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Project management : achieving competitive advantage / Jeffrey K. Pinto.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, [Mass.] ; London : Pearson, c2010.Edition: 2nd ed., International edDescription: 480 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780135097557 (pbk.) :
  • 9780135097557
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.404 PIN
LOC classification:
  • HD69.P75 P5498 2010
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 658.404 PIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215037

Previous ed.: Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2007.

Text on inside cover.

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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