PROJECT MANAGEMENT SIMPLIFIED-Community Development Approach

Project Management Simplified is a household name in the project management sector in Africa and beyond. It has been a popular go to reference book for college and university students as well as trainers since its launch in 2010. It is published by PSI Consultants the leaders in Project and Community Development. It is a simplified version that seek to demystify the learning of project management especially in developing countries where project management principles are yet to be fully embraced. Therefore, the book is designed to be general introduction to project management. The first edition was released in 2010 and followed by revised and current edition of 2019.

Project Management Simplified is ideal for students taking a course in project management at undergraduate, graduate and even post graduate level. Students taking courses that incorporate project management units may also benefit from this book. It is also instrumental for practitioners in development projects, lecturers, training facilitation, consultancy, policy planning and formulation, curriculum development among other areas where project is used as a means for delivering development goals.

The book comes with a simple, clear and logical content to enhance learning of project management principles. It is designed this way to help new students, new practitioners and other people in project management environment who lack background training in project management.

• Project Management Simplified Contents
  By design, the book is built around sixteen chapters. In addition, the book comes with glossary of terms in project management to help in clarifying missing links when reading. The fifteen chapters in this book include the following.
  I. Introduction to Project Management
  2. Project Organization
  3. Project Human Resource Management
  4. Project Environment Analysis
  5. Introduction to Project Life Cycle
  6. Project Design and Planning
  7. Project Management Process
  8. Project Scheduling
  9. Managing Project Execution
  10. Managing Project Procurement
  11. Project, Monitoring, Evaluation and control
  12. Managing Project Closure and Handing Over
  13. Community Participation in Project Management
  14. Resource Mobilization and Project Sustainability
  14. Project Reporting
  15. Emmerging Issues in Project Management
  Glossary of Terms in Project Management