Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage

About this book

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.