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Project management : achieving competitive advantage / Jeffrey K. Pinto

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Pearson, [2010]Edition: 2nd / International edDescription: 480 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780135097557
  • 9780135097557
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Contents:
Introduction : why project management? -- The organizational context : strategy, structure, and culture -- Project selection and portfolio management -- Leadership and the project manager -- Scope management -- Project team building, conflict, and negotiation -- Risk management -- Cost estimation and budgeting -- Project scheduling : networks, duration estimation, and critical path -- Project scheduling : lagging, crashing, and activity networks -- Critical chain project scheduling -- Resource management -- Evaluation and control -- Project closeout and termination
Summary: Exploring both technical and managerial challenges, this text emphasizes individual project execution and provides a strategic perspective. Cases, examples and problems from a variety of project types are used to illustrate the text.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : why project management? -- The organizational context : strategy, structure, and culture -- Project selection and portfolio management -- Leadership and the project manager -- Scope management -- Project team building, conflict, and negotiation -- Risk management -- Cost estimation and budgeting -- Project scheduling : networks, duration estimation, and critical path -- Project scheduling : lagging, crashing, and activity networks -- Critical chain project scheduling -- Resource management -- Evaluation and control -- Project closeout and termination

Exploring both technical and managerial challenges, this text emphasizes individual project execution and provides a strategic perspective. Cases, examples and problems from a variety of project types are used to illustrate the text.

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