Welcome to your Managing Network Projectsreading list. Here you will find resources selected by your course team to support you throughout this module.
Essential Reading
The Essentials of Project Management by Lock, D.In recent years organizations of all kinds have learned that project working, once considered significant only for engineering and construction companies, can help to ensure that the intended benefits of business change will be realized in full and on time. This development means that more people than ever before need to understand the basic process, language and purpose of project working. That awareness is important not only for those actually engaged in project work, in all sectors of industry and commerce, but also for senior managers, project sponsors and the other stakeholders. The fourth edition of Essentials of Project Management is the junior complement to Dennis Lock's comprehensive, successful and encyclopaedic textbook, Project Management (now in its Tenth Edition). Essentials provides a concise, straightforward account of the principles and techniques of project management, designed to meet the needs of the business manager or student. Using examples and illustrations, the author introduces the key project management procedures and explains clearly how and when to use them. The Essentials of Project Management remains the ideal first text for anyone new to project working or students studying project management as part of a wider business qualification or degree.
Call Number: 658.404 LOC + eBook
ISBN: 9781472442536
Publication Date: 2014
Recommended Reading
A Manager's Guide to BS25999 by Drewitt, T.Business continuity is something of a mystery to a great many people involved in running organisations. The majority are not actually required either by law or by anybody else to demonstrate any form of business continuity arrangements and so business continuity management (BCM) has not been seen as a priority for these organisations.
Call Number: 658.4056 DRE
ISBN: 9781905356515
Publication Date: 2008
Network Manager's Handbook by Muller, N.J.A job manual for the person in charge of the corporate network, explaining its operations and procedures. Topics include: vendor repair and return policies; calculating true cost; staff scheduling; system downsizing; asset identification; contingency planning; security tactics; and more.
Call Number: 004.6 MUL
ISBN: 9780071405676
Publication Date: 2003
An Introduction to Project Management, Sixth Edition by Schwalbe, K.The sixth edition of An Introduction to Project Management has been completely updated to follow the Project Management Institute's PMBOK(r) Guide - Sixth Edition (2017). It includes several new figures, a new section on the PMI talent triangle and the importance of leadership skills, and a new section on an agile approach to project planning. New research, statistics, and real-world examples are included throughout the book. It also incorporates updated information and screenshots from several software tools. Continuing features include a chapter for each process group and a comprehensive case study to illustrate applying tools and techniques throughout the project life cycle. Each chapter includes several real-world examples and references, including opening cases and case wrap-ups, examples of what went right, what went wrong, media snapshots, best practices, and video highlights in each chapter. End of chapter materials include chapter summaries, quick quizzes, discussion questions, and exercises with case studies provided in Appendix C. The free student website includes over fifty template files, online quizzes, data files for Microsoft Project, and much more. A comprehensive, secure instructor site is available with lecture slides, solution files, test banks, etc.