Includes bibliographical references and index

Relationship Between Projects and Other Production Systems -- Characteristics of Projects -- Project Manager -- Components, Concepts, and Terminology -- Movement to Project-Based Work -- Life Cycle of a Project: Strategic and Tactical Issues -- Factors that Affect the Success of a Project -- About the Book: Purpose and Structure -- Engineering Versus Management -- Process Approach to Project Management -- Project Management Processes -- Project Integration Management -- Project Scope Management -- Project Time Management -- Project Cost Management -- Project Quality Management -- Project Human Resource Management -- Project Communications Management -- Project Risk Management -- Project Procurement Management -- The Learning Organization and Continuous Improvement -- Organizational Project Management Maturity Model -- Engineering Economic Analysis -- Compound Interest Formulas -- Comparison of Alternatives -- Equivalent Worth Methods -- Sensitivity and Breakeven Analysis -- Effect of Tax and Depreciation on Investment Decisions -- Utility Theory -- Life-Cycle Costing -- Need for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis -- Uncertainties in Life-Cycle Cost Models -- Classification of Cost Components -- Developing the LCC Model -- Using the Life-Cycle Cost Model -- Project Screening and Selection -- Components of the Evaluation Process -- Dynamics of Project Selection -- Checklists and Scoring Models -- Benefit-Cost Analysis -- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis -- Issues Related to Risk -- Decision Trees -- Real Options