Preface -- The challenge of projects -- What is a project and why project management? -- Structure of project delivery organizations -- The clash of cultures within a matrix -- The life of a project -- A generic project lifecycle model -- The perspective of the supplier organization upon projects -- The contrasting predicaments of owners and suppliers -- The supplier organization's project lifecycle -- The role of a supplier organization within a project -- Aligning the interests of owner and supplier organizations -- Connecting supplier and owner organizations -- How much to pay the supplier organization? -- Management of change -- Selected project management techniques for supplier organizations -- Marketing in a project environment -- Selling in a project environment -- Project planning for supplier organizations -- Management of resources -- Project control -- Management of information -- Warranty phase and post-project considerations -- Afterword -- Index
