Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Global Edition, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (January 10, 2023) © 2023

  • Jeffrey K Pinto Penn State University-Erie
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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.

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  • 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 

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