Project Management in Practice 5th Edition Meredith Test Bank
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, , ,Offering streamlined coverage with an applied approach, Project Management in Practice, 5th Edition focuses on the essentials of project management. This concise, hands-on text is ideal for a one semester project management course, or as a module on project management. This textbook is organized around the project management life cycle, and provides students with essential project management concepts while addressing an important area of industry growth: the use of projects to achieve the strategic goals of organizations.
Table of Content:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: The World of Project Management
- 1.1 WHAT IS A PROJECT?
- 1.2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT VS. GENERAL MANAGEMENT
- 1.3 WHAT IS MANAGED? THE THREE GOALS OF A PROJECT
- 1.4 THE LIFE CYCLES OF PROJECTS
- 1.5 SELECTING PROJECTS TO MEET ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES
- 1.6 THE PROJECT PORTFOLIO PROCESS
- 1.7 THE MATERIALS IN THIS TEXT
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- INCIDENT FOR DISCUSSION
- United Screen Printers
- QUESTIONS
- Handstar Inc.
- QUESTIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Chapter 2: The Manager, the Organization, and the Team
- 2.1 THE PM’S ROLES
- 2.2 THE PM’S RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE PROJECT
- 2.3 SELECTION OF A PROJECT MANAGER
- 2.4 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AS A PROFESSION
- 2.5 FITTING PROJECTS INTO THE PARENT ORGANIZATION
- 2.6 THE PROJECT TEAM
- 2.7 MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS—BALANCING PLEASURE AND PAIN
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- INCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSION
- The Quantum Bank
- QUESTIONS
- Southern Care Hospital
- QUESTIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Chapter 3: Project Activity and Risk Planning
- 3.1 THE BASIS OF A PROJECT PLAN—THE “PROJECT CHARTER”
- 3.2 THE PLANNING PROCESS—OVERVIEW
- 3.3 THE PLANNING PROCESS—NUTS AND BOLTS
- 3.4 MORE ON THE WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE AND OTHER AIDS
- 3.5 RISK MANAGEMENT
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- INCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSION
- St. Dismas Assisted Living Facility—1
- QUESTIONS
- John Wiley & Sons
- QUESTIONS
- Samson University
- QUESTIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Chapter 4: Budgeting the Project
- 4.1 METHODS OF BUDGETING
- 4.2 COST ESTIMATING
- 4.3 IMPROVING COST ESTIMATES
- 4.4 BUDGET UNCERTAINTY AND PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT
- 4.5 PROJECT RISK SIMULATION WITH CRYSTAL BALL ®
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- INCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSION
- St. Dismas Assisted Living Facility Project Budget Development—2
- QUESTIONS
- Photstat Inc.
- QUESTIONS
- Building the Geddy’s dream house
- QUESTIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Chapter 5: Scheduling the Project
- 5.1 PERT AND CPM NETWORKS
- 5.2 PROJECT UNCERTAINTY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
- 5.3 SIMULATION
- 5.4 THE GANTT CHART
- 5.5 EXTENSIONS TO PERT/CPM
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- DISCUSSION PROBLEM
- INCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSION
- St. Dismas Assisted Living Facility Program Plan—3
- QUESTIONS
- NutriStar
- QUESTIONS
- Launching E-Collar
- QUESTIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Chapter 6: Allocating Resources to the Project
- 6.1 EXPEDITING A PROJECT
- 6.2 RESOURCE LOADING
- 6.3 RESOURCE LEVELING
- 6.4 ALLOCATING SCARCE RESOURCES TO PROJECTS
- 6.5 ALLOCATING SCARCE RESOURCES TO SEVERAL PROJECTS
- 6.6 GOLDRATT’S CRITICAL CHAIN
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- INCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSION
- St. Dismas Assisted Living Facility Resource Usage—4
- QUESTIONS
- Charter Financial Bank
- QUESTIONS
- Rand Contractors
- QUESTIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Chapter 7: Monitoring and Controlling the Project
- 7.1 THE PLAN-MONITOR-CONTROL CYCLE
- 7.2 DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING
- 7.3 EARNED VALUE
- 7.4 PROJECT CONTROL
- 7.5 DESIGNING THE CONTROL SYSTEM
- 7.6 SCOPE CREEP AND CHANGE CONTROL
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- PROBLEMS
- INCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSION
- St. Dismas Assisted Living Facility Case—5
- QUESTIONS
- Palmstar Enterprises, Inc.
- QUESTIONS
- Peak Lighting, Inc.
- QUESTIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Chapter 8: Evaluating and Terminating the Project
- 8.1 EVALUATION
- 8.2 PROJECT AUDITING
- 8.3 PROJECT TERMINATION
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- INCIDENTS FOR DISCUSSION
- St. Dismas Assisted Living Facility Case—6
- QUESTIONS
- Datatech
- QUESTIONS
- Ivory Tower Systems
- QUESTIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Appendix: Probability and Statistics
- A.1 PROBABILITY
- A.2 EVENT RELATIONSHIPS AND PROBABILITY LAWS
- A.3 STATISTICS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index
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