Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-505) and index.

Introduction to project management -- Factors for project success or failure -- Defining the project task -- Estimating the project costs - - First steps in planning the timescale -- Financial appraisal and the business plan -- Risk -- Project authorization -- Project organization structures -- Organization of management change and IT projects -- Key people in the organization -- Work breakdon and coding -- Completing th e breakdown structures -- Detailed planning : an introduction to critic al path networks -- Detailed planning : critical path networks in pract ice -- Principles of resource scheduling -- Scheduling people (and othe r reusable resources) -- Scheduling materials -- Scheduling cash flows -- Computer applications -- Managing project start-up -- Aspects of com mercial management -- Managing procurement -- Managing progress -- Mana ging changes -- Managing project costs -- Earned-value analysis and cos t reporting -- Managing multiple projects, programmes and portfolios -- More advanced or less frequently used techniques -- Managing project c losure.