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Published here June 2013

Introduction to the Books
Book  1  - An Introduction to Project Management
Introduction | Table of Contents | General Observations and Recommendations
Book 2 - The Six Sigma Handbook
Introduction | Table of Contents | General Observations and Recommendations
Book 3 - Facilitating Project Performance Improvement
Introduction | Table of Contents | General Observations and Recommendations

Book 1 - An Introduction to Project Management, 4th Edition, by Kathy Schwalbe, 2012

Table of Contents

The content of this book is set out in nine chapters and three Appendices as follows:

 

1.

An Introduction to Project, Program and Portfolio Management

 

2.

Project, Program and Portfolio Selection

 

3.

Initiating Projects

 

4.

Planning Projects, Part I (Project Integration, Scope, Time, and Cost Management)

 

5.

Project Planning Part II (Project Quality, Human Resources, Communications, Risk, and Procurement Management)

 

6.

Executing Projects

 

7.

Monitoring and Controlling Projects

 

8.

Closing Projects

 

9.

Best Practices in Project Management

 

Appendix A - Brief Guide to Microsoft Project 2010[3]

 

Appendix B - Brief Guide to AtTask

 

Appendix C - Resources

The book has over 500 pages. Each chapter is preceded by a table of Learning Objectives for the chapter and concludes with a Case Study Wrap-up, A Chapter Summary, A Quick multiple-choice Quiz, Discussion Questions, Exercises, Team Projects and a listing of the Key Terms introduced in the preceding chapter. The book also has a complete Glossary of these terms at the end of the book.

Introduction  Introduction

3. Note: An update for Project 2013 will be available by mid-2013 from www.intropm.com.
 
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