Ebook: Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling

"The latest edition of the best selling "bible" of project management, Project Management, 11th Edition maintains the streamlined approach of the prior editions. This edition is closely aligned with PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Fifth Edition. New content includes measuring project management ROI and value to the organization and to customers. The capstone "super" case on the "Iridium Project" covers all aspects of project management. A Student Workbook, Instructor's Manual, and a book of case studies help students prepare for the Project Management pro.;Overview -- Project management growth : concepts and definitions -- Organizational structures -- Organizing and staffing the project office and team -- Management functions -- Management of your time and stress -- Conflicts -- Special topics -- The variables for success -- Working with executives -- Planning -- Network scheduling techniques -- Project graphics -- Pricing and estimating -- Cost control -- Trade-off analysis in a project environment -- Risk management -- Learning curves -- Contract managment -- Quality management -- Modern developments in project management -- The business of scope changes -- The project office -- Managing crisis projects -- Future of project managment -- The rise, fall, and resurrection of iridium : a project management perspective -- Appendix A. Solutions to the project management conflict exercise -- Appendix B. Solutions to leadership exercise -- Appendix C. Dorale products case studies -- Appendix D. Solutions to the Dorale products case studies -- Appendix E. Alignment of the PMBOK® guide to the text -- Author index -- Subject index.