Project management : the managerial process / Clifford F. Gray, and Erik W. Larson.
Series: The McGraw-Hill/Irwin series operations and decision sciencesPublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, c2008.Edition: 4th editionDescription: xvi, 589 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:- 9780073525150
- 0073525154
- 9780073348179
- 0073348171
- 658.404 23 GRA
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CONTENT
Chapter 1 Modern project management
What is a project
The importance of project management
Project management today - an integrative approach
Chapter 2 Organization strategy and project selection
The strategic management process: an overview
The need for an effective project portfolio management system
A portfolio management system
Applying a selection model
Managing the portfolio systems
Chapter 3 Organizational structure and culture
Project management structures
What is the right project management structure
Organizational culture
Implications of organizational culture for organizing projects
Chapter 4 Defining the project
Step 1 Defining the project scope
Step 2 Establishing project priorities
Step 3 Creating the work breakdown structure
Step 4 Integrating the WBS with the organization
Step 5 Coding the WBS for information system
Etc.
Chapter 5 Estimating project times and costs
Factors influencing the quality of estimates
Estimating guidelines for times for times, costs and resources
Top-down versus bottom-up estimating
Methods for estimating project times and costs
Level of detail
Types of costs
Etc.
Chapter 6 Developing a project plan
Developing the project network
Constructing a project network
Activity-on-node (AON)fundamentals
Network computation process
Using the forward and backward pass information
Etc.
Chapter 7 Managing risk
Risk management process
Stp1. risk identification
Step 2. risk assessment
Step 3. risk response development
Contingency funding and time buffers
Etc.
Chapter 8 Scheduling resources and costs
Overview of the resource scheduling problem
Types of resource constraints
Classification of a scheduling problem
Resource allocation method
Computer demonstration of resources constraints
Etc.
Chapter 9 Reducing project duration
Rational for reducing project duration
Options for accelerating project completion
Project cost- duration graph
Constructing a project cost duration graph
Practical consideration
Etc.
Chapter 10 Leadership: being an effective manager
Managing project stakeholders
Influence as exchange
Social network building
Ethics and project management
Building trust: the key to exercise
Etc.
Chapter 11 Managing project teams
The five stage development model
Situational factors affecting team development
Building high-performance teams
Managing virtual project teams
Project team pitfalls
Etc.
Chapter 12 Outsource: managing Interorganzational relations
Outsourcing project work
Best practices in outsourcing project work
The art of negotiating
A note of managing customer relations
Chapter 13 Progress performance measurement and evaluation
Structure of a project monitoring information system
The project control process
Monitoring time performance
Developing of an earned value cost/schedule system
Developing a status report: a hypothetical
Etc.
Chapter 14 Project audit and closure
Project audits
The project audit process
Project closure
Tea, team members, and project manager evolution
Chapter projects
Environmental factors
Project site selection
Cross-culture considerations: a close look
Selection and training for international projects
Chapter 16 Oversight
Project oversight
Unresolved issues
Career issues and paths
Includes bibliographical references and index: 574-589
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