Managing Projects: Challenges and methods
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740303841
Table of contents: title: Content; title: Dedication; title: Table of Figures; title: Acknowledgements; title: Significant Contributor; title: Foreword; title: Icons and Their Use; title: The Project Management Series; title: ----; title: 1. Introduction; title: 1.1. Methodology and Series Information; title: 1.2. Method versus Methodology; title: 1.3. Types of Projects; title: 1.4. Audience; title: 1.5. Depth of Coverage; title: 1.6. The Series Four eBooks; title: Section 1: Challenges and Opportunities 23; title: 2. Growth of Project Management; title: 2.1. Introduction; title: 2.2. Value of Project Management; title: 2.3. Project Management Education; title: 2.4. Emerging Profession; title: 2.5. Point to Ponder; title: 2.6. A Growing Domain; title: 2.7. Traditional Management versus Project Management; title: 2.8. Role of Professional Associations; title: 3. Challenges: The Growing Pains; title: 3.1. What Is Missing?; title: 3.2. Challenge 1: Project Management Is Simple; title: 3.3. Challenge 2: Project Management Is Bureaucratic; title: 3.4. Challenge 3: One Size Fits All; title: 3.5. Challenge 4: Not Industry Specifics; title: 3.6. Challenge 5: Professional Certifications; title: 3.7. Challenge 6: Training versus Institutional Project Management; title: 4. Opportunities for Sustainable Growth; title: 4.1. Opportunity 1: Organizational Acceptance; title: 4.2. Opportunity 2: Project Management at a Crossroad; title: 4.3. Opportunity 3: Professional Certifications; title: 4.4. Opportunity 4: Outreach to New Grounds; title: 4.5. Opportunity 5: Simplified and Practical Project Management; title: Section 2: Project Management Methodology; title: 5. Rationale and Model Perspectives; title: 5.1. Model Rationale; title: 5.2. A Story That Led To This Work; title: 5.3. The Challenges for Professionals; title: 5.4. The Customizable and Adaptable Methodology for Managing Projects™; title: 5.5. Full Project Life Span Perspective; title: 5.6. Multiple Stakeholders; title: 5.7. Idea Developer (Project Owner) Perspective; title: 5.8. Methodology versus Framework Perspective; title: 6. Fundamental Concepts; title: 6.1. Project Management Is a Disciplined Approach; title: 6.2. Project Life Span and Stage Gates; title: 6.3. Importance of the Stage Gate Process; title: 6.4. Is Not the Stage Gate Process A…; title: 7. Introducing the Model; title: 7.1. Introduction; title: 7.2. Methodology Main Characteristics; title: 7.3. The Model Brief Explanation; title: 8. Alignment to Global Standards; title: 8.1. Proven Practices; title: 8.2. Professional Associations; title: 8.3. A Common Gap in Project Management; title: 8.4. Integration of CAM2P™ With Global Standards; title: 8.5. The Seven Elements; title: 8.6. Closing Comment; title: 9. Alignment to PMBOK® Guide; title: 9.1. CAM2P™ Link to PMBOK® Guide; title: 9.2. Alignment to PMBOK® Guide; title: 9.3. How CAM2P™ Aligns to PMBOK®; title: 9.4. Where Does the Model Deviate; title: 9.5. Process Groups versus Project Life Span; title: 9.6. Project Perspective; title: 9.7. Stage Perspective; title: 9.8. Project and Stage Perspectives; title: 9.9. Can We Combine; title: 9.10. Conclusion; title: 10. Appendix A: List of Acronyms; title: 11. Appendix B: Glossary of Terms; title: 12. Appendix C: Project Management Associations (Partial); title: 13. Appendix D: Bibliography; title: 14. Appendix E: Summary of Deviations and Reasons; title: 14.1. Introduction to Appendix; title: 14.2. Why Three Phases and Not Four; title: 14.3. Why Project Authorization Document and Not Charter; title: 14.4. Why Project Management Function and Not Knowledge Area; title: 14.5. Why Project and Not Work Breakdown Structure; title: 14.6. Why Implementation and Not Execution; title: 14.7. Why Four Dimensions of Project Success and Not One; title: 14.8. Why ‘You Decide’; title: 15. Appendix F: Summary Outlines of All Parts; title: 15.1. Part I (eBook 1); title: 15.2. Part II (eBook 2); title: 15.3. Part III (eBook 3); title: 15.4. Part IV (eBook 4); title: 16. Author Biography; title: 16.1. Mounir A. Ajam; title: 16.2. The Foundation; title: 17. Endnotes