The Handbook of project-based management :

Included Index

Machine generated contents note: 1. Leading Change Thru Projects -- Projects and their management; The process approach; Images of projects; The management of projects and this bookPART I: Managing the Context -- 2. Projects for Delivering Beneficial Change -- Identifying the need for performance improvement; Diagnosing the change required; The benefits map; Linking corporate strategy to project strategy -- 3. Project Success and Strategy -- Project strategy; Judging success; Leading performance indicators; Achieving success -- 4. The People Involved -- Reactions to change; Engaging with stakeholders; Project teams; Leadership -- Part II: Managing Performance -- 5. Managing Scope -- Principles of scope management; Project definition; Planning at the strategic level - milestone plans; Lower level plans: activity planning; Applications -- 6. Managing Organization -- Principles; The external organization; The internal organization; Responsibility charts -- 7. Managing Quality -- Quality in the context of projects; Achieving quality on projects; Configuration management -- 8. Managing Cost -- Types of estimates; Estimating costs; Estimating techniques; Controlling costs: obtaining value for money -- 9. Managing Time -- The time schedule; Estimating duration; Calculating the schedule with networks; Resource histograms and resource smoothing; Controlling time -- 10. Managing Risk -- The risk management process; Identifying, Assessing, Analyzing and Managing risk -- Part III: Managing the Process -- 11. The Project Life Cycle -- The project as an algorithm; The product life-cycle; The project life-cycle; The management process -- 12. Project Start-Up -- Start-up process; Workshops; Project definition report and manual;Business case -- 13. Project Control -- Requirements for effective control; Gathering data and calculating progress; Taking action -- 14. Project Close-Out -- Timely & efficient completion; Transferring the asset to users; Embedding the change and obtaining benefit; Disbanding the team; Post completion reviews -- 15. Project Governance -- Governance of the project; The principal-agent relationship; Communication between the project manager and sponsor -- 16. Program/Portfolio Management -- Managing portfolios; Managing programs; The project office -- 17. Developing Organizational Capability -- Developing individual competence; Four practices/processes for developing organizational capability; Four areas of knowledge management; Competency traps.

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