Description
Book SynopsisDiscover solutions to common obstacles faced by project managers. Written as a business novel, the book is highly interactive, allowing readers to participate and consider options at each stage of a project. The book is based on years of experience, both through the author's research projects as well as his teaching lectures at business schools. The book tells the story of Emily Reed and her colleagues who are in charge of the management of a new tennis stadium project. The CEO of the company, Jacob Mitchell, is planning to install a new data-driven project management methodology as a decision support tool for all upcoming projects. He challenges Emily and her team to start a journey in exploring project data to fight against unexpected project obstacles. Data-driven project management is known in the academic literature as dynamic scheduling or integrated project management and control. It is a project management methodology to plan, monitor, and control projects in progress in or
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Background.-
Chapter 2: Plan.-
Chapter 3: Risk.-
Chapter 4: Buffer.-
Chapter 5: Monitor.-
Chapter 6: Control.-
Chapter 7: Exciting Times Ahead.-
Chapter 8: Afterword.-
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