Project Management
Achieving Competitive Advantage
by Jeffrey K Pinto
5th Edition
Publisher: Pearson
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780134730332 |
| eText ISBN | 9780134730509 |
| Publisher | Pearson |
| Publishing Year | 2019 |
| Edition | 5th Edition |
| Language | English |
Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, 5th Edition, takes a business-oriented approach to project management theory. The textbook examines management practices across public, private, and nonprofit organizations to build a cross-industry foundation.
The volume addresses foundational planning and execution topics, including organizational context, project selection, scope management, cost estimation, and budgeting. It also explores technical scheduling methods such as activity networks, duration estimation, and critical path analysis.
Case studies and detailed exercises offer practice evaluating organizational projects in real time, supported by guidance on project management technology such as Microsoft Project 2016.
Table of Contents
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: 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
Chapter APPENDICES: APPENDICES
- • 1. The Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution
- • 2. Tutorial for MS Project 2016
- • 3. Project Plan Template
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