Hartley - Project management: a practical guide to planning and managing projects

Incorporating practitioner insights, theoretical interpretations and popular methodologies, Hartley provides a practical framework for developing personal competence, professional capability and organisational maturity in project management.

Steven Boyd PhD FAPI GAICD, Program Coordinator, Property Economics and Development, University of the Sunshine Coast

suitable for any type of project, the text was relevant, the content easy to follow and it actually challenged and changed my thinking around how I have always managed my projects.

Paul McQuaid, Inspector, Queensland Police Service

combination of real experience, theoretical knowledge, practical suggestions and even humour (which I enjoyed), and written in an easy to understand and captivating manner.

Lisa Smith, Executive Manager, Human Resources, STEPS Group Australia

a practical and useful resource that added significantly to my understanding of the bigger picture with the tools to actually plan, manage and control the project instead of letting the project manage me like every other time.

Gabriel Oriti, Operations Manager, BEVCO NT

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This edition published by Allen & Unwin in 2018

First published by Pearson Education as Project Management: A Competency-Based Approach in 2003

Copyright Stephen Hartley 2018

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For my parents, Alexander William Hartley and Kathleen May Hartley (ne Kohn), for giving me what they never had: the opportunity to learn.

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Stephen Hartley is a leading practitioner, consultant, educator, researcher, author and coach in project management.

Drawing on 25 years cross-industry experience, and with numerous industry, vocational and academic qualifications, Stephen is renowned for his expertise, refreshing honesty, personal insight, and an easy and engaging writing style that readersboth students, instructors and clientsfind appealing and sometimes even entertaining.