Book description
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For project management courses.
Project management fundamentals with broad applications
In its 5th Edition, Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage takes a contemporary, decisive, and business-oriented approach to teaching and learning project management. To promote a comprehensive, multi-industry understanding of the text, the author addresses project management theory within the context of a variety of successful organizations, whether they be publicly held, private, or nonprofit. Comprehensive case analysis and detailed exercises, including brand-new, contemporary case studies for the 5th Edition, give readers the tools to assess projects in real time, while also leveraging the latest project management technology, including MS Project 2016.
Table of contents
- Project Management Achieving Competitive Advantage
- BRIEF CONTENTS
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- FEEDBACK
- List of Cases by Chapter
-
1 Introduction Why Project Management?
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER
- The Need for Projects
- What is a Project?
- Why are Projects Important?
- Project Life Cycles
- Determinants of Project Success
- Developing Project Management Maturity
- Employability Skills
- Project Elements and Text Organization
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Discussion Questions
- Internet Exercises
- Answers
- Notes
-
2 The Organizational Context Strategy, Structure, and Culture
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER
- Implementing Strategy Through Projects
- Projects and Organizational Strategy
- Stakeholder Management
- Organizational Structure
- Project Management Offices
- Organizational Culture
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Discussion Questions
- Internet Exercises
- Answers
- INTEGRATED PROJECT
- Notes
-
3 Project Selection and Portfolio Management
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- Introduction: Project Selection
- Approaches to Project Screening and Selection
- Financial Models
- Project Portfolio Management
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Solved Problems
- Discussion Questions
- Internet Exercises
- Notes
-
4 Leadership and the Project Manager
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- Introduction: Successful Projects Need Leaders
- Leaders Versus Managers
- How the Project Manager Leads
- Traits of Effective Project Leaders
- Project Champions
- The New Project Leadership
- Project Management Professionalism
- Project Management and Ethics
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Discussion Questions
- Questions
- Questions
- How widespread are VW’s problems?
- Postscript
- Analysis of the Problem
- Possible Courses of Action
- Internet Exercises
- Answers
- Notes
-
5 Scope Management
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER
- Introduction: The Importance of Scope Management
- Conceptual Development
- The Scope Statement
- Work Authorization
- Scope Reporting
- Control Systems
- Project Closeout
- Project Management and Sustainability
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Discussion Questions
- Internet Exercises
- Answers
- MS Project Exercises
- APPENDIX 5.1
- Notes
-
6 Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- Introduction
- Building the Project Team
- Characteristics of Effective Project Teams
- Reasons Why Teams Fail
- Stages in Group Development
- Achieving Cross-Functional Cooperation
- Virtual Project Teams
- Conflict Management
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Discussion Questions
- Exercise in Negotiation
- Internet Exercises
- Answers
- Notes
-
7 Risk Management
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER
- Introduction: What is Project Risk?
- Risk Management: A Four-Stage Process
- Project Risk Management: An Integrated Approach
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Solved Problem
- Discussion Questions
- Internet Exercises
- Answers
- INTEGRATED PROJECT
- Notes
-
8 Cost Estimation and Budgeting
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- Cost Management
- Cost Estimation
- Creating a Project Budget
- Developing Budget Contingencies
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Solved Problems
- Discussion Questions
- Questions
- Questions
- Internet Exercises
- Answers
- INTEGRATED PROJECT
- Notes
-
9 Project Scheduling Networks, Duration Estimation, and Critical Path
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- Introduction
- Project Scheduling
- Key Scheduling Terminology
- Developing A Network
- Duration Estimation
- Constructing the Critical Path
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Solved Problems
- Discussion Questions
- Internet Exercises
- MS Project Exercises
- Answers
- Notes
- 10 Project Scheduling Lagging, Crashing, and Activity Networks
-
11 Advanced Topics in Planning and Scheduling Agile and Critical Chain
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- Introduction
- Agile Project Management
- Extreme Programming (XP)
- Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Project Scheduling
- The Critical Chain Solution to Project Scheduling
- Critical Chain Solutions to Resource Conflicts
- Critical Chain Project Portfolio Management
- Critiques of Ccpm
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Solved Problem
- Discussion Questions
- Internet Exercises
- Notes
-
12 Resource Management
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- Introduction
- The Basics of Resource Constraints
- Resource Loading
- Resource Leveling
- Resource-Loading Charts
- Managing Resources in Multiproject Environments
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Solved Problem
- Discussion Questions
- Internet Exercises
- MS Project Exercises
- Answers
- INTEGRATED PROJECT
- Notes
-
13 Project Evaluation and Control
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- Introduction
- Control Cycles—A General Model
- Monitoring Project Performance
- Earned Value Management
- Using Earned Value to Manage a Portfolio of Projects
- Issues in the Effective Use of Earned Value Management
- Human Factors in Project Evaluation and Control
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Solved Problem
- Discussion Questions
- Internet Exercises
- MS Project Exercises
- Answers
- Appendix 13.1
- Notes
-
14 Project Closeout and Termination
- Chapter Objectives
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE CORE CONCEPTS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:
- Introduction
- Types of Project Termination
- Natural Termination—the Closeout Process
- Early Termination for Projects
- Preparing the Final Project Report
- Conclusion
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Discussion Questions
- Internet Exercises
- Answers
- Appendix 14.1
- Notes
- APPENDIX A The Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution
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APPENDIX B Tutorial for MS Project 2016
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Exercise A: Constructing the Network: Site Preparation Project
- 1. CONSTRUCT THIS NETWORK USING MS PROJECT 2016
- 2. IDENTIFY THE CRITICAL PATH. HOW LONG WILL THIS PROJECT TAKE?
- 3. ASSIGN AND LEVEL RESOURCES
- 4. SUPPOSE ROSE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTIVITIES B AND C. ARE THERE ANY RESOURCE CONFLICTS? HOW DO WE KNOW?
- 5. SHOW THE SAME PROJECT WITH A GANTT CHART AND A NETWORK DIAGRAM
- Exercise B: Adding Details and Updating the Network for an Ongoing Project
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Exercise A: Constructing the Network: Site Preparation Project
- APPENDIX C Project Plan Template
- GLOSSARY
- COMPANY INDEX
- NAME INDEX
- SUBJECT INDEX
Product information
- Title: Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2018
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780134730332
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