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ISBN 10: 0273767437
ISBN 13: 9780273767435
Author: Pinto
The fundamentals of project management with a wide assortment of business applications.
Pinto addresses project management within the context of a variety of successful organizations. Project Management takes a decision-making, business-oriented approach to the management of projects, which is reinforced throughout the text with current global examples, including London’s Millennium Dome, Leadership and Project Management at CLLM from Australia, renewable energy strategies in the UAE and the Nicoll Highway Collapse from Singapore.
Project Management Achieving Competitive Advantage 3rd Table of contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Project Management?
- Project Profile: Rescue of Chilean Miners
- Introduction
- 1.1 What Is a Project?
- General Project Characteristics
- 1.2 Why Are Projects Important?
- Project Profile: Projects in China: Pushing the Innovative Envelope
- 1.3 Project Life Cycles
- Project Managers in Practice: Damien Baxter, Arrium Limited
- 1.4 Determinants of Project Success
- Project Management Research in Brief: Assessing Information Technology (IT)
- 1.5 Developing Project Management Maturity
- 1.6 Project Elements and Text Organization
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Discussion Questions
- Case Study 1.1: MegaTech, Inc.
- Case Study 1.2: Continuing Education Center at TOBB University of Economics and Technology
- Case Study 1.3: Disney’s Expedition Everest
- PMP Certification Sample Questions
- Internet Exercises
- Notes
Chapter 2: The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture
- Project Profile: The U.S. Army Returns to the Era of Blimps
- Introduction
- 2.1 Projects and Organizational Strategy
- 2.2 Stakeholder Management
- Identifying Project Stakeholders
- Managing Stakeholders
- 2.3 Organizational Structure
- 2.4 Forms of Organizational Structure
- Functional Organizations
- Project Organizations
- Matrix Organizations
- Moving to Heavyweight Project Organizations
- Project Management Research in Brief: The Impact of Organizational Structure on Project Performance
- 2.5 Project Management Offices
- 2.6 Organizational Culture
- How Do Cultures Form?
- Organizational Culture and Project Management
- Project Profile: A Culture of Caring: Sanofi-Aventis and Its Commitment to Global Medical Assistance
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Discussion Questions
- Case Study 2.1: Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Case Study 2.2: Classic Case: Paradise Lost: The Xerox Alto
- Case Study 2.3: Project Task Estimation and the Culture of “Gotcha!”
- Case Study 2.4: Widgets ‘R Us
- Internet Exercises
- PMP Certification Sample Questions
- Integrated Project: Building Your Project Plan
- Notes
Chapter 3: Project Selection and Portfolio Management
- Project Profile: Project Selection Procedures: A Cross-Industry Sampler
- Introduction
- 3.1 Project Selection
- 3.2 Approaches to Project Screening and Selection
- Method One: Checklist Model
- Method Two: Simplified Scoring Models
- Limitations of Scoring Models
- Method Three: The Analytical Hierarchy Process
- Method Four: Profile Models
- 3.3 Financial Models
- Payback Period
- Net Present Value
- Discounted Payback
- Internal Rate of Return
- Options Models
- Choosing a Project Selection Approach
- Project Profile: Project Selection and Screening at GE: The Tollgate Process
- 3.4 Project Portfolio Management
- Objectives and Initiatives
- Developing a Proactive Portfolio
- Keys to Successful Project Portfolio Management
- Problems in Implementing Portfolio Management
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Solved Problems
- Discussion Questions
- Problems
- Case Study 3.1: Keflavik Paper Company
- Case Study 3.2: Project Selection at Nova Western, Inc.
- Internet Exercises
- Notes
Chapter 4: Leadership and the Project Manager
- Project Profile: Aziza Chaouni and Her Project to Save a River
- Introduction
- 4.1 Leaders versus Managers
- 4.2 How the Project Manager Leads
- Acquiring Project Resources
- Motivating and Building Teams
- Having a Vision and Fighting Fires
- Communicating
- Project Management Research in Brief: Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
- 4.3 Traits of Effective Project Leaders
- Conclusions About Project Leaders
- Project Profile: Dr. Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, India’s Project Management Rock Star
- Leading and Time Orientation
- 4.4 Project Champions
- Champions—Who Are They?
- What Do Champions Do?
- How to Make a Champion
- Project Managers in Practice: Julie Slater and Kerry Anderson, CLLM
- 4.5 The New Project Leadership
- Project Profile: The Challenge of Managing Internationally
- 4.6 Project Management Professionalism
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Discussion Questions
- Case Study 4.1: In Search of Effective Project Managers
- Case Study 4.2: Finding the Emotional Intelligence to Be a Real Leader
- Case Study 4.3: Problems with John
- Internet Exercises
- PMP Certification Sample Questions
- Notes
Chapter 5: Scope Management
- Project Profile: The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
- Introduction
- 5.1 Conceptual Development
- The Statement of Work
- 5.2 The Scope Statement
- The Work Breakdown Structure
- Purposes of the Work Breakdown Structure
- The Organization Breakdown Structure
- The Responsibility Assignment Matrix
- Project Profile: Defining a Project Work Package
- 5.3 Work Authorization
- 5.4 Scope Reporting
- Project Management Research in Brief: Information Technology (IT) Project “Death Marches”
- 5.5 Control Systems
- Configuration Management
- 5.6 Project Closeout
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Discussion Questions
- Problems
- Case Study 5.1: Boeing’s Virtual Fence
- Case Study 5.2: AKBANK CRM Transformation Program
- Case Study 5.3: Five Star Hotel ELV (Extra Low Voltage) Project
- Case Study 5.4: London’s Millennium Dome
- Internet Exercises
- PMP Certification Sample Questions
- MS Project Exercises
- Project Outline: Remodeling an Appliance
- Integrated Project: Developing the Work Breakdown Structure
- Notes
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