FOREWORD
CareerEnglishofProjectManagementisanindispensablebranchinthefieldofcareerEnglish,whichishelpfulforacquisitionoftheEnglishlanguage,masteryofprojectmanagementessentialsandavailabilityofinvaluableandenjoyablematerialsforpublicEnglishteaching.
Thispublicationincludes18chaptersaltogethercoveringprojectdefinitionandprojectmanagement,projectorganizationandprojectteam,projectinitiation,projectplan,projectexecutionandcontrol,projectconclusion,projectscopemanagement,projectschedulemanagement,projectcostmanagement,projectqualitymanagement,projectprocurementmanagement,projectriskmanagement,projectcommunicationandconflictmanagement,projecthumanresourcemanagement,projectoverallmanagement,theoriesandmethodsofprojectmanagement,theoriesandmethodsofuncertaintyanalysisandprojectfinancingandtestsofprojectmanagementEnglish.
I’mhonoredtomakeaselfbriefing.AfterIobtainedmyMasterDegreeinHunanUniversity,IactedasaprojectmanagerinoneofGuangdongprovincialimportandexportcompaniesformorethanadecade.Fortunatelyforme,Iwasshuntedtoastate-ownedenterprisegroupofGuangdongprovincialgovernmentauthorizedmanagementastheboardsecretaryfor3years.SofarIhaveengagedinhighervocationaleducationinmycollegeformorethan10years.ItistobeobservedthatIgainedmyDoctorDegreeinWuhanUniversityandbecamethe1stgainerofSeniorTranslatorqualification(professor-class)inGuangdongissuedbytheMinistryofHumanResourcesandSocialSecurityofthePeople’sRepublicofChina,oneofthe1stgroupof12procurerswithsuchaprofessionaltitleinChina.UntilnowIhavewritten14booksandover100academicessaysindependentlyandgotthempublished.
Thispublicationisfitforthestudentsmajoredinprojectmanagement,commercialmanagement,businessEnglishandcivilengineeringinChineseuniversitiesandcolleges,forthosewhoaregoinginforprojectmanagementwhosettledowntoprojectmanagementandespeciallyforthosewhoaregoingtoenterfortheNationalCareerEnglishTests.
ThispublicationissponsoredbyInnovationProject(No.CXP05Y)ofGuangdongTechnicalCollegeofWaterResourcesandElectricEngineering(GTCWE).It’sateamworkproduct.MeijuanQineditedpartialsectionsofChapterThreeandChapterFour,LeiLiueditedpartialsectionsofChapterFiveandChapterSix,LiweiWangeditedpartialsectionsofChapterSevenandChapterEightandQiaozhouYeeditedpartialsectionsofChapterNineandChapterTen.ThefoureditorscompletedonesetoftestsandkeystoProjectManagementrespectively.Last,butnottheleasttomention,ZunliangWei,associateprofessorinGuangdongUniversityofTechnology,co-editedpartialsectionsofChapterElevenandChapterTwelve.XianyuYang,professorinZhejiangYuexiuUniversityofForeignLanguagesco-editedpartialsectionsofChapterThirteenandChapterFourteen.TingtingZhaoinourdepartmentco-editedpartialsectionsofChapterSeventeen.