Project management : achieving competitive advantage [printed text] / Jeffrey K. Pinto, Author  . -  Global . - [S.l.] : Pearson Education Limited, 2020 . - 586 p. ; 20mm.
ISBN : 978-1-292-26914-6 : €63.20
Project management has become an integral part of virtually every business model and of operations across a range of industries. The fifth edition of Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage approaches is subject through general principles as well as strategic perspectives. The text illustrates the computational, software, and organizational aspects of project management while demonstrating the breadth of project challenges that students may have to tackle, regardless of their career aspirations.

This book includes the following features and resources to help students develop a mastery of the discipline:

Project profiles are current examples of project management in action that include project success stories as well as project failures.

Case studies provide students with fictitious and real situations to analyse. These include several seminal cases from the discipline.

Integrated project excercises teach students to develop projects plans and learn the mechanics of scoping, scheduling, risk assessment, budgeting, and cost estimation.

Development of employability skills is a core focus of this edition, and the text, excercises, tutorials, and cases have been modeled to maximise the students' prospects in their careers.

Class number:

658.404

Contents note:

Chapter 1: Introduction: why project management? Chapter 2: The organisational 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: network, duration estimation,and critical path Chapter 10: Project scheduling: lagging, crashing, and activity networks Chapter 11: Advanced topics in planning and scheduling: agile and critical chain Chapter 12: Resource management Chapter 13: Project evaluation and control Chapter 14: Project closeout and termination