Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme

796 Pages·2009·4.31 MB·English

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Effective Project
Management

Effective Project
Management
Traditional, Agile, Extreme
Fifth Edition
Robert K. Wysocki, Ph.D.
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She was able to complete only the 8th grade when the Great Depression
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About the Author
Robert K. Wysocki, Ph.D., has over 40 years’ experience as a project man-
agement consultant and trainer, information systems manager, systems and
managementconsultant,author,trainingdeveloperandprovider.Hehaswrit-
ten 16 books on project management and information systems management.
Oneofhisbooks,EffectiveProjectManagement,4thEdition,hasbeenabest-seller
and is recommended by the Project Management Institute for the library
of every project manager. He has over 30 publications and presentations in
professionalandtradejournalsandhasmademorethan100presentationsat
professionalandtradeconferencesandmeetings.Hehasdevelopedmorethan
20projectmanagementcoursesandtrainedover10,000projectmanagers.
In1990hefoundedEnterpriseInformationInsights,Inc.(EII),aprojectman-
agementconsultingandtrainingpracticespecializinginprojectmanagement
methodology design and integration, Project Support Office establishment,
the development of training curriculum, and the development of a portfolio
of assessmenttools focusedon organizations, projectteams,and individuals.
HisclientsincludeAT&T,Aetna,BabbageSimmel,BritishComputerSociety,
Boston University Corporate Education Center, Computerworld, Converse
Shoes,theCzechoslovakianGovernment,DataGeneral,Digital,EliLilly,Har-
vard Community Health Plan, IBM, J. Walter Thompson, Novartis, Peoples
Bank,Sapient,TheLimited,TheStateofOhio,TravelersInsurance,Wal-Mart,
WellsFargo,ZTE,andseveralothers.
HeisamemberoftheProjectWorldExecutiveAdvisoryBoard,theProject
ManagementInstitute,theAmericanSocietyofTrainingandDevelopment,the
InternationalInstituteofBusinessAnalystsandtheSocietyofHumanResource
Management.HeispastAssociationVicePresidentofAITP(formerlyDPMA).
He earned a B.A. in mathematics from the University of Dallas, and an M.S.
andPh.D.inmathematicalstatisticsfromSouthernMethodistUniversity.
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