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Project management

A collection of resources to help you manage projects more effectively.

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The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides full-text access to a selection of key business and reference eBooks from leading publishers. eBooks are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users. If you are unable to access an eBook, please see our help and support advice or contact library@icaew.com.
Exclusive Making the business case: proposals that succeed for projects that work
  • eBook
  • 2009
  • Ian Gambles
  • Gower
A practical guide to writing a business case. It is written for anyone, novice or expert, who needs to produce a business case, whether for a defined project or a broader programme.
Exclusive Manage projects successfully: how to make things happen on time and on budget
  • eBook
  • 2005
  • Bloomsbury
A practical guide to project management.
Exclusive Planning and Control Using Microsoft Project 2013 and 2016
  • eBook
  • 2016
  • Paul E. Harris
  • Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd
Introduces a method for planning and controlling projects using Microsoft Office Project.
Exclusive Project disasters and how to survive them
  • eBook
  • 2005
  • David Nickson, Suzy Siddons
  • Kogan Page
A guide to project risk management.
Exclusive Project management life cycle: a complete step-by-step methodology for intitiating, planning, executing and closing a project successfully, The
  • eBook
  • 2006
  • Jason Westland
  • Kogan Page
A practical guide for project managers.
Exclusive Strategic leadership of portfolio and project management
  • eBook
  • 2012
  • Timothy J. Kloppenborg, Laurence J. Laning
  • Business Expert Press
Guide to corporate leadership and project management.
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Exclusive Increase the odds for AI project success
  • Article
  • 01 Nov 2023
Article discusses how that, even though failure rates for AI projects are high (up to 80%), there are approaches to increase the odds of success and reduce the risks of failure by following five critical steps.
Exclusive Company culture and team creativity
  • Article
  • 01 Aug 2022
  • Isabella Grabner, Aleksandra Klein, Gerhard Speckbacher
Companies that actively communicate shared core values are in a better position to achieve high creativity within project teams. The authors suggest designing projects so that team members have highly interdependent tasks but teams as a whole also have the ability to self-manage, without a team manager restricting their creative autonomy.
Exclusive Lessons from an agile product owner
  • Article
  • 01 Nov 2021
  • Esteban Quiros
The agile project management methodology enables finance professionals to hone their leadership and organizational skills. Esteban Quiros shares valuable lessons learnt from using Agile for the Procter & Gamble (P&G) Source-to-Pay global platform.
Exclusive Project management: building your team
  • Article
  • 01 Aug 2021
  • Gary L. Boomer
Article on how accountancy firms can accelerate growth by utilising a project manager. Covers the role of the project manager, traits of highly effective project managers and how to recruit the right candidate. Also discusses agile project management in relation to accountancy firms.
Exclusive Six P's of project management
  • Article
  • 01 May 2021
  • Srinivasan Radhakrishnan
Considers the skills and characteristics project managers need to execute projects successfully. These include process, people, proficiency, passion, patience and perfection.
Exclusive Agile and scrum-based value delivery
  • Article
  • 01 Jan 2021
  • Loreal Jiles
Strategic Finance magazine investigates how finance and accounting teams are adapting the agile scrum framework to quickly and efficiently develop projects and products of all kinds. Examples include financial planning and budgeting, finance operations and project management and analytics.
Exclusive Jumping into project management
  • Article
  • 01 Jun 2019
  • Javier Augusto Gonzalez
Five powerful tips for new project managers faced with fresh teams and uncertain authority.
Exclusive Four keys to getting funding for new IT projects
  • Article
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • Bart Perkins
To obtain funding for a new IT project, you need four elements, says Bart Perkins: a compelling business case, an involved and committed executive sponsor, credible IT leadership and organizational optimism.

Useful links

Association for Project Management (APM)
  • Website
  • Association for Project Management
UK professional body aiming to develop and promote project management. Site offers a useful glossary of project management terms.
Project Management Institute (PMI)
  • Website
  • PMI
Association for the project management profession with members worldwide. Non-members can access a selection of resources including news, a case study library and the official PMI blog.
PRINCE2 resources
  • Website
  • ILX Group
A range of resources relating to the PRINCE2 project management standard and qualification. Site includes process maps, templates, case studies, details of qualifications and training organisations, and more.
ProjectManagement.com
  • Website
  • Project Management Institute
Online community for project managers including templates for different stages of projects and information on agile.
PM World Library
  • Website
  • PM World
Archive of articles published in the PM World journal, plus a range of further resources of relevance to project management. Some sections of the site are restricted to members.
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