Synopses & Reviews
Project Management employs a managerial, business-oriented approach to the management of projects, which is reinforced throughout the text with current examples of project management in action.
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; Project Evaluation and Control; Project Closeout and Termination
For readers or future mangers interested in understanding the fundamentals of project management from a variety of business applications and examples.
Synopsis
This package contains the following components:
-0131454218: MS Project 2007
-0136065619: Project Management
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: Why Project Management?
Chapter 2. The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture
Chapter 3. Project Selection and Portfolio Management
Chapter 4. Leadership and the Project Manager
Chapter 5. Scope Management
Chapter 6. Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation
Chapter 7. Risk Management
Chapter 8. Cost Estimation and Budgeting
Chapter 9. Project Scheduling: Networks, Duration Estimation, and Critical Path
Chapter 10. Project Scheduling: Lagging, Crashing, and Activity Networks
Chapter 11. Critical Chain Project Scheduling
Chapter 12. Resource Management
Chapter 13. Project Evaluation and Control
Chapter 14. Project Closeout and Termination