The power of legal project management
Subtitle: a practical handbook
By: Susan Raridon Lambreth, David A. Rueff, Jr
Contributors: Rueff, David A., Jr., author; American Bar Association. Law Practice Division
Publisher: American Bar Association, Law Practice Division
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Chicago, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 523
ISBN-13: 9781627224628
Subjects: Project management; Law offices; Practice of law; Lawyers; Fees; Attorney and client
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Current trends driving project management; title: A short history of hourly billing by lawyers; title: Introduction to legal project management; title: Engaging with the client; title: Planning the matter; title: Budgeting for the matter; title: From budgeting to pricing the matter; title: Executing the matter; title: Communication management; title: Evaluating and closing the matter; title: Satisfying ethical considerations and obligations through legal project management; title: Lawyer personality traits and legal project management roles; title: Using legal project management for competitive advantage; title: The relationship between process improvement and legal project management; title: The role of knowledge management in legal project management; title: Aligning compensation to support legal project management; title: Establishing a project management function in your legal organization; title: Introduction to traditional and alternative project management methods; title: Conclusion.