Organisation and Governance

6.1 Project Life Cycles

Further reading:

British Standards Institution (2000-2002) BS 6079 1-3 Project Management. Guides, BSI, London

Gordon, J. (2005) Project Management and Project Planning, FT Prentice Hall, London, ISBN 0273693786 

Newton, R. (2005) The Project Manager: Mastering The Art Of Delivery, FT Prentice Hall, London, ISBN 0273701738

6.2 Concept

Further reading:

British Standards Institution (2000-2002) BS 6079 1-3 Project Management. Guides, BSI, London

Buttrick, R. (2005) The Project Workout, A Toolkit for Reaping the Rewards of All Your Business Projects, 3rd edn, FT Prentice Hall, London, ISBN 0273681818

Office of Government Commerce (2005) Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2, HMSO, London ISBN 0113309465

6.3 Definition

Further reading:

Archibald, R. D. (2003) Managing High-technology Programs and Projects. 3rd edn, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, ISBN 0471265578 

Blyth, A. and Worthington, J. (2001) Managing The Brief For Better Design, Spon, London, ISBN 0419251308

Parnaby, J., Wearne, S. and Kochhar, A. (2003) Support Tools and Techniques, Section 2: Design for implementation, Managing by Projects for Business Success – Professional Engineering Publishing, London, ISBN 1860583415

Webb, A. (2000) Success By Design: Project Management for Successful Product Innovation, Gower, Aldershot, ISBN 0566 082624

6.4 Implementation

Further reading:

Archibald, R. D. (2003) Managing High-technology Programs and Projects. 3rd edn, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, ISBN 0471265578 

Davies, A. and Hobday, M. (2005) The Business of Projects, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ISBN 0521843286 

Gardiner, P. D.  (2005) Project Management: A Strategic Planning Approach, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, ISBN 0333982228

Hamilton, A. (2004) Handbook of Project Management Procedures, Thomas Telford, London, ISBN 0727732587

6.5 Handover and Closeout

Further reading:

Gardiner, P. D.  (2005) Project Management: A Strategic Planning Approach, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, ISBN 0333982228

Kerzner, H. (2003) Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling, 8th edn, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, ISBN 0471225770

Lock, D. (2003) Project Management, 8th edn, Gower, Aldershot, ISBN 0566085518

6.6 Project Reviews

Further reading:

Buttrick, R. (2005) The Project Workout, A Toolkit for Reaping the Rewards of All Your Business Projects, 3rd edn, FT Prentice Hall, London, ISBN 0273681818

Kerth, Norm (2001) Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Reviews, Dorset House, New York, ISBN 0932633447

Love, Peter, Fong, Patrick & Irani, Zahir (2005) Management of Knowledge in Project Environments, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, ISBN 0750662514

6.7 – Organisation Structure

Further reading:

Archibald, R. D. (2003) Managing High-technology Programs and Projects. 3rd edn, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, ISBN 0471265578 

Capon, Claire (2003) Understanding Organisational Context: Inside & Outside Organisations, 2nd edn, Financial Times Management, London, ISBN 0273676601

Gardiner, P. D.  (2005) Project Management: A Strategic Planning Approach, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, ISBN 0333982228

Moore, David R. (2002) Project Management: Designing Effective Organizational Structures in Construction, Blackwell, Oxford, ISBN 0632063939

Thompson, Paul B. & McHugh, David (2003) Work Organisations: Critical Introduction, 3rd edn, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, ISBN 0333949919

6.8 Organisational Roles

Further reading:

Boddy, D. (2002) Managing Projects: Building and Leading the Team, Prentice Hall, London, ISBN 027368586-X 

Brooks, Ian (2002) Organisational Behaviour: Individuals, Groups and Organisation, FT Prentice Hall, London, ISBN 0273657984

Buttrick, R. (2005) The Project Workout, A Toolkit for Reaping the Rewards of All Your Business Projects, 3rd edn, FT Prentice Hall, London, ISBN 0273681818

Longman, A. & Mullins, Jim (2005) The Rational Project Manager: A Thinking Team's Guide to Getting Work Done, Wiley, Hoboker, NJ, ISBN 0471721468

Pande, Peter S., Neuman, Robert P. & Cavanagh, Roland (2002) The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook: An Implementation Guide for Project Improvement Teams, McGraw-Hill, New York, ISBN 0071373144

Redding, John C. (2000) The Radical Team Handbook: Harnessing the Power of Team Learning for Breakthrough Results, Jossey-Bass Wiley, San Francisco, CA, ISBN 0787951617   

6.9 Methods and Procedures

Further reading:

Charvat, Jason (2003) Project Management Methodologies: Selecting, Implementing, and Supporting Methodologies and Processes for Projects, Wiley, Chichester ISBN 0471221783

Hamilton, A. (2004) Handbook of Project Management Procedures, Thomas Telford, London, ISBN 0727732587

Office of Government Commerce (2005) Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2, HMSO, London, ISBN 0113309465

Peters, Lawrence J. (2004) Software Project Management: Methods and Techniques, Software Consultants International, New York, ISBN 0974488615

6.10 Governance of Project Management

Further reading:

APM GoPM Specific Interest Group (2005) Directing Change, A Guide to Governance of Project Management, 2nd edn, Association for Project Management, High Wycombe, ISBN 190349415X

Comptroller and Auditor General (2004) Improving IT Procurement, Report HC877, National Audit Office, London ISBN 0102929165 

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (2004) Principles of Corporate Governance, OECD Publications, Paris ISBN 9264015973

Turnbull, N. et al. (1999) Internal Control: Guidance for Directors on the Combined Code, Institute of Chartered Accountants, London, ISBN 1841520100

The UK Financial Reporting Council (2003) The Combined Code on Corporate Governance, London ISBN 1841404063

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