Project management : achieving competitive advantage /
Jeffrey K. Pinto
- Fifth Edition.
- Uttar Pradesh, India : Pearson, 2020.
- xxi, 564 pages ; 29 cm
Includes indexes. Revised edition of the author's Project management, [2016]
Introduction: why project management -- The organizational context : strategy, structure, and culture -- Project selection and portfolio management -- Leadership and the project manager -- Scope management -- Project team building, conflict, and negotiation -- Risk management -- Cost estimation and budgeting -- Project scheduling : networks, duration estimation, and critical path -- Project scheduling : lagging, crashing, and activity networks -- Advanced topics in planning and scheduling : agile and critical chain -- Resource management -- Project evaluation and control -- Project closeout and termination -- Notes -- Appendix A: The cumulative standard normal distribution -- Appendix B: Tutorial for ms project 2016 -- Appendix C: Project plan template -- Glossary -- Company index -- Name index -- Subject index.