Handbook of Project-Based Management, Fourth Edition

The Most Complete, Current Guide to Project-Based Management

Thoroughly revised and reorganized, The Handbook of Project-Based Management, Fourth Edition focuses on the role of the global project manager in today''s high-tech, hyperconnected environment of continuous improvement and innovation. Rodney Turner, editor of the International Journal of Project Management, explains how to implement a proven, structured approach to achieving performance improvement through strategic change. This practical resource describes how to align project goals with organizational goals, maintain governance, and manage project performance and process. An all-new case study runs throughout the book, demonstrating real-world applications of the concepts presented.

Coverage includes:

• Leading change
• Beneficial change
• Project governance
• Program and portfolio management
• Governance of the projectbased organization
• Organizational capability
• Scope
• Project organization
• Stakeholders
• Quality
• Cost
• Time
• Risk
• Process models
• Start-up
• Execution and control
• Close-out