Introduction

Project Life Cycle

Behavioral Aspects of Project Management

The Nature of Projects

Key Decisions in Project Management

The Project Manager

Behavioral Issues

Project Champions

Certification

The Pros and Cons of Working on Projects

Work Breakdown Structure

Planning and Scheduling with Gantt Charts

PERT and CPM

The Network Diagram

Network Conventions

Deterministic Time Estimates

A Computing Algorithm

Activity-on-Arrow

Activity-on-Node

Computing Slack Times

Probabilistic Time Estimates

Determining Path Probabilities

Simulation

Budget Control

Time–Cost Trade-Offs: Crashing

Advantages of Using PERT and Potential Sources of Error

Critical Chain Project Management

Other Topics in Project Management

Project Management Software

Operations Strategy

Risk Management

Cases: The Case of the Mexican Crazy Quilt

  Time, Please