Project Management in Practice, 5th Edition
by Jack R. Meredith, Samuel J. Mantel Jr., Scott M. Shafer, Margaret M. Sutton

1 THE WORLD OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1.2 Project Management vs. general Management
1.3 What Is Managed? The Three goals of a Project
1.4 The Life Cycles of Projects
1.5 Selecting Projects to Meet organizational objectives
1.6 The Project Portfolio Process
Step 1: Establish a Project Council
Step 2: Identify Project Categories and Criteria
Step 4: Assess Resource Availability
Step 5: Reduce the Project and Criteria Set
Step 6: Prioritize the Projects within Categories
Step 7: Select the Projects to Be Funded and Held in Reserve
1.7 The Materials in this Text
2 THE MANAGER, THE ORGANIZATION, AND THE TEAM
2.2 The PM's Responsibilities to the Project
Leadership and Making Trade-Offs
Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Persuasion
2.3 Selection of a Project Manager
2.4 Project Management as a Profession