{"product_id":"managing-projects-in-organizations-9780470631386","title":"Managing Projects in Organizations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManaging Projects in Organizations is a classic bestseller of project management, having sold over 100,000 copies in its Second Edition. It has become known for providing an easy to read, yet challenging overview of the still-growing field of project management.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The New Business Environment and the Need for a New Project Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE: MANAGING IN THE NEW BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Managing Complexity: Techniques for Fashioning Order Out of Chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Engaging Change: Knowing When to Embrace, Accept, or Challenge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Managing Risk: Identifying, Analyzing, and Planning Responses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Satisfying Customers: Knowing Who They Are, What They Want, and When They are Right or Wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Defining Requirements that Bridge the Customer-Developer Gap.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO: TOOLS FOR THE NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Acquiring Political Skills and Building Influence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Building Teams with Borrowed Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Selecting Projects That Will Lead to Success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Estimating Realistic Costs, Schedules, and Specifications to Ensure Project Success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Scheduling Projects with New Tools: The Time-boxed and Critical Chain Scheduling Techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Outsourcing to Control Costs, Focus on Core Work, and Expand Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Integrating Cost and Schedule Control to Measure Work Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Evaluating Projects to Maintain Goals, Strengthen Accountability, and Achieve Objectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Understanding and Using Performance Metrics; or, Measuring the Right Stuff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Establishing and Maintaining a Project Support Office to Strengthen Project Management Capabilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Carpe Diem: Seize the Day!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: An Annotated Reading List for the New Project Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402381959511,"sku":"9780470631386","price":35.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470631386.jpg?v=1730480224","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/managing-projects-in-organizations-9780470631386","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}