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Cleland, David and Ireland, Lewis. Project Managers Portable Handbook, Third Edition. US: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2010.

Project Managers Portable Handbook, Third Edition

Authors: David Cleland and Lewis Ireland

Published:  July 2010

eISBN: 9780071741064 0071741062 | ISBN: 9780071741057
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Section 1. The Discipline of Project Management
  • 1.1 Project Success or Failure
  • 1.2 Project Management: A Distinct and Changing Discipline
  • 1.3 Project Management Competence
  • 1.4 A Project Management Philosophy
  • 1.5 Benefits of Project Management
  • 1.6 Ethics in Project Management
  • 1.7 Project Life Cycle
  • 1.8 Project Management Bodies of Knowledge and PM Certification
  • 1.9 Project Management Process
  • 1.10 Program Management
  • Section 2. Project Organizational Design
  • 2.1 Organizing for Project Management
  • 2.2 Project Organization Charting
  • 2.3 Authority-Responsibility-Accountability
  • 2.4 Project Management Training
  • 2.5 Working in Projects
  • 2.6 Project Office
  • Section 3. Alternative Project Applications
  • 3.1 Alternative Project Teams
  • 3.2 Reengineering Through Project Teams
  • 3.3 The Management of Small Projects
  • 3.4 Self-Managed Production Teams
  • 3.5 Benchmarking Teams
  • 3.6 Managing Change by Project Management
  • Section 4. The Strategic Context of Projects
  • 4.1 Selling Project Management to Senior Managers
  • 4.2 Project Partnering
  • 4.3 Project Strategic Issue Management
  • 4.4 Project Stakeholder Management
  • 4.5 The Strategic Management of Teams
  • 4.6 Senior Management and Projects
  • 4.7 The Board of Directors and Major Projects
  • 4.8 International Projects
  • 4.9 Portfolio Management for Projects
  • 4.10 Managing Multiple Projects
  • Section 5. Project Leadership
  • 5.1 Overview of Project Leadership
  • 5.2 Leadership in Projects—A Further Perspective
  • 5.3 Coaching Project Team Members
  • 5.4 Managing Conflict in Projects
  • 5.5 Team Leadership
  • 5.6 Developing the Project Manager’s Competence
  • 5.7 Motivating the Project Team
  • 5.8 Decision Making in Projects
  • Section 6. Project Initiation and Execution
  • 6.1 Project Selection Considerations
  • 6.2 Project Feasibility Study
  • 6.3 Legal Considerations in Project Management
  • 6.4 Project Start-up
  • 6.5 Developing Winning Proposals
  • 6.6 Project Statement of Work
  • 6.7 Selecting PM Software
  • 6.8 Project Contract Negotiations and Administration
  • 6.9 Quality in Projects
  • 6.10 Project Termination
  • Section 7. Project Planning and Control
  • 7.1 Project Planning
  • 7.2 Establishing Project Priorities
  • 7.3 Project Scheduling
  • 7.4 Project Monitoring, Evaluation, and Control
  • 7.5 Project Risk Management
  • 7.6 Project Auditing
  • 7.7 Scheduling Standards
  • 7.8 Outsourcing Project Management
  • 7.9 Establishing a Project Management System
  • 7.10 Managing Costs in Projects
  • 7.11 Project Work Breakdown Structure
  • 7.12 Earned Value Management
  • Section 8. The Project Culture
  • 8.1 Understanding the Team Culture
  • 8.2 Positive and Negative Aspects of Teams
  • 8.3 Project Team Building and Development
  • 8.4 Role and Responsibilities of the Project Team
  • 8.5 Project Manager Competence
  • 8.6 The Political Process in Project Management
  • Section 9. Project Communications
  • 9.1 The Project Management Information System
  • 9.2 Project Communications
  • 9.3 Communication in Project Meetings
  • 9.4 Negotiations
  • Section 10. Improving Project Management
  • 10.1 Project Management Organizational Competence
  • 10.2 Project Recovery for the Project Team
  • 10.3 Project Recovery for the Challenged Project
  • 10.4 Project Stability
  • 10.5 Assessing Organizational Project Competence
  • Index