Managing Projects in Organizations: How to Make the Best Use of Time, Techniques, and People [Paperback]

In this third edition of Managing Projects in Organizations, J. Davidson Frame updates and expands on his classic book to provide an accessible introduction to the field of project management. Drawing on more than twenty-five years of consulting and training experience, Frame's most current edition of his landmark book includes a wealth of new topics, including:

• Managing virtual teams
• The evolving concept of the project manager's role
• Comanaged project teams
• The project office
• Project portfolios
• Web-based project management
• International project management

Preface.

The Author.

1. The New Business Environment and the Need for a New Project Management.

PART ONE: MANAGING IN THE NEW BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.

2. Managing Complexity: Techniques for Fashioning Order Out of Chaos.

3. Engaging Change: Knowing When to Embrace, Accept, or Challenge.

4. Managing Risk: Identifying, Analyzing, and Planning Responses.

5. Satisfying Customers: Knowing Who They Are, What They Want, and When They are Right or Wrong.

6. Defining Requirements that Bridge the Customer-Developer Gap.

PART TWO: TOOLS FOR THE NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

7. Acquiring Political Skills and Building Influence.

8. Building Teams with Borrowed Resources.

9. Selecting Projects That Will Lead to Success.

10. Estimating Realistic Costs, Schedules, and Specifications to Ensure Project Success.

11. Scheduling Projects with New Tools: The Time-boxed and Critical Chain Scheduling Techniques.

12. Outsourcing to Contl£%