Hands-on Project Management

Practice your Skills with Simulation Based Training

Teaching project management is not an easy task. Part of the difficulty is the one-of-a-kind nature of projects. This book and the software that comes with it (Project Team Builder) present a unique approach to the teaching and training of project management — an approach based on a software tool that combines an interactive, dynamic case study and a simple yet effective Project Management System. The book focuses on problems that the project manager faces in planning, monitoring and controlling projects.

Together with the software, the book provides the user with the opportunity to experience complex Project Management situations, understand the situation, develop alternative ways to cope with it and select the best alternative based on rigorous analysis.

For more information on the Project Team Builder simulator, please contact SandboxModel (http://www.sandboxmodel.com).

Contents:

• Introduction to Project Management
• Introduction to the Project Team Builder Simulator
• Stakeholder Requirements and Value
• Scheduling
• Resource Management
• Budgeting
• Risk Management
• Project Integration — Planning, Executing Monitoring, and Controlling the Project
• Integration of Simulation-Based Training in Project Management Courses
• Appendix: The Next Step — Creating and Managing Multiple Scenarios

Readership: Project managers, project teams, students, professionals and general readers interested in effective project management.
Key Features:

• It is comprehensive as it covers all aspects of project management and yet it is simple to understand
• Integration of the different aspects of project management is made easy as the user can simulate project management scenarios at different level of complexity
• It comes with a simulator that supports Simulation Based Training and is used by leading universities throughout the world