Effective Project Management: Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme, Third Edition
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ROBERT K. WYSOCKI, PHD, has more than 38 years of experience as a project management consultant and trainer, information systems manager, systems and management consultant, author, and training developer and provider. Effective Project Management, Second Edition, is a bestseller and is essential for the library of every project manager.

RUDD MCGARY, PHD, PMP, has been practicing and teaching project management for more than 25 years. McGary has taught at the Ohio State University, Indiana University, and the University of Iowa and has been CEO of two operating companies. As the current central Ohio VP of Certification for PMI, he has worked with hundreds of candidates to help them become certified.

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Acknowledgements.

Preface to Third Edition.

About the Authors.

Introduction to Effective Project Management.

PART I: TRADITIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

What Is a Project?

What Is Traditional Project Management?

Scoping the Project.

Identifying Project Activities.

Estimating Duration, Resource Requirements, and Cost.

Constructing and Analyzing the Project Network Diagram.

Finalizing the Schedule and Cost Based on Resource Availability.

Organizing and Conducting the Joint Project Planning Session.

Recruiting, Organizing, and Managing the Project Team.

Monitoring and Controlling Progress.

Closing Out the Projects.

Critical Chain Project Management.

PART II: ADAPTIVE PROJECT FRAMEWORK.

Introduction to the Adaptive Project Framework.

Version Scope.

Cycle Plan.

Cycle Build.

Client Checkpoint.

Post-Version Review.

Variations to APF.

PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.

Project Portfolio Management.

Project Support Office.

Epilogue.

Appendix A: What's on the CD-ROM?

Appendix B: Bibliography.

Index.

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