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• Cover
• Preface
• Introduction
• Why I Wrote This Book
• How Is This Book Organized?
• Unique Value Propositions
• The Rationale for This Organization
• How to Use This Book
• Who Should Use This Book
• What’s on the Website
• Putting It All Together
• EPM8e Logo
• Part I: Understanding the Project Management Landscape
• CHAPTER 1: What Is a Project?
• Defining a Project
• An Intuitive View of the Project Landscape
• Defining a Program
• Defining a Portfolio
• Understanding the Scope Triangle
• The Importance of Classifying Projects
• The Contemporary Project Environment
• Discussion Questions
• CHAPTER 2: What Is Project Management?
• Understanding the Fundamentals of Project Management
• Challenges to Effective Project Management
• Managing the Creeps
• What Are Requirements, Really?
• Introducing Project Management Life Cycles
• Choosing the Best‐Fit PMLC Model
• Discussion Questions
• CHAPTER 3: What Is Strategic Project Management?
• Definition of Strategic Project Management
• The Business Environment: A View from the Top
• Putting It All Together
• Discussion Questions
• CHAPTER 4: What Is a Collaborative Project Team?
• Overview
• The Complex Project Team
• Using the Co‐Manager Model
• Establishing Meaningful Client Involvement
• The Challenges to Meaningful Client Involvement
• Challenges to Attaining and Sustaining Meaningful Client Involvement
• Discussion Questions
• CHAPTER 5: What Are Project Management Process Groups?
• Overview of the 10 Project Management Knowledge Areas
• Overview of the Five Process Groups
• Mapping Knowledge Areas to Process Groups
• Discussion Questions
• Part II: Traditional Project Management
• CHAPTER 6: How to Scope a TPM Project
• Using Tools, Templates, and Processes to Scope a Project
• Managing Client Expectations
• Discussion Questions
• CHAPTER 7: How to Plan a TPM Project
• Using Tools, Templates, and Processes to Plan a Project
• The Importance of Planning
• Using Application Software Packages to Plan a Project
• Planning and Conducting Joint Project Planning Sessions
• Estimating
• Constructing the Project Network Diagram
• Writing an Effective Project Proposal
• Gaining Approval to Launch the Project
• Discussion Questions
• CHAPTER 8: How to Launch a TPM Project
• Using the Tools, Templates, and Processes to Launch a Project
• Recruiting the Project Team
• Developing a Team Deployment Strategy
• Conducting the Project Kick‐Off Meeting
• Establishing Team Operating Rules
• Managing Scope Changes
• Managing Team Communications
• Assigning Resources
• Resource Leveling Strategies
• Finalizing the Project Schedule
• Writing Work Packages
• Discussion Questions
• CHAPTER 9: How to Execute a TPM Project
• Using Tools, Templates, and Processes to Monitor and Control
• Establishing Your Progress Reporting System
• Applying Graphical Reporting Tools
• Managing the Scope Bank
• Building and Maintaining the Issues Log
• Managing Project Status Meetings
• Defining a Problem Escalation Strategy
• Gaining Approval to Close the Project
• Discussion Questions
• CHAPTER 10: How to Close a TPM Project
• Using Tools, Templates, and Processes to Close a TPM Project
• Writing and Maintaining Client Acceptance Procedures
• Discussion Questions
• Part III: Complex Project Management
• CHAPTER 11: Complexity and Uncertainty in the Project Landscape
• What Is Complex Project Management?
• What Is Lean Agile Project Management?
• Understanding the Complexity/Uncertainty Domain of Projects
• Discussion Questions
• CHAPTER 12: Agile Complex Project Management Models
• Iterative Project Management Life Cycle
• Adapting and Integrating the APM Toolkit
• Discussion Questions
• CHAPTER 13: Extreme Complex Project Management Models
• The Complex Project Landscape
• What Is Extreme Project Management?
• Using the Tools, Templates, and Processes for Maximum Extreme PMLC Model Effectiveness
• Using the Tools, Templates, and Processes for Maximum xPM and MPx Effectiveness
• Discussion Questions
• CHAPTER 14: Hybrid Project Management Framework
• What Is a Hybrid Project?
• What Is a Hybrid Project Manager?
• Background of the Effective Complex Project Management (ECPM) Framework
• Discussion Questions
• CHAPTER 15: Comparing TPM and CPM Models
• Linear PMLC Model
• Incremental PMLC Model
• Iterative PMLC Model
• Adaptive PMLC Model
• Extreme PMLC Model
• Challenges to Project Set‐up and Execution
• Discussion Questions
• APPENDIX A: Terms and Acronyms
• APPENDIX B: Case Study: Workforce and Business Development Center
• Hypothesis
• Synopsis
• The Need
• The Problem
• The Solution
• Linkages in the WBDC Model
• The Business Case for a WBDC
• Next Steps
• Putting It All Together
• APPENDIX C: Case Study: Pizza Delivered Quickly (PDQ)
• APPENDIX D: Cited References
• APPENDIX E: What’s on the eiipbs.com Website?
• Course Master File
• A Note on the Answer File for the Discussion Questions
• Additional Chapters
• Index
• End User License Agreement