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• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Acknowledgements
• Preface to the series
• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• Professional associations and certification
• Professional associations and certification
• Bodies of knowledge
• Structure of the book
• Bibliography
• 2 Projects, Programmes, and Portfolios (PPP): concepts, history, and context
• Definitions and concepts in Project, Programme, and Portfolio (PPP) management
• A brief history of project management
• Project characteristics and the project life cycle
• Project management in the context of the organisation
• Bibliography
• 3 Planning: definition and the environment
• Project planning
• Defining the project
• Scope and deliverables
• The project plan
• Project environment
• Combined environment analysis – example
• Bibliography
• 4 Planning: objectives, time, and the critical path
• Objectives and their measurements
• Master plan and work breakdown structure
• Scheduling
• The critical path
• Bibliography
• 5 Planning: resources, management structure, and role/task division
• Resources and cost plan
• The cost of a project – the cost during the life cycle of a product
• Management structure and role/task division
• Bibliography
• 6 Project start-up, co-operation, and information
• Project start-up
• Partnerships and agreements
• Information management
• Bibliography
• 7 Uncertainty and risk management
• Types of uncertainty
• Two main categories
• Process of risk management
• PERT
• Decision-making and risk
• Bibliography
• 8 The project manager and the project team
• Methods of execution
• The project manager
• Teams and groups in projects
• Bibliography
• 9 Project close-out
• Organising the project close-out
• Product delivered
• Learning from the experience
• Bibliography
• Index