Project Management : Training Manual

Contents: Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Team development. 2. Individual\'s behavior in teams. 3. Skills required for project manager. 4. Communication in the team. 5. Acquiring team members. 6. Team training and development. 7. Managing team members. 8. Motivating team members. 9. Managing stakeholders. 10. Powers of a project manager. 11. Responsibilities acceptance patterns. 12. Management of conflicts. 13. Decision making for project managers. 14. Ethics. 15. Management Jargon. 16. Career paths for IT project team members and project managers. 17. People issues faced by project managers in IT industry. Index.

"Research indicates that majority of the projects fail not because of the technical issues but because of human issues. Hence, there is a need for researching and concentrating on human aspects of project management. This is the theme of this book. This book discusses the team development stages, how an individual behaves in a team, the needed skills for project manager, communication process in project teams, recruit a team member, acquire competent team members, train and manage team members, motivate the team members and manage stakeholders.

The powers of a project manager, the career paths for tam members and project managers in IT industry, the people related challenges faced by the project managers in IT industry are discussed as well in this book.

The powers of a project manager, techniques for conflict resolution, different team member\'s behavioural patterns, stages in decision-making and the decision-making steps are discussed in this book. The ethics the project managers should follow when dealing with people are explained. Over all this is a good book for those who would like to master the people side of project management. Based on authors work experience in America, Europe and Asia and his work experience with much diversified multi cultural teams, he has written this book." (jacket)