Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage

by Jeffrey K. Pinto

Project Management employs a managerial, business-oriented approach to the management of projects, which is reinforced throughout the text with current examples of project management in action.
Introduction: Why Project Management?; The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture; Project Selection and Portfolio Management; Leadership and the Project Manager; Scope Management; Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation; Risk Management; Cost Estimation and Budgeting; Project Scheduling: Networks, Duration Estimation, and Critical Path; Project Scheduling: Lagging, Crashing, and Activity Networks; Critical Chain Project Scheduling; Resource Management; Project Evaluation and Control; Project Closeout and Termination
For readers or future mangers interested in understanding the fundamentals of project management from a variety of business applications and examples.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Textbooks

460 pages, Hardcover

First published January 29, 2006

Reviews

[Ahmed Al Farsi]

كان من ضمن مقرارات الماجستير لهذا السبب قرأت الكتاب، يحتوي الكتاب على كم هائل من المعلومات الرائعه لكي تكون مدير مشاريع ناجح.

Good book with detailed info. about project management i think will be great for you if u are looking to build strong base of information about PM

[Marcus Goncalves]

I’m evaluating this book for academic purposes. The content, overall, is good and cover all PM essentials with plenty of case studies and practice questions for the PMP exam, but difficult to read, with text not flowing well.

[iammshr]

Provides a great basic understanding about Project Management.

[Shae]

I highly recommend reading this book if you plan to the PMP Certification test. The only reason I did not rate fives stars because I felt like the author's opinions were displayed on certain topics instead of remaining impartial on subject matters.

I used both formats for the class (hardcover and kindle ebook).

[Mohammed Al Sadiq]

Mohammed Al-Sadiq from Saudi Aramco is featured in the book in the "People in Project Management" section.

[Anika Sharmin]

i want to read

[Patrick]

Great introduction to the topic. I want to learn more!

[Stacey]

Read this one for school, not too bad in terms of readability but not the fun stuff.

[Waleed Salahat]

good