Project Management: Navigating the Complexity with a Systematic Approach (Oguz)

by Abdullah Oguz

This book covers the fundamentals of project management, and aims to guide undergraduate and graduate students to acquire the building blocks of project management.

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Publisher
Cleveland State University
Subjects
Business, Management
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Introduction to Project Management
  7. 1.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
  8. 1.2: Definition and Key Concepts of Project Management
  9. 1.3: Project Characteristics
  10. 1.4: Project Constraints
  11. 1.5: Project Success
  12. 1.6: Project Management Life Cycle and Process Groups
  13. 1.7: Project Management Knowledge Areas
  14. 1.8: Key Takeaways
  15. 1.9: Questions and Exercises
  16. 1.10: Attribution
  17. 2: Strategy, Objectives, and Project Selection
  18. 2.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
  19. 2.2: Business Strategy and Goals
  20. 2.3: SMART Objectives
  21. 2.4: Business Case
  22. 2.5: Project Selection Process
  23. 2.6: Key Takeaways
  24. 2.7: Questions and Exercises
  25. 2.8: Attribution
  26. 3: Project Initiation
  27. 3.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
  28. 3.2: Project Charter
  29. 3.3: Project Environment
  30. 3.4: Organizational Dimensions and the Structure
  31. 3.5: Project Management Office (PMO)
  32. 3.6: Key Takeaways
  33. 3.7: Questions and Exercises
  34. 3.8: Attribution
  35. 4: Project Planning and the Project Scope
  36. 4.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
  37. 4.2: Project Planning
  38. 4.3: Eliciting Requirements
  39. 4.4: Requirements Traceability Matrix
  40. 4.5: Project Scope Management
  41. 4.6: Microsoft Project Tutorial
  42. 4.7: Key Takeaways
  43. 4.8: Questions and Exercises
  44. 4.9: Attribution
  45. 5: Stakeholder Management
  46. 5.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
  47. 5.2: Identifying Stakeholders and Managing Their Expectations
  48. 5.3: Stakeholder Analysis
  49. 5.4: Managing and Monitoring Stakeholder Engagement
  50. 5.5: Key Takeaways
  51. 5.6: Questions and Exercises
  52. 5.7: Attribution
  53. 6: Communication Management, Leadership, and Project Team Management
  54. 6.1: Learning Objective and Overview
  55. 6.2: Communications Management
  56. 6.3: Communication Types
  57. 6.4: Communications Management Protocol
  58. 6.5: Leadership Skills
  59. 6.6: Leadership Styles and Servant Leadership
  60. 6.7: Creating a Project Culture
  61. 6.8: Developing and Managing a Project Team
  62. 6.9: Key Takeaways
  63. 6.10: Questions and Exercises
  64. 6.11: Attribution
  65. 7: Scheduling
  66. 7.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
  67. 7.2: Project Schedule Management Plan
  68. 7.3: Defining Activities
  69. 7.4: Estimating Activity Durations
  70. 7.5: Creating an Activity Network Diagram
  71. 7.6: Creating a Gantt Chart
  72. 7.7: Microsoft Project Tutorial
  73. 7.8: Key Takeaways
  74. 7.9: Questions and Exercises
  75. 7.10: Attribution
  76. 8: Resource Management
  77. 8.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
  78. 8.2: Resource Management
  79. 8.3: Project Resource Management Plan
  80. 8.4: Estimating the Resources
  81. 8.5: Resource Allocation
  82. 8.6: Solving Resource Overallocation- Resource Leveling
  83. 8.7: Schedule Compression Techniques
  84. 8.8: Microsoft Project Tutorial
  85. 8.9: Key Takeaways
  86. 8.10: Questions and Exercises
  87. 8.11: Attribution
  88. 9: Budget and Procurement
  89. 9.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
  90. 9.2: Project Costs
  91. 9.3: Project Cost Management Plan
  92. 9.4: Estimating Costs and Determining Budget
  93. 9.5: Establishing the Project Budget
  94. 9.6: Managing Project Costs
  95. 9.7: Project Procurement Management
  96. 9.8: Microsoft Project Tutorial
  97. 9.9: Key Takeaways
  98. 9.10: Questions and Exercises
  99. 9.11: Attribution
  100. 10: Project Risks
  101. 10.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
  102. 10.2: Project Risk
  103. 10.3: Risk Management Plan
  104. 10.4: Identifying Risks
  105. 10.5: Risk Assessment
  106. 10.6: Developing and Implementing Risk Responses
  107. 10.7: Key Takeaways
  108. 10.8: Questions and Exercises
  109. 10.9: Attribution
  110. 11: Monitoring and Controlling
  111. 11.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
  112. 11.2: Monitoring and Controlling Project Work
  113. 11.3: Qualitative Monitoring
  114. 11.4: Earned Value Management (EVM)
  115. 11.5: Change Control Process
  116. 11.6: MS Project Tutorial
  117. 11.7: Key Takeaways
  118. 11.8: Questions and Exercises
  119. 11.9: Attribution
  120. 12: Agile (Adaptive) Project Management
  121. 12.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
  122. 12.2: Introduction to Agile
  123. 12.3: Adopting and Creating an Agile Environment
  124. 12.4: Common Agile Framework and Methods
  125. 12.5: Recent Trends in Agile Project Management
  126. 12.6: Key Takeaways
  127. 12.7: Questions and Exercises
  128. 12.8: Attribution
  129. 13: Closing the Project
  130. 13.1: Learning Objectives and Overview
  131. 13.2: Closing the Project
  132. 13.3: Activities to Close a Project
  133. 13.4: Post Implementation Reviews and Archiving Documents
  134. 13.5: Validating the Realization of Business Benefits
  135. 13.6: Key Takeaways
  136. 13.7: Questions and Exercises
  137. 13.8: Attribution
  138. Back Matter
  139. Index
  140. Glossary
  141. Detailed Licensing
  142. Detailed Licensing