Key Project Management Based on Effective Project Thinking
This book provides an effective overall approach and concrete action strategies to help readers quickly grasp key aspects of project management and reduce the pressure during the learning process, so that they can soon start enjoying the fruits of success
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Key Project Management Based on Effective Project Thinking
Key Project Management Based on Effective Project Thinking
Ronggui DING
Key Project Management Based on Effective Project Thinking
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Ronggui DING Department of Management Science and Engineering School of Management, Shandong University Jinan, Shandong China
Translated by Jian Zuo, Guiyao Tang, Kangning Wei, Xianbo Zhao, Shuang Li
ISBN 978-3-662-47730-4 ISBN 978-3-662-47731-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-47731-1 Jointly published with China Electric Power Press ISBN: 978-7-5123-4761-8 China Electric Power Press Library of Congress Control Number: 2015946064 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © China Electric Power Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016 Translation from the Chinese language edition: 项目管理 : 项目思维与管理关键 second edition © China Electric Power Press 2013. All rights reserved This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publishers, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publishers, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publishers nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin Heidelberg is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword to the First Edition
As the person who coined the words project thinking and project mindset, my dear friend Prof. Ding wanted me to write a little bit about its origin and implications in the coming decade. I first introduced the word ‘project thinking’ while conducting a half-day seminar in Stockholm, Sweden in 1999, that was organized by the Swedish Project Management Academy. The title of the seminar was ‘Why project mindset is the key to competitiveness?’ The twentieth century gave us a sense of mastering our operational thinking. At the peak of the industrial age, operational thinking was more focused on optimizing men−machine interactions. It was the age of continuous improvement. Project thinking is more of an outcome of the knowledge age. For the first time in the history of civilization, global human networks are being formed. ‘Time’ is turning out to be the most crucial resource. Never before have we witnes
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