Project management : achieving competitive advantage / Jeffrey K. Pinto.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston, [Mass.] ; London : Pearson, c2010.Edition: 2nd ed., International edDescription: 480 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780135097557 (pbk.) :
- 9780135097557
- 658.404 PIN
- HD69.P75 P5498 2010
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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.