Project management :achieving competitive advantage. /
Jeffrey K. Pinto.
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2007.
- xxi, 490 p. ill. 29 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: Why project management? -- The Organizational context: Strategy, structure and culture -- Project selection and portfolio management -- Leadership and 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 -- Critical chain project scheduling -- Resource management -- Project evaluation and control -- Project closeout and termination.