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Author Powell, Robert A

Title The Project Manager's Guide to Making Successful Decisions
Published Oakland : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (230 pages)
Contents Intro; Title Page; Copyright; About the Authors; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Good Decision-Making: The Key to Project Success; Good Decision-Making Begins with a Decision Context; The Three Cornerstones of Decision-Making; Why Projects Fail; A Planned Process for Decision-Making; A General Framework for Making Decisions; Chapter 2: Managerial Decision-Making; Managerial Decisions Defined; Strategic, Operational, and Tactical Decisions; Generic Project Management Decisions; The Importance of Project Management Decisions
Project Management Decisions Contribute to Project SuccessA Management Perspective on Failed Projects: Two Case Studies; The Solutionâ#x80;#x94;Good-Quality Decisions; Chapter 3: Decisions and the Project Management Life Cycle; The Project Management Life Cycle; Control Gates within the Project ManagementLife Cycle; Stakeholder Decisions in the Project Management Life Cycle; Other Life-Cycle Models; Chapter 4: Overview of Decision-Making; The Basics; Literary Views of Decision-Making; Decision Quality; History of Decision-Making; Approaches to Decision-Making; Decision-Making Methods and Aids
Implementing the DecisionChapter 5: Project Management Decisions; A Project Management Decision Structure; Decisions for Project Management; Product (Operational) System Decisions; Development (Project Management Organization) System Decisions; Chapter 6: Framing the Decision; The Importance of Decision Frames; A Suggested Frame; Suggested Decision Frame Format for Project Management; Chapter 7: Generating Decision Alternatives; The Problem Definition Process; Searching for Alternatives; Using All Alternatives to Find Additional Alternatives
Determining the Need for More Information and AnalysisAlternatives and Decision Framesâ#x80;#x94;The Cuban Missile Crisis; Chapter 8: Analyzing the Alternatives in Terms of Values and Uncertainty; Qualitative Approaches; Quantitative Approaches; Dealing with Biases and Heuristics; Requirements for Good Decisions; Chapter 9: Handling Risk and Uncertainty; Risk; Project Management Risks; How to Address Risk; Developing a Risk Management Plan; Continuing Risk Management; What Is Uncertainty?; How Do People Address Uncertainty?; Chapter 10: Training Project Managers as Decision Makers
The Elements of Traditional Project Management TrainingThe Pitfalls of Project Management Training; A Decision Analysis Curriculum; Appendix A: Project Success Case Studies; Appendix B: Project Management Decisions; Appendix C: An Introduction to Decision Trees; References; Additional Reading; Index
Notes Print version record
Subject Project management.
Decision making.
Decision Making
decision making.
Decision making
Project management
Form Electronic book
Author Buede, Dennis M
ISBN 9781523096763
1523096764
9781567263800
1567263801