- Cover Page
- Project Manager’s Portable Handbook
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Preface1
- 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
- Section 3. Alternative Project Applications
- 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
- 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
- Section 9. Project Communications
- Section 10. Improving Project Management
- Footnotes