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Introduction to Project Management

CHAPTER COVERAGE

  1. Introduction

  2. Project Management Body of Knowledge

  3. Process

  4. Project

  5. Strategic Planning

  6. Project Management

  7. Project Management Office

  8. Role of a Project Manager

INTRODUCTION

Organizations aspire to not only complete projects successfully but also execute them professionally to stay on top of competition, with this objective assuming ever more significance in times of economic recession. Keeping this aspiration in mind, many organizations prefer professionals with a project management professional (PMP) certification. This preference, in turn, has led to a rise in demand for PMP certification.

Certifications awarded by the Project Management Institute (PMI) (Newtown Square, PA, USA) help ...

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