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Project management in libraries, archives and museums : working with government and other external partners

2011

Format:	Book
Author:	Carpenter, Julie, 1952-
Title:	Project management in libraries, archives and museums : working with government and other external partners / Julie Carpenter.
Publisher, Date:	Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2011.
Description:	xviii, 207 pages : charts ; 24 cm. chart
Series:	Chandos information professional series Chandos information professional series.
Subjects:	Library administration. Archives -- Administration. Project management.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	1. What does project management mean? -- 2. Project planning review -- 3. Working in project partnerships -- 4. Risk management -- 5. Managing human resources within a project -- 6. Managing other project resources -- 7. Evaluation and review -- 8. Quality management in projects -- 9. Sustainability of projects -- 10. Using information with communication technology in project management.
ISBN:	1843345668 9781843345664
Other Number:	503046657
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Aimed at practitioners and managers, this practical handbook provides a source of guidance on project management techniques for the academic and cultural heritage sectors, focusing on managing projects involving public sector and other external partners. Issues under consideration and illustration include: different approaches to managing projects and how to select appropriate methods; using project management tools and other applications in project development and implementation; ensuring the sustainability of project outcomes and transferability into practice; realistic monitoring methodologies and specification and commissioning evaluation work that has real value.

Table of Contents

	List of figures and tables	p. ix
	Acknowledgements	p. xiii
	List of abbreviations and acronyms	p. xv
	About the author	p. xvii
1	What does project management mean?	p. 1
	Introduction	p. 1
	What is a project?	p. 2
	Kinds of projects	p. 3
	Project or programme	p. 5
	The project lifecycle approach to project management	p. 6
	Prince2	p. 10
	Why project management - why projects fail	p. 11
	Project management role and responsibilities	p. 13
	Projects management in libraries, museums and archives	p. 15
	What does this book do?	p. 17
	Notes	p. 19
2	Project planning and review	p. 21
	Introduction	p. 21
	Project initiation	p. 21
	Revisiting the project plan	p. 22
	Project planning activities	p. 25
	The business case	p. 35
	Monitoring the project plan	p. 37
	Monitoring assumptions and risks	p. 39
	Notes	p. 39
3	Working in project partnerships	p. 41
	Introduction	p. 41
	Local government and other partnership policies	p. 41
	Benefits of working in partnership	p. 45
	Building partnerships	p. 47
	Partnership roles and tasks	p. 50
	Governance and management structures	p. 53
	Project partnership governance structures	p. 55
	Partnership management challenges	p. 56
	Working across different cultures and sectors	p. 59
	Notes	p. 61
4	Risk management	p. 63
	Introduction	p. 63
	What does risk management involve?	p. 64
	Elements of risk management	p. 64
	Management and institutional attitudes to risk	p. 65
	Initial risk identification and analysis	p. 66
	Techniques for assessing risk	p. 67
	Risk categories and factors	p. 71
	Legal issues	p. 76
	Risk tolerance and risk thresholds	p. 77
	The risk log	p. 78
	The risk profile	p. 80
	Suitable responses to risk	p. 82
	Risk responsibilities	p. 83
	Notes	p. 84
5	Managing human resources within a project	p. 85
	Introduction	p. 85
	Orchestrating decisions	p. 86
	Knowledge, skills and attitudes required by project managers	p. 87
	Contextual issues in managing the project's human resources	p. 89
	The project team	p. 94
	Team building	p. 97
	Internal and external dynamics	p. 99
	Interface management	p. 100
	Team communication	p. 102
	Team motivation	p. 103
	Notes	p. 104
6	Managing other project resources	p. 107
	Introduction	p. 107
	Time	p. 108
	Monitoring project progress	p. 111
	Time management	p. 112
	Money	p. 114
	Subcontractors and suppliers	p. 120
	Notes	p. 126
7	Evaluation and review	p. 127
	Introduction	p. 127
	Planning evaluations	p. 128
	General principles for evaluation	p. 128
	What type of evaluation?	p. 128
	Review or evaluation	p. 133
	Who will carry out the evaluation?	p. 133
	Designing the evaluation	p. 133
	Evaluation approaches	p. 137
	Evaluation research methods	p. 144
	Managing the evaluation process	p. 147
	Notes	p. 149
8	Quality management in projects	p. 151
	Introduction	p. 151
	Quality management systems	p. 152
	Challenges associated with project quality management	p. 153
	Project quality or deliverable quality?	p. 154
	Managing quality and quality assurance	p. 154
	Essential components of quality management within projects	p. 155
	Quality planning	p. 159
	Quality control	p. 163
	Acceptance testing, piloting and evaluating	p. 166
	Notes	p. 169
9	Sustainability of projects	p. 171
	Introduction	p. 171
	Sustainability aspects	p. 171
	Sustainability and quality	p. 173
	Sustainability and equity	p. 174
	Planning for sustainability	p. 174
	Revenue generation	p. 176
	Notes	p. 180
10	Using information and communication technology in project management	p. 181
	Introduction	p. 181
	Project management applications	p. 182
	The task-oriented approach to choosing ICT tools	p. 188
	Challenges for the project manager	p. 194
	Notes	p. 195
	Useful resources	p. 197
	Glossary of project management terms	p. 201
	Index	p. 205

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