Project Management For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))

387 Pages·2006·5.83 MB·English

by  Stanley E. Portny

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Project
Management
FOR
DUMmIES
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2
ND EDITION
by Stanley E.Portny
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
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Project
Management
FOR
DUMmIES
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2
ND EDITION
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Project
Management
FOR
DUMmIES
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2
ND EDITION
by Stanley E.Portny
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
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Project Management For Dummies®, 2nd Edition
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About the Author
Stanley E. Portny,president of Stanley E. Portny and
Associates, LLC, is an internationally recognized expert in
project management and project leadership. During the past
30 years, he’s provided training and consultation to more
than 120 public and private organizations in fields such
as finance, consumer products, insurance, pharmaceuticals,
information technology, telecommunications, defense, and
health care. He has developed and conducted training pro-
grams for more than 30,000 management and staff personnel
in engineering, sales and marketing, research and development, information
systems, manufacturing, operations and support areas.
Stan combines an analyst’s eye with an innate sense of order and balance and a
deep respect for personal potential. He helps people understand how to con-
trol chaotic environments and produce dramatic results while still achieving
personal and professional satisfaction. Widely acclaimed for his dynamic pre-
sentations and unusual ability to establish a close rapport with seminar partici-
pants, Stan specializes in tailoring his training programs to meet the unique
needs of individual organizations. His clients have included ADP, ADT,
American International Group, Burlington Northern Railroad, Hewlett Packard,
Nabisco, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Pitney Bowes, UPS, Vanguard Investment
Companies, and the United States Navy and Air Force.
A Project Management Institute--certified Project Management Professional
(PMP), Stan received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He holds a master’s degree in electrical
engineering and the degree of electrical engineer from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Stan has also studied at the Alfred P. Sloan School of
Management and the George Washington University National Law Center.
Stan provides on-site training in all aspects of project management, project
team-building and project leadership. He can work with you to assess your
organization’s current project-management practices, develop planning- and
control-systems and procedures, and review the progress of ongoing projects.
In addition, Stan can serve as the keynote speaker at your organization’s or
professional association’s meetings.
To discuss this book or understand how Stan can work with you to enhance
your organization’s project-management skills and practices, please contact him
at Stanley E. Portny and Associates, LLC, 20 Helene Drive, Randolph, New Jersey
07869; phone [phone]; fax [phone]; e-mail [email protected];
Web site www.StanPortny.com.
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Dedication
To my wife, Donna, and my sons, Jonathan and Brian. May we continue to
share life’s joys together.
Author’s Acknowledgments
Writing and publishing this book was a team effort, and I would like to thank
the many people who helped to make this possible. First, I want to thank
Tracy Boggier, my acquisitions editor, who first contacted me to discuss the
possibility of my writing this second edition of my book. Thanks to her for
that phone call, for helping me prepare the proposal, for helping to get the
project off to a smooth and timely start, for coordinating the publicity and
sales, and for helping to bring all the pieces to a successful conclusion.
Thanks to Chad Sievers, my project editor, and Pam Ruble, my copy editor,
for their guidance, support, and the many hours they spent polishing the text
into a smooth, finished product.
Finally, thanks to my family for their continued help and inspiration. Thanks
to Donna, who never doubted that this book would become a reality and who
shared personal and stylistic comments as she reviewed the text countless
times while always making it seem that she found it enjoyable and enlighten-
ing. Thanks to Jonathan and Brian, whose interest and excitement helped to
motivate me to see this book through to its completion.