehensive assessment of the current range of software tools that deals with the various aspects of risk management. Included with The Project Manager’s Guide to Handling Risk is a free CD-ROM containing samples of available software packages. 2003 194 pages Hardback & CD-ROM 978-0-566-08571-0 £55.00 ebook 978-0-566-08970-1 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566085710 Contracting for Project Management Edited by J. Rodney Turner In all but the smallest of projects the project sponsor inevitably has to buy-in the services of other suppliers. Goods and services must be bought, and this requires people to make contracts so that they know the basis on which they are working with each other and to deal with any disagreements that subsequently arise. This means that a knowledge of contracting specifically for project management is essential if a project is to avoid difficulties and reach a successful conclusion. This book concentrates specifically on the contracting issues that surround projects of any size. 2003 168 pages Paperback 978-0-566-08529-1 £30.00 ebook 978-0-7546-8290-5 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566085291 The Relationship Manager The Next Generation of Project Management Tony Davis and Richard Pharro The Relationship Manager has been written to fill the gap between technical and business aspects of successful project delivery. It provides practical guidance on how to make this new way of working a reality and details the skills and techniques necessary to make a success of the latest developments in project management. 2003 248 pages Hardback 978-0-566-08463-8 £60.00 www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566084638 [...]... in Projects • Developing Project Leadership • Second Order Project Management • The Social Infrastructure of Project Management • Auditing and Reviewing Projects and Programs • Customer-Centric Project Management • Earned Value Management for Programmes and Portfolios • Project Requirements • Project Ethics • Social Competence in Project Management • Sustainability in Project Management January 2012. .. Advances in Project Management provides short, state of the art guides to the main aspects of the new emerging applications including: maturity models, agile projects, extreme projects, six sigma and projects, human factors and leadership in projects, project governance, value management, virtual teams, project benefits Latest Titles Managing Project Supply Chains Spirituality and Project Management. .. Middlesex University and Visiting Professor of Computer Science at the University of Iceland This companion series to the Advances in Project Management Series provides short guides to a set of key aspects of project management: • Benefits Management; • Progress Management/ Earned Value; • Business Case; • Planning; • Change Management; • Quality Management; • Cost Management; • Risk Management; • Financing;... Messy and Wicked Risk Leadership “ I have no hesitation in recommending this book ” Sir Robert Walmsley, Chairman of the Board of the Major Projects Association To view more information on this series visit www.gowerpublishing.com/advancesinprojectmanagement Project Management 2012 GOWER Advances in Project Management Series Tame, Messy and Wicked Risk Leadership Strategic Project Risk Appraisal and Management. .. 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