Project management : achieving competitive advantage / by Jeffrey K Pinto

By: Pinto, Jeffrey KMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi: Pearson, 2015Description: xxi, 490 p.: ii.; 29 cmISBN: 9788131727157 (pbk)Subject(s): Project managementDDC classification: 658.404
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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