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Managing Projects: A Team-Based Approach

Karen A. Brown, Thunderbird School of Global Management
Nancy Lea Hyer, Vanderbilt University, Nashville

ISBN: 0072959665
Copyright year: 2010

Table of Contents



About the Author

Preface

  

Chapter 1

Managing Projects: What and Why

Chapter 2

The Effective Project Manager

Chapter 3

Project Selection: Doing the Right Thing

Chapter 4

Project Initiation: Setting the Stage for Action

Chapter 5

Project Definition: Creating and Using the Work Breakdown Structure

Chapter 6

Assessing and Preparing for Project Uncertainties

Chapter 7

Project Scheduling: Adding the Time Dimension

Chapter 8

Modifying Project Schedules to Accommodate Time and Resource Constraints

Chapter 9

Monitoring and Controlling Project Performance

Chapter 10

Finishing Well: Project Closure and Learning

Appendix A

Quick Guide to Using Microsoft Project®

Appendix B

Decision Analysis: Using Payoff Matrices, Decision Trees, and Implications Wheels in Project Management


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