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Project Management in Practice, 8th Edition

December 2024

Intermediate to advanced

336 pages

14h 57m

English

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APPROACHORGANIZATION AND CONTENTPEDAGOGYWHAT’S NEWSUPPLEMENTSACKNOWLEDGMENTSNOTE
1.1 WHAT IS A PROJECT?1.2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT VERSUS GENERAL MANAGEMENT1.3 AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT1.4 WHAT IS MANAGED? THE THREE GOALS OF A PROJECT1.5 THE LIFE CYCLES OF PROJECTS1.6 SELECTING PROJECTS TO MEET ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES1.7 THE PROJECT PORTFOLIO PROCESS1.8 SUSTAINABLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT1.9 THE MATERIALS IN THIS TEXTREVIEW QUESTIONSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSEXERCISESINCIDENT FOR DISCUSSION BIBLIOGRAPHYNOTES
2.1 THE PM’S ROLES2.2 THE PM’S RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE PROJECT2.3 SELECTION OF A PROJECT MANAGER2.4 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AS A PROFESSION2.5 PROJECTS IN THE PARENT ORGANIZATION2.6 THE PROJECT TEAM2.7 AGILE TEAM ROLESREVIEW QUESTIONSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSEXERCISESINCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSIONBIBLIOGRAPHYNOTES
3.1 FROM THE PROJECT CHARTER TO THE PROJECT PLAN3.2 THE PLANNING PROCESS—OVERVIEW3.3 THE PLANNING PROCESS—NUTS AND BOLTS3.4 MORE ON THE WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE AND OTHER AIDS3.5 PROJECT PLANNING WITH SCRUM3.6 RISK MANAGEMENTREVIEW QUESTIONSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSEXERCISESINCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSIONBIBLIOGRAPHYNOTES
4.1 METHODS OF BUDGETING4.2 COST ESTIMATING4.3 IMPROVING COST ESTIMATES4.4 BUDGET UNCERTAINTY AND PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT4.5 PROJECT RISK SIMULATION WITH CRYSTAL BALL®REVIEW QUESTIONSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSEXERCISESINCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSIONBIBLIOGRAPHYNOTES

5.1 PERT AND CPM NETWORKS5.2 PROJECT UNCERTAINTY AND RISK MANAGEMENT5.3 SIMULATION5.4 THE GANTT CHART5.5 EXTENSIONS TO PERT/CPM5.6 SCHEDULING WITH SCRUMREVIEW QUESTIONSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSEXERCISESDISCUSSION EXERCISEINCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSIONBIBLIOGRAPHYNOTES
6.1 EXPEDITING A PROJECT6.2 RESOURCE LOADING6.3 RESOURCE LEVELING6.4 ALLOCATING SCARCE RESOURCES TO PROJECTS6.5 ALLOCATING SCARCE RESOURCES TO SEVERAL PROJECTS6.6 GOLDRATT’S CRITICAL CHAINREVIEW QUESTIONSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSEXERCISESINCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSIONBIBLIOGRAPHYNOTES
7.1 THE PLAN–MONITOR–CONTROL CYCLE7.2 DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING7.3 EARNED VALUE7.4 PROJECT CONTROL7.5 DESIGNING THE CONTROL SYSTEM7.6 SCOPE CREEP AND CHANGE CONTROL7.7 AGILE APPROACHES FOR PROJECT MONITORING AND CONTROLREVIEW QUESTIONSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSEXERCISESINCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSIONBIBLIOGRAPHYNOTES
8.1 EVALUATION8.2 PROJECT AUDITING8.3 PROJECT CLOSURE8.4 BENEFITS REALIZATIONREVIEW QUESTIONSDISCUSSION QUESTIONSEXERCISEINCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSIONBIBLIOGRAPHY
A.1 PROBABILITYA.2 EVENT RELATIONSHIPS AND PROBABILITY LAWSA.3 STATISTICSBIBLIOGRAPHY