TY - GEN AU - Pinto, Jeffrey K TI - Project management : : achieving competitive advantage SN - 9788131727157 U1 - 658.404 PY - 2009/// CY - Delhi PB - Pearson Education KW - Project Management N1 - 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 N2 - Exploring both technical and managerial challenges, this text emphasizes individual project execution and provides a strategic perspective. Cases, examples and problems from a variety of project types are used to illustrate the text ER -