A Practical Guide for Holistic Project Management

Project management is a multidisciplinary profession requiring not only knowledge and experience but also a lot of personal skills. A project is defined as: A temporary organisation that is created for the purpose of deliv ering one or more business products according to an agreed business case (Prince2 1]). A project is executed on behalf of and by people. In fact it is all about people. This book is a holistic approach of project management which not only describes items such as risk management in a very practical way but also pays attention to the project impact and psychological part. Furthermore the challenges regarding outsourcing are described in order to reduce the amount of 'surprises'.

Author: Lex Van Der Heijden
Publisher: Business Expert Press
Published: 12/28/2017
Pages: 148
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d
ISBN13: 9781631579400
ISBN10: 1631579401
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Project Management

About the Author
Lex van der Heijden has gained over 30 years of knowledge and experience in the global ICT world. He has worked for instance as certified senior project manager at IBM Global Services for 16 years. Lex is president and founder of a global nonprofit patient organization. For more information, please refer to www.cmtc.nl/en. Lex has a propeduesis psychosynthesis and followed a three-years course for holistic therapist. In 2013, Lex started a company for program/project management, consultancy, and personal coaching www.lvdhppcp.com. Lex has two passions-one is to improve the quality of life for people (and their families) living with rare diseases. The other is to mentor and coach people to help them get the best out of themselves.