Paul C. Dinsmore PMP - The AMA Handbook of Project Management

FOURTH EDITION

Edited By

PAUL C. DINSMORE, PMP

JEANNETTE CABANIS-BREWIN

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The AMA handbook of project management / edited by Paul C. Dinsmore, PMP. Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin. Fourth edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8144-3339-3 ISBN 0-8144-3332-4 1. Project managementHandbooks, manuals, etc. I. Dinsmore, Paul C. II. Cabanis-Brewin, Jeannette.

HD69.P75A46 2014

658.4'04dc23 2013041497

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Although it might be considered difficult to improve on a book that has already won the highest honor in its fieldthe Project Management Institutes 2007 literature awardthe fourth edition of this classic handbook provides an updated set of principles and processes for those managers and professionals who want to expand their understanding of the theory and practice of project management.

There is a deluge of books being published about project management. Unfortunately, all too many of these books have taken information from existing books and cast them in a slightly different light, resulting in minor contributions to the growing book literature. This handbook by Paul Dinsmore and Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin is a refreshing change that presents the best state-of-the-art literature in the theory and process of project management.