Project Management Achieving Competitive Advantage, 5/e (Paperback)

For project management courses.
In its 5th Edition, Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage takes a contemporary, decisive, and business-oriented approach to teaching and learning project management. To promote a comprehensive, multi-industry understanding of the text, the author addresses project management theory within the context of a variety of successful organisations, whether they be publicly held, private, or nonprofit. Comprehensive case analysis and detailed exercises, including brand-new, contemporary case studies for the 5th Edition, give students the tools to assess projects in real time, while also leveraging the latest project management technology, including MS Project 2016.

• 1. Introduction: Why Project Management? 

• 2. The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture 

• 3. Project Selection and Portfolio Management 

• 4. Leadership and the Project Manager 

• 5. Scope Management 

• 6. Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation 

• 7. Risk Management 

• 8. Cost Estimation and Budgeting 

• 9. Project Scheduling: Networks, Duration Estimation, and Critical Path

• 10. Project Scheduling: Lagging, Crashing, and Activity Networks 

• 11. Advanced Topics in Planning and Scheduling: Agile and Critical Chain

• 12. Resource Management 

• 13. Project Evaluation and Control 

• 14. Project Closeout and Termination 

• Appendix A. The Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution 

• Appendix B. Tutorial for MS Project 2016 

• Appendix C. Project Plan Template