{"id":19,"date":"2014-09-10T08:33:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T08:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/projectmanagement\/front-matter\/about-the-book\/"},"modified":"2014-09-10T08:33:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T08:33:17","slug":"about-the-book","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/projectmanagement\/front-matter\/about-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Book"},"content":{"raw":"\n<p>Project Management is a remix and adaptation. The adaptation is a part of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/\">BCcampus Open Textbook project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The B.C. Open Textbook Project began in 2012 with the goal of making post-secondary education in British Columbia more accessible by reducing student cost through the use of openly licensed textbooks. The BC Open Textbook Project is administered by BCcampus and funded by the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education.<\/p>\n<p>Open textbooks are open educational resources (OER); they are instructional resources created and shared in ways so that more people have access to them. This is a different model than traditionally copyrighted materials. OER are defined as teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hewlett.org\/programs\/education\/open-educational-resources\">Hewlett Foundation<\/a>).&nbsp;Our open textbooks are openly licensed using a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/\">Creative Commons&nbsp;license<\/a>, and&nbsp;are offered in various e-book formats free of charge, or as printed books that are available at cost. &nbsp;For more information about this project, please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:opentext@bccampus.ca\">opentext@bccampus.ca<\/a>.&nbsp;If you are an instructor who is using this book for a course,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/find-open-textbooks\/stay-informed\/\">please let us know<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Project Management<\/em> by Adrienne Watt is a remix of the following works:<\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope><a href=\"http:\/\/pabipedia.wikidot.com\/100-percent-rule\">100 Percent Rule<\/a> by Pabipedia licensed under&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\" rel=\"xh:license license\">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope><a href=\"http:\/\/inte5160.wikispaces.com\/Communication+Plans\">Communication Plans<\/a> by Inte6160 Wiki licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">reative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Decision-matrix_method\">Decision Matrix Method<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_charter\">Project Charter<\/a> by Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons&nbsp; Alike Attribution 3.0 Unported.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gantt_chart\">Gantt Chart<\/a> by Wikipedia licensed under<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\"> Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope><a href=\"http:\/\/svprojectmanagement.com\/build-relationships-with-stakeholders\" target=\"_blank\">How to Build Relationships with Stakeholders<\/a> By Erin Palmer licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope> <a href=\"http:\/\/labspace.open.ac.uk\/mod\/resource\/view.php?id=451673\">Planning a Project&nbsp;<\/a> by OpenLearn Labspace under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">reative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope><a href=\"http:\/\/svprojectmanagement.com\/project-decelerators-%E2%80%93-lack-of-stakeholder-support\" target=\"_blank\">Project Decelerators \u2013 Lack of Stakeholder Support<\/a> By Jose Solera licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/content\/col11120\/latest\" target=\"_blank\">Project Management<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/content\/col11120\/latest\" target=\"_blank\">Merrie Barron and Andrew Barron<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope><a href=\"http:\/\/pm4id.org\/9\">Project Management for Instructional Designers<\/a> by Amado, M., Ashton, K., Ashton, S., Bostwick, J., Clements, G., Drysdale, J., Francis, J., Harrison, B., Nan, V., Nisse, A.,&nbsp;Randall, D., Rino, J., Robinson, J., Snyder, A., Wiley, D., &amp; Anonymous. (DATE). Project Management for Instructional Designers. Retrieved from http:\/\/pm4id.org\/ under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">reative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/ost-business-projectmanagementforallcareersedition2\/ProjectManagementforAllCareersEdition2_djvu.txt\" target=\"_blank\">Project Management for Skills for All Careers<\/a> by&nbsp;Project Management Open Resources and TAP-a-PM licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">reative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=36\" target=\"_blank\">Project Management from Simple to Complex<\/a> by Russel Darnall, John Preston, Eastern Michigan University licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">reative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/Project_Management\/PMBOK\/Human_Resources_Management\">Project Management\/PMBOK\/Human Resources Management<\/a> and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/Development_Cooperation_Handbook\/How_do_we_manage_the_human_resources_of_programmes_and_projects%3F\/Manage_the_Project_Team\">Development Cooperation Handbook\/How do we manage the human resources of programmes and projects?\/Manage the Project Team<\/a>&nbsp;by Wikibooks licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/-\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0<\/a>, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/Project_Management\/PMBOK\/Scope_Management\">Project Management\/PMBOK\/Scope Management<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/Development_Cooperation_Handbook\/Designing_and_Executing_Projects\/Detailed_Planning_or_design_stage\">Development Cooperation Handbook\/Designing and Executing Projects\/Detailed Planning or design stage<\/a>&nbsp;by Wikibooks&nbsp;licensed under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resource_management\">Resource Management<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Resource_leveling\">Resource Leveling<\/a> by Wikipedia licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/-\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/projectmanagement\/chapter\/chapter-9-scope-planning-project-management\/Creative%20Commons%20Attribution%203.0%20Unported\">Work Breakdown Structure<\/a> by Wikipedia licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\" rel=\"xh:license license\">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","rendered":"<p>Project Management is a remix and adaptation. The adaptation is a part of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/\">BCcampus Open Textbook project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The B.C. Open Textbook Project began in 2012 with the goal of making post-secondary education in British Columbia more accessible by reducing student cost through the use of openly licensed textbooks. The BC Open Textbook Project is administered by BCcampus and funded by the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education.<\/p>\n<p>Open textbooks are open educational resources (OER); they are instructional resources created and shared in ways so that more people have access to them. This is a different model than traditionally copyrighted materials. OER are defined as teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hewlett.org\/programs\/education\/open-educational-resources\">Hewlett Foundation<\/a>).&nbsp;Our open textbooks are openly licensed using a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/\">Creative Commons&nbsp;license<\/a>, and&nbsp;are offered in various e-book formats free of charge, or as printed books that are available at cost. &nbsp;For more information about this project, please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:opentext@bccampus.ca\">opentext@bccampus.ca<\/a>.&nbsp;If you are an instructor who is using this book for a course,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/find-open-textbooks\/stay-informed\/\">please let us know<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Project Management<\/em> by Adrienne Watt is a remix of the following works:<\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope=\"itemscope\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pabipedia.wikidot.com\/100-percent-rule\">100 Percent Rule<\/a> by Pabipedia licensed under&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\" rel=\"xh:license license\">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope=\"itemscope\"><a href=\"http:\/\/inte5160.wikispaces.com\/Communication+Plans\">Communication Plans<\/a> by Inte6160 Wiki licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">reative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope=\"itemscope\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Decision-matrix_method\">Decision Matrix Method<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_charter\">Project Charter<\/a> by Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons&nbsp; Alike Attribution 3.0 Unported.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope=\"itemscope\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gantt_chart\">Gantt Chart<\/a> by Wikipedia licensed under<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\"> Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope=\"itemscope\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svprojectmanagement.com\/build-relationships-with-stakeholders\" target=\"_blank\">How to Build Relationships with Stakeholders<\/a> By Erin Palmer licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope=\"itemscope\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/labspace.open.ac.uk\/mod\/resource\/view.php?id=451673\">Planning a Project&nbsp;<\/a> by OpenLearn Labspace under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">reative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope=\"itemscope\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svprojectmanagement.com\/project-decelerators-%E2%80%93-lack-of-stakeholder-support\" target=\"_blank\">Project Decelerators \u2013 Lack of Stakeholder Support<\/a> By Jose Solera licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/content\/col11120\/latest\" target=\"_blank\">Project Management<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/content\/col11120\/latest\" target=\"_blank\">Merrie Barron and Andrew Barron<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope=\"itemscope\"><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope=\"itemscope\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pm4id.org\/9\">Project Management for Instructional Designers<\/a> by Amado, M., Ashton, K., Ashton, S., Bostwick, J., Clements, G., Drysdale, J., Francis, J., Harrison, B., Nan, V., Nisse, A.,&nbsp;Randall, D., Rino, J., Robinson, J., Snyder, A., Wiley, D., &amp; Anonymous. (DATE). Project Management for Instructional Designers. Retrieved from http:\/\/pm4id.org\/ under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">reative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/ost-business-projectmanagementforallcareersedition2\/ProjectManagementforAllCareersEdition2_djvu.txt\" target=\"_blank\">Project Management for Skills for All Careers<\/a> by&nbsp;Project Management Open Resources and TAP-a-PM licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">reative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/open.umn.edu\/opentextbooks\/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=36\" target=\"_blank\">Project Management from Simple to Complex<\/a> by Russel Darnall, John Preston, Eastern Michigan University licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">reative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemscope=\"itemscope\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/Project_Management\/PMBOK\/Human_Resources_Management\">Project Management\/PMBOK\/Human Resources Management<\/a> and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/Development_Cooperation_Handbook\/How_do_we_manage_the_human_resources_of_programmes_and_projects%3F\/Manage_the_Project_Team\">Development Cooperation Handbook\/How do we manage the human resources of programmes and projects?\/Manage the Project Team<\/a>&nbsp;by Wikibooks licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/-\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0<\/a>, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" 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