Book Structure
The content of this book is set out in twelve chapters and three Appendices
as follows:
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Introduction - Expectations, background, relationship with project management
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Content Guide - The business of projects, commercial delivery, symbols
used, etc.
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PART 1
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1.
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Evolution of a Business Lifecycle - PM, PMBOK®, application, business
lifecycles
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2.
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Organizational Responsibilities - Delivery management, team structures,
assignment
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A Risk System - Business perspective; event, factor and alert models;
success criteria
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Estimation Anxiety - Prerequisites, top-down, bottom-up, rule of thumb,
uncertainty
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Quality Conundrum - Goal, modeling, techniques, commitment & motivation
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Finance Matters - During bid, initiation, execution, & completion phases
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PART 2
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Assessing the Opportunity - Bid/No bid procedures, templates
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8.
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Bidding the Project - Planning & preparation, procedures & check lists
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Initiating the Project - Procedures: contract, order entry, initiation,
issues, change
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10.
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Executing the Project - The work: procedures, forms and templates, issues,
changes
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11.
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Completing the Project - Acceptance, transition, financials, completion,
issues, change
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12.
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Steps to Success - Core business concepts, commercial delivery, environment
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References Glossary
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About the Author
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Because the chapter titles hardly do justice to the wealth of information available
in the book, we have added brief snippets to each chapter heading as an indication
of the content within. The book has a total of 86 Figures spread throughout
the chapters. Each of the chapters in the book's Part 1 concludes with a
brief summary.
The Glossary of Terms consists largely of the terminology used in this area of the project management industry, together with a significant number of acronyms that the author has adopted for purposes of writing this book. Therefore, the reader would be well advised to tag the Glossary for rapid access while reading the text.
The book has a total of 316 pages in 8.5"x11.0" format, spirally bound for easy opening and reference. There is no content index
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Introduction
