The Handbook of Project-Based Management
by Turner, J. RodneyFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1993-04-01
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
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Summary
Demonstrates how to manage change through projects in order to achieve an organization's corporate strategy. Table of Contents--Introduction; Part I: The Context of Projects; Part II: Managing the Project Objectives; Part III: Undertaking Projects; Part IV: Managing Procedures and Systems; Part V: Applications. Index. 225 illustrations.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Projects and their management | p. 3 |
| A structured approach to managing projects | p. 17 |
| Projects for implementing corporate strategy | p. 37 |
| Projects and the parent organization | p. 52 |
| Strategic management of projects | p. 75 |
| Managing scope | p. 101 |
| Managing project organization | p. 134 |
| Managing quality | p. 159 |
| Managing cost | p. 180 |
| Managing time | p. 206 |
| Managing risk | p. 235 |
| Structuring the plans | p. 261 |
| Project definition | p. 271 |
| Execution and control | p. 304 |
| Finalization and close-out | p. 339 |
| Project administration | p. 353 |
| Project management information systems | p. 389 |
| Project managers and their teams | p. 415 |
| Projects from the product life cycle | p. 437 |
| Projects from industries and sectors | p. 458 |
| Projects by size | p. 482 |
| International projects | p. 499 |
| Epilogue | p. 513 |
| Subject index | p. 515 |
| Author and source index | p. 532 |
| Project index | p. 537 |
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