Covers the concepts, systems and skills of project management, identifying the three major elements of organisations: implementation, planning and procurement.

Covers the concepts, systems and skills of project management, identifying the three major elements of organisations: implementation, planning and procurement.

This book aims to present a state-of-the-art account of the field of project management (PM) and present a body of knowledge (BoK)of the field for developing countries. It will discuss the current state of knowledge on project management by considering current trends and how they widen the content and scope of the field and explore the need for a special body of knowledge of project management for developing countries. It will also determine the nature of project management in developing countries, consider the contents of the field, and discuss the relationships between the new field and established bodies of knowledge. Lastly, this book will consider the future of project management in developing countries and how it might influence mainstream project management. This will be an important reference book for practitioners, students, researchers and administrators.

Covers the concepts, systems and skills of project management, identifying the three major elements of organisations: implementation, planning and procurement.

This special issue of the Project Management Journal presents a collection of six articles on managing projects in Africa. Providing a window into the important project activity taking place there, these articles extend both the empirical and theoretical understanding of the African project context and contribute to improving practice. Each article makes a unique contribution to either our understanding of the African project context or project management in general, and sometimes to both. After an introduction to the African project context at the start of the 21st century, the articles explore: three different countries as well as multinational projects; for-profit, public sector, and development aid projects; infrastructure and information and communication technology; project governance as well as project management; and partnering challenges.

Offers a practical introduction to the various basic methods of assessing the properties of soil. Each method is explained in a concise and accessible manner, providing useful guidance on how each method might be used in a practical situation.

This is the first text to focus on the problems and processes involved in organizing, implementing, and managing programs and projects aimed at relieving poverty and underdevelopment in the Third World. During the 1970s there was a shift in development assistance programs toward a greater concern for equity and the basic needs of the poor. The auth

Implementing projects in developing countries involves resolving numerous challenges related to working in instable environments incapable of supporting many key project activities. This paper examines the key drivers and an implementation model that can help project managers successfully manage large- and medium-sized projects implemented in developing countries. In doing so, it identifies the PMBOK Guide's definitions of project and project management; it defines the seven key forces now driving project investments within developing countries. It discusses the potential and real barriers--including systemic, economic, financial, governance, authority, culture, technology, and human resources--that usually disrupt efforts to implement project in developing countries. It also lists the nine benefits of assessing the capacity of the local context to support project and project management activities. It then outlines a six-phase model for managing projects in developing countries, detailing each phase's purpose and its primary activities.