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050 4 _aHE7661
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100 1 _aDesmond, Celia,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe ComSoc guide to managing telecommunications projects /
_cCelia Desmond.
264 1 _aHoboken, New Jersey :
_bWiley-IEEE Press,
_cc2010.
264 2 _a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] :
_bIEEE Xplore,
_c[2010]
300 _a1 PDF (xiv, 190 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aelectronic
_2isbdmedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aThe ComSoc guides to communications technologies ;
_v4
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPreface -- Acronyms -- CHAPTER 1 Evolution of The Telecommunications Industry -- Monopoly Status -- Competition for Long Distance Services -- Competition for Local Services -- Competition Starts to Spread -- Internet and Multimedia Disrupt the Basic Networks -- A New Telecom Environment -- What About the Future? -- CHAPTER 2 Why is PM Important, Especially in Telecommunications? -- Team Diversity -- Resource Limitations -- Time Constraints and Limitations -- Risk Management -- Ensuring Quality -- Scope Definition -- Project Objectives -- What About Telecom Projects? -- Tehnologies -- Services -- Companies in the Business -- Regulatory Environment -- Successful Business Model -- Internal Corporate Structures -- Customers -- The Best Way to Market -- Service Models -- Network Architecture -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3 Project Management Basics -- Integration -- Project Scope Management -- Time Management -- Cost Management -- Procurement Management -- Risk Management -- Communications Management -- Human Resources Management -- Quality Management -- CHAPTER 4 Getting Started on Your Project -- Why Do Projects? -- The Requirements -- What Happens Before the Team Arrives? -- Setting Project Objectives -- General Description, Skills Analysis, and Stakeholders, and Risk Analysis -- CHAPTER 5 Who Is Involved? -- Project Sponsor -- Stakeholders -- Management -- Functional Managers -- The Type of Company Hosting the Project -- CHAPTER 6 Setting Business and Project Objectives -- SMART Objectives -- Specific -- Measurable -- Achievable -- Realistic -- Time-Bound -- CHAPTER 7 What Is to be Included? -- Building the Charter -- Scope Description -- Scope Management Plan -- Where Will the Resources Come From? -- The Work Breakdown Structure -- CHAPTER 8 Going Outside the Company for Products and Services -- Definition of Requirements -- Solicitation -- RFI -- RFP -- RFQ -- Vendor Selection -- Contract Management -- CHAPTER 9 Managing Risk in Telecom Projects -- Risk Management -- Contingency is Expected to be Spent.
505 8 _aCHAPTER 10 Who Tells What to Whom? -- Communications Management -- General Communications -- CHAPTER 11 Creating the Timelines -- Task Duration -- Dependencies -- Finish-Start Dependency -- Start-Start Dependency -- Finish-Finish Dependency -- Start-Finish Dependency -- Mandatory and Discretionary Dependencies -- Lags and Leads -- Project Logic Diagram -- Critical Path -- Forward Pass -- Backward Pass -- Float -- Showing the Schedule -- Including Contingency -- Collapsing the Schedule -- Effort-Driven and Duration-Driven Tasks -- And then . . . -- CHAPTER 12 Managing the Costs -- Types of Costs -- Profitability Measures -- Estimating the Costs -- Project Budgets and Planning the Project Cost -- Managing the Costs -- Project Communications Planning and the Communications Matrix -- Status Reporting -- Meetings -- Preparing the Agenda -- Inviting the Right People -- Informing the People of Their Roles at the Meeting -- Using the Meeting Time Effectively -- Motivating People to Communicate Properly -- Electronic Tools for Communications -- Monitor and Control -- Some Suggestions -- CHAPTER 13 Managing the Developments -- CHAPTER 14 Managing the People -- Organization Structures for Projects -- Management Styles -- Autocratic -- Paternalistic -- Democratic -- Laissez-faire -- Leadership -- Team Building -- Motivation -- Conflict -- Learning Organization -- Managing the Workloads of the Team Members -- Some Suggestions for Good Participation and Good Management -- CHAPTER 15 What Is the Gain? -- Good People -- Understanding the Value of the Product -- Clear Project Objectives -- Clearly Defined Scope -- Good Planning -- Strong Change Control -- Well-Connected Team -- Effective Communication -- References -- Index.
506 1 _aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520 _a"This pocket guide provides an overview of the telecommunications environment as it has evolved over the past few years, illustrating the need for project management, the significance of project success to the companies, and the application of key project management processes within the telecom environment. Topics covered include: scope management, time management, cost management, procurement management, risk management, communications, quality, human resources, and Integration. It offers professionals a brief and accessible guide to managing telecommunication projects in the 21st century"--
_cProvided by publisher.
530 _aAlso available in print.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web
588 _aDescription based on PDF viewed 12/21/2015.
650 0 _aTelecommunication
_xManagement.
650 0 _aProject management.
655 0 _aElectronic books.
695 _aBibliographies
695 _aCompanies
695 _aContracts
695 _aCost benefit analysis
695 _aGovernment
695 _aIEEE Potentials
695 _aIndexes
695 _aIndustries
695 _aInvestments
695 _aLand mobile radio cellular systems
695 _aLaw
695 _aManagement
695 _aMarketing and sales
695 _aMathematical model
695 _aMobile communication
695 _aMobile computing
695 _aMobile handsets
695 _aMonitoring
695 _aMonopoly
695 _aMultimedia communication
695 _aNoise
695 _aNorth America
695 _aOrganizations
695 _aPlanning
695 _aProcess control
695 _aProcurement
695 _aProfitability
695 _aProject management
695 _aProposals
695 _aReal time systems
695 _aReceivers
695 _aRedundancy
695 _aRisk management
695 _aSchedules
695 _aStrategic planning
695 _aTeamwork
695 _aTelecommunications
695 _aTime factors
695 _aTime measurement
695 _aTraining
695 _aWireless communication
710 2 _aJohn Wiley & Sons,
_epublisher.
710 2 _aIEEE Xplore,
_edistributor.
830 0 _aThe ComSoc guides to communications technologies ;
_v4
856 4 2 _3Abstract with links to resource
_uhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=5599320
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