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The Project Manager's Guide to Making Successful Decisions
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The Project Manager's Guide to Making Successful Decisions

by Robert A. Powell, Dennis M. Buede
December 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
334 pages
6h 14m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Index

A

Abrams tank example, 29

acceptability, fundamental issue of decision making, 210, 212

activation, project management life cycle, 52

actor. See decision maker

Aerospace/Defense projects, life cycle models, 67

aided decisions performance level, 237-239

alternatives. See decision alternatives Apple Macintosh computer example, 31

architecture selection, 121

B

biases, 207-210, 256

BMW Z3 example, 155, 259-261

brainstorming, 163-164

brainwriting, 164-165

Business and Organization Change projects, life cycle models, 67

business risk, 217

C

cautions, regarding quantitative approaches, 204-207

Challenger disaster example, 226, 253

client stakeholders, 63

cognitive maps, 92

Communication Systems projects, life cycle models, 67

competent performance ...

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ISBN: 9781567263800