Project management : achieving competitive advantage / [printed text] / Jeffrey K. Pinto, Author  . -  3rd edition . - Harlow, Essex : Pearson Education, 2013 . - 528 p. : ill (b & w) ; 28 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-273-76742-8

Class number:	658.404
Abstract:	For courses in project management. 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.
Contents note:	Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Project Management?; Chapter 2: The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture; Chapter 3: Project Selection and Portfolio Management; Chapter 4: Leadership and the Project Manager; Chapter 5: Scope Management; Chapter 6: Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation; Chapter 7: Risk Management; Chapter 8: Cost Estimation and Budgeting; Chapter 9: Project Scheduling: Networks, Duration Estimation, and Critical Path; Chapter 10: Project Scheduling: Lagging, Crashing, and Activity Networks; Chapter 11: Critical Chain Project Scheduling; Chapter 12: Resource Management; Chapter 13: Project Evaluation and Control; Chapter 14: Project Closeout and Termination; Appendix A The Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution; Appendix B Tutorial for MS Project 2010; Glossary; Company Index; Name Index; Subject Index;