Project Planning and Management (Paperback)

This book contains notes for students undertaking certificate course in project planning and management offered by Universities and other tertiary colleges.It aims at giving the students who aspire to be project managers after the completion of this course a hands-on skill on the management of successful projects.The notes cover, an introductory part that covers the following areas: Fundamentals of project management that touches on project life cycle, project appraisal both Numeric and Non-Numeric and Networking techniques such as critical path method and programme evaluation and review techniques.The book also deals with monitoring and evaluation, project procurement process showing the importance of outsourcing and partnership and project contract management, project planning and control touching on idea generation and prioritization, models and approaches to planning; risk management and effective communication in project