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 The Process of Project Management — Table of Contents

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  Preamble
 
1. Introduction
  1.1. What is a Project?
  1.2. What is Project Management?
  1.3. The World of Project Management
  1.4. Projects as Strategy
 
2. Project Management Context
  2.1. Creating a Project Management Culture
  2.2. Project Stakeholders
  2.3. Project Life Cycles
  2.4. Defining and Measuring Success
  2.5. Applications Area Concerns
 
3. Frequently Misunderstood Concepts
  3.1. Product scope vs. project scope
  3.2. Process groups vs. project phases
  3.3. Types of breakdown structures
  3.4. Role of the Project Management Office
 
4. A Process Model of Project Management
  4.1. A Taxonomy of Project Processes
  4.2. Common Process Elements
  4.3. Key General Management Processes
  4.4. Process Groups
  4.5. Process Interactions
  4.6. Customizing the Process Interactions
 
5. Initiating Process Group
  5.1. Overview
  5.2. Phase Authorization
  5.3. Project Definition
 
6. Core Planning Processes
  6.1. Overview
  6.2. Project Scope Definition
  6.3. Effort Estimating
  6.4. Cost Estimating
  6.5. Cost Budgeting
  6.6. Duration Estimating
  6.7. Activity Sequencing
  6.8. Schedule Development
  6.9. Project Plan Integration
 
7. Facilitating Planning Processes
  7.1. Overview
  7.2. Human Resource Management Processes
  7.3. Risk Management Processes
  7.4. Quality Management Processes
  7.5. Procurement Management Processes
  7.6. Communications Management Processes
 
8. Executing Process Group
  8.1. Overview
  8.2. Project Plan Execution
  8.3. Scope Verification
 
9. Controlling Process Group
  9.1. Overview
  9.2. Progress Measurement
  9.3. Progress Reporting
  9.4. Change Control
  9.5. Quality Control
  9.6. Project Plan Maintenance
  9.7. Contract Close-out
 
10. Closing Process Group
  10.1.  Overview
  10.2.  Lessons Learned
  10.3.  Administrative Close-out
 
11. Glossary
  11.1. Will we ever have a common language?


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