Project Management

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Part 1: Introduction

Chapter 1: The Evolution of Project Management

Chapter 2: Why Project Management?

Chapter 3: The Project Management Process

Part 2: The Strategic Context of Projects

Chapter 4: When to Use Project Management

Chapter 5: The Strategic Context of Projects

Chapter 6: The Board of Directors and Major Projects

Chapter 7: Project Stakeholder Management

Chapter 8: Strategic Issues in Project Management

Part 3: Organizational Design for Project Management

Chapter 9: Organizing for Project Management

Chapter 10: Project Portfolio Management

Chapter 11: Project Authority

Chapter 12: Project Management Maturity

Part 4: Project Operations

Chapter 13: Project Planning

Chapter 14: Project Management Information System

Chapter 15: Project Monitoring. Evaluation, and Control

Chapter 16: The Project Earned Value Management System

Chapter 17: Project Termination

Part 5: Interpersonal Dynamics in the Management of Projects

Chapter 18: Project Leadership

Chapter 19: Project Communications

Chapter 20: Successful Project Teams

Part 6: The Cultural Elements

Chapter 21: Continuous Improvement Through Projects

Chapter 22: Cultural Considerations in Project Management

Part 7: New Prospects

Chapter 23: Alternative Project Teams

INDEX

The theme of the last edition will continue as authors improve individual chapters by adding a brief introduction that outlines the central points of the chapter and warms up readers for what follows. Each chapter concludes with four additional sections: a listing of additional sources of information in the form of a generously annotated bibliography; a listing of project management principles that summarize chapter content in pithy statements of enduring, universal value; a project management situation--a brief, descriptive case study that illuminates chapter content by way of a practical example; and a student/reader assignment that offers food for thought, discussion, or investigation. More student problems are added in this edition along with new chapters throughout and up-dated chapters where change is warranted. Graphics and illustrations updated with side bar information included throughout and the book with have a new look in a larger 7 3/8 x 9 ¼ trim.