Project management :

Pinto, Jeffrey K.

Project management : achieving competitive advantage / by Jeffrey K Pinto - New Delhi: Pearson, 2015. - xxi, 490 p.: ii.; 29 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction: Why Project Management? --
The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture --
Project Selection and Portfolio Management --
Leadership and the Project Manager --
Scope Management --
Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation --
Risk Management --
Cost Estimation and Budgeting --
Project Scheduling: Networks, Duration Estimation, and Critical Path --
Project Scheduling: Lagging, Crashing, and Activity Networks --
Critical Chain Project Scheduling --
Resource Management --
Project Evaluation and Control --
Project Closeout and Termination.


Exploring both technical and managerial challenges, this text emphasizes individual project execution and provides a strategic perspective. Cases, examples and problems from a variety of project types are used to illustrate the text.

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Project management.

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