Project management theory and practice
By: Gary L. Richardson
Publisher: Auerbach Pub./CRC Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9781439809938
Notes: "The early chapters stay reasonably close to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) models"--P. xxiii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Conceptual overview of the project environment; title: Introduction; title: Evolution of project management; title: Project management body of knowledge; title: Industry trends in project management; title: Project types; title: Project organization concepts; title: Project life cycle models; title: Quick start example; title: pt. 2. Projects as state change vehicles; title: Role of projects in the organization; title: Project initiation; title: pt. 3. Defining the triple constraints; title: Project plan development; title: Scope management; title: Time management; title: Cost management; title: pt. 4. Advanced planning models; title: Analyzing variable time estimates; title: Project simulation; title: Critical chain management model; title: pt. 5. Planning support processes; title: Human resource management; title: Project communications; title: Procurement management; title: Quality management; title: Risk management; title: Plan review and approval; title: pt. 6. Project execution; title: managing the plan; title: Project execution and control; title: pt. 7. Monitoring and controlling techniques; title: Change management; title: Project and enterprise metrics; title: Earned value management; title: Tracking project progress; title: Enterprise reporting using the balanced scorecard; title: pt. 8. Closing the project; title: The closing process; title: pt. 9. Contemporary topics; title: Organizational maturity; title: Project portfolio management; title: Enterprise project management office; title: HR outsourcing; title: High productivity teams; title: Project governance; title: pt. 10. Professional ethics and responsibility; title: Ethical project management practices; title: Appendix A. Financial metrics; title: Appendix B. Templates; title: Appendix C. Project repository architecture.