Core Concepts of Project Management

Cover -- Core Concepts of Project Management -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Project Management -- What Is a Project? -- Project Management Systems -- The Project Environment -- Summary -- Glossary -- PMBOK Items Relating to Chapter 1 -- Thought Questions -- Part I The Human Element -- Chapter 2 Human Factors in Project Management -- Information Systems Project Features -- Conflict and Performance -- Project Managers -- Summary -- Glossary -- PMBOK Items Relating to Chapter 2 -- Thought Questions -- Chapter 3 Project Organization -- Alternate Organization Structures -- Comparison of Organization Structures in Projects -- Levels of Project Organization -- Summary -- Glossary -- PMBOK Items Relating to Chapter 3 -- Thought Questions -- Part II Project Adoption and Planning -- Chapter 4 Project Selection and Approval -- Measurement of Project Impact -- Selection Practice -- Project Evaluation Techniques -- Traditional Analysis -- Multiple Objectives -- Summary -- Glossary -- PMBOK Items Relating to Chapter 4 -- Thought Questions -- Chapter 5 Systems Development -- Overview of Analysis and Design Methods -- Software Development Standards -- Systems Development Approach -- Summary -- Glossary -- PMBOK Items Relating to Chapter 5 -- Thought Questions -- Chapter 6 Agile Project Development -- PMI View of Agile -- Scrum -- Kanban -- Summary -- Glossary -- PMBOK Items Relating to Chapter 6 -- Thought Questions -- Notes -- Part III Project Completion -- Chapter 7 Risk and Schedule Delay -- Demonstration Schedule -- Summary -- PMBOK Items Relating to Chapter 7 -- Thought Questions -- Notes -- Chapter 8 Project Implementation -- Project Success -- Project Failure -- Primary Reasons for Project Failure -- Quality Control in Project Implementation -- Summary -- Glossary -- PMBOK Items Relating to Chapter 8 -- Thought Questions -- Note.