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For courses in project management. Project Management Fundamentals with Broad Applications In its Fourth Edition, Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage takes a contemporary, decisive, and business-oriented approach to teaching and learning project management. Blending current theory, contemporary case studies, and hands-on practice and research, Project Management offers students a full range of perspectives of the project management process. To promote a comprehensive, multi-industry understanding of the text, the author addresses project management theory within the context of a variety of successful organizations, whether they be publicly held, private, or nonprofit. Comprehensive case analysis and detailed exercises give students the tools to assess projects in real-time, equipping them with razor-sharp decision-making skills. Leveraging the latest project management technology, Project Management features just the right balance of real-world examples, cutting-edge theory, and practical exercises.
Contents
Chapter 1 IntroductionDevelopment Projects in Lagos, Nigeria"Throwing Good Money after Bad": The BBC's Digital Media InitiativeChapter 2 The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture Tesla's $5 Billion GambleElectronic Arts and the Power of Strong Culture in Design TeamsChapter 3 Project Selection and Portfolio Management Project Selection Procedures: A Cross-Industry SamplerChapter 4 Leadership and the Project Manager Leading by Example for the London Olympics - Sir John ArmittDr. E. Sreedharan, India's Project Management GuruChapter 5 Scope Management "We look like fools." - Oregon's Failed Rollout of their Obamacare WebsiteBoeing's Virtual FenceCalifornia's High-Speed Rail Project - What's the Latest News?The Expeditionary Fighting VehicleChapter 6 Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation Engineers Without Borders: Project Teams Impacting LivesChapter 7 Risk Management The Building that Melted CarsBank of America Completely Misjudges its CustomersCollapse of Shanghai Apartment BuildingThe Spanish Navy pays nearly $3 billion for a Submarine that will sink like a StoneChapter 8 Cost Estimation and Budgeting Sochi Olympics - What's the Cost of National Prestige?The Hidden Costs of Infrastructure Projects - The Case of Building DamsChapter 9 Project Scheduling: Networks, Duration Estimation, and Critical Path After 20 Years and More than $50 billion, Oil is no closer to the Surface: The Caspian Kashagan ProjectChapter 10 Project Scheduling: Lagging, Crashing, and Activity Networks Enlarging the Panama CanalChapter 11 Critical Chain Project Scheduling Developing Projects through Kickstarter - Do Delivery Dates Mean Anything?Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical's Commitment to Critical Chain Project SchedulingChapter 12 Resource Management Hong Kong Connects to the World's Longest Natural Gas PipelineChapter 13 Project Evaluation and Control New York City's CityTime ProjectBoeing's 787 Dreamliner: Failure to Launch (with update)Earned Value Management at Northrop GrummanChapter 14 Project Closeout and Termination Duke Energy and its Cancelled Levy County Nuclear Power PlantAftermath of a "Feeding Frenzy" - Dubai and Cancelled Construction ProjectsNew Jersey Kills Hudson River Tunnel ProjectThe Navy Scraps Development of Its Showpiece Warship - Until the Next Bad IdeaAppendix: Tutorial for MicroSoft (R) Project 2013
