[PMP] Harold Kerzner Project Management - A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, 8th Edition.pdf

PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
A Systems Approach to
Planning, Scheduling,
and Controlling
EIGHTH EDITION
HAROLD KERZNER, .
Division of Business Administration
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea, Ohio
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
Dr. Kerzner’s 16 Points to Project
Management Maturity
1. Adopt a project management methodology and use it consistently.
2. Implement a philosophy that drives pany toward project man-
agement maturity municate it to everyone.
3. Commit to developing effective plans at the beginning of each project.
4. Minimize scope changes mitting to realistic objectives.
5. Recognize that cost and schedule management are inseparable.
6. Select the right person as the project manager.
7. Provide executives with project sponsor information, not project man-
agement information.
8. Strengthen involvement and support of line management.
9. Focus on deliverables rather than resources.
10. Cultivate munication, cooperation, and trust to achieve
rapid project management maturity.
11. Share recognition for project ess with the entire project team and
line management.
12. Eliminate nonproductive meetings.
13. Focus on identifying and solving problems early, quickly, and cost ef-
fectively.
14. Measure progress periodically.
15. Use project management software as a tool—not as a substitute for ef-
fective planning or interpersonal skills.
16. Institute an all-employee training program with periodic updates based
upon documented lessons learned.
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