Published by Pearson (July 29, 2024) © 2024

Jeffrey Pinto
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    ISBN-13: 9781292473116

    Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Global Edition 5Yr Subscription ,5th edition

    Language: English

    For project management courses.
    In its 5th Edition, Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage takes a contemporary, decisive, and business-oriented approach to teaching and learning project management. To promote a comprehensive, multi-industry understanding of the text, the author addresses project management theory within the context of a variety of successful organisations, whether they be publicly held, private, or nonprofit. Comprehensive case analysis and detailed exercises, including brand-new, contemporary case studies for the 5th Edition, give students the tools to assess projects in real time, while also leveraging the latest project management technology, including MS Project 2016.

    1. Introduction: Why Project Management? 

    2. The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture 

    3. Project Selection and Portfolio Management 

    4. Leadership and the Project Manager 

    5. Scope Management 

    6. Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation 

    7. Risk Management 

    8. Cost Estimation and Budgeting 

    9. Project Scheduling: Networks, Duration Estimation, and Critical Path

    10. Project Scheduling: Lagging, Crashing, and Activity Networks 

    11. Advanced Topics in Planning and Scheduling: Agile and Critical Chain

    12. Resource Management 

    13. Project Evaluation and Control 

    14. Project Closeout and Termination 

     

    Appendix A. The Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution 

    Appendix B. Tutorial for MS Project 2016 

    Appendix C. Project Plan Template