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About the Editor Dr. David I. Cleland is the Ernest E. Roth Professor and Professor of Engineering Management at the University of Pittsburgh, and a Fellow of the Project Management Institute (PMI). He is often described as the "Father of Project Management" and is the only two-time recipient of PMI’s Outstanding Contribution to Project Management Award. Some of Cleland’s other books include Project Management: Strategic Design and Implementation, 2/e McGraw-Hill, Inc. (1988). The Strategic Management of Teams, John Wiley & Sons, (1996), and the Project Management Casebook, Project Management Institute. (1997).

Partial table of contents:

PROJECT MANAGMENT.

Strategic Planning (D. Cleland).

Why Project Management?

(C. Cook & C. Pritchard).

PROJECT PLANNING TECHNIQUES.

A Project-Management Model (J. Adams & M. Caldentey).

How to Use the Work-Breakdown Structure (P. Warner).

Keeping the Lid on Project Costs (K. Needy & K. Petri).

Developing Winning Proposals (H. Thamhain).

Legal Considerations for Project Managers (R. Speck).

PROJECT LEADERSHIP.

How to Motivate All Stakeholders to Work Together (R. Wideman).

The Role of Senior Management (K. Hartley).

Motivation in the Project Environment (R. Yourzak).

Developing Project-Management Skills for the Future (E. Isgrig).

PROJECT OVERSIGHT.

How to Monitor and Evaluate Projects (J. Snyder).

Total Customer Satisfaction (L. Ireland).

Project Termination: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (C. Pritchard).

TEAM MANAGEMENT.

New Ways to Use Project Teams (D. Cleland).

Benchmark Tools for Operation Teams (D. Knutson).

Index.