Case studies in project, program, and organizational project management / [edited by] Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, Sabin Srivannaboon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Case Studies in Project Management -- 1. Introduction -- AaronSide Goes to Teams / Dragan Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- Cocable Inc. / Jovana Riddle -- A RobustArm Industries' SledgeHammer / Dragan Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- Another Trojan Horse / Stevan Jovanovic -- Call a Truck / Dragan Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- The Project Hand-off Method / Dragan Milosevic, Russ J. Matinelli, and James M. Waddell -- 2. Cultural Aspects of Project Management -- Engineering Culture at Beck / Dragan Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- The Jamming / Dragan Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- 3. Project Management Processes -- Special Session / Supachart Iamratanakul and Sabin Srivannaboon -- Waterfall Software Development / Osman Osman -- Extreme Programming / Mani Ambalan -- 4. Project Integration Management -- Abacus Project / Peerasit Patanakul and Jospeph Genduso -- WRQ Software Development / Peerasit Patanakul and Michael Adams -- 5. Project Scope Management -- Workshop: Project Definition / Dragan Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- Work Breakdown Structure as a Skeleton for Integration / Wilson Clark and Dragan Milosevic -- Project Anatomy / Joakim Lillieskold and Lars Taxen -- Rapid Prototyping / Stevan Jovanovic -- 6. Project Time Management -- Workshop: The Jogging Line in Action / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- Sequencing / Art Cabanban -- The Rolling Wave / Dan Itkes -- Schedule Accuracy / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- AtlasCom / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- Workshop: The Milestone Chart / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- 7. Project Cost Management -- The Court House Disaster / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- Bad Metrics for Earned Value / Don Hallum -- The Museum Company / Jovana Riddle -- Workshop: Parametric Estimate / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- Earned Tree Analysis / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- 8. Project Quality Management -- Robots Fail Too / Ferra Weyhuni -- The Black Belt that is Peaceful / Marie Anne Lamb -- Workshop: Project Quality Program / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- 9. Project Human Resource Management -- The Bully, Subversive, Prima Donna, etc. / Diane Yates -- Startups Born with Conflict / Priya Venugopal -- We Do Not Speak the Same Language / Diane Yates -- My Job was to Integrate Two Cultures / Dragan Milosevic, Russ J. Matinelli, and James M. Waddell -- Rate and Rank / Rhaba Khamis -- 10. Project Communication Management -- The Russians Join Us Late at Night / Dragan Milosevic, Russ J. Matinelli, and James M. Waddell -- Quest for Clear / Mathias Sunardi -- Electronic Medical Record / Mathius Sunardi and Abdi Mousa -- Improving Public Health Informatics / Abdi Mousa -- A Simple Metric Goes a Long Way / Art Cabanban -- Executive Project Metrics / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- 11. Project Risk Management -- Risk Policies in Project Russia / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- Risk under the Microscope / Ferra Weyahuni -- Monte Carlo in Italy / Meghana Rao -- Probability and Impact / Jovana Riddle -- 12. Project Procurement Management -- The $30,000 Frigidaire / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- Mountain of Iron, Mountain of Dollars / Wail Busaid -- Part II. Case Studies in Program Management -- 13. Themes of Program Management -- Kpi / Sabin Srivannaboon, Dragan Z. Milosevic, and Peerasit Patanakul -- The Bounding Box Boxes You / Sabin Srivannaboon, Dragan Z. Milosevic, and Peerasit Patanakul -- 14. Program Initiating Process -- Business that Operated without Knowing Where Its profits Came from / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- Mega Security(r) / Sabin Srivannaboon, Dragan Z. Milosevic, and Peerasit Patanakul -- 15. Program Planning Process -- Quick Release / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- The Budica Program / Diane M. Yates and Dragan Z. Milosevic -- Best Practices Overview / Sabin Srivannaboon, Dragan Z. Milosevic, and Peerasit Patanakul -- Expected the Unexpected / Sabin Srivannaboon, Dragan Z. Milosevic, and Peerasit Patanakul -- 16. Program Executing Process -- Program Strike Zone / Sabin Srivannaboon, Dragan Z. Milosevic, and Peerasit Patanakul -- Program Map / Sabin Srivannaboon, Dragan Z. Milosevic, and Peerasit Patanakul -- Using Tools on a Mercedes / Sabin Srivannaboon and Dragan Z. Milosevic -- 17. Program Monitoring and Controlling Process -- That Which Is Not Earned Is Never Valued / Sabin Srivannaboon, Dragan Z. Milosevic, and Peerasit Patanakul -- 18. Program Closing Process and Programs in Action -- A Checklist / Sabin Srivannaboon, Dragan Z. Milosevic, and Peerasit Patanakul -- American Shogun / Bjoern Bierl and Andrea Hayes-Martinelli -- Planet Orbits / Peerasit Patanakul and Dragan Z. Milosevic -- ConSoul Software / Andrea Hayes-Martinelli and Dragan Z. Milosevic -- Part III. Case Studies in Organizational Project Management -- 19. Alignment and Portfolio Management -- LorryMer Information Technology / Sabin Srivannaboon and Dragan Z. Milosevic -- Who Owns the Portfolio / Dragan Z. Milosevic and Peerasit Patanakul -- Our Portfolio Stinks / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- 20. Standardized Methodologies -- Standardized Program Risk Management / Peerasit Patanakul, Sabin Srivannaboon, and Dragan Z. Milosevic -- Go with the Template Always / Murugappan Chettiar -- We Do Not Need Standard Methodology / Peerasit Patanakul, Sabin Srivannaboon, and Dragan Z. Milosevic -- Joy Knows How to Defend / Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, and Sabin Srivannaboon -- 21. Competencies of Project Managers and Project Management Office (PMO) -- They Are Business Leader at Spotlight Corporation / Peerasit Patanakul and Dragan Z. Milosevic -- The Program Management Office / Sabin Srivannaboon and Dragan Z. Milosevic -- We Go One Step at a Time / James Schneidmuller and Peerasit Patanakul -- 22. Information Systems, Organization, and Metrics -- Spreadsheet is Everything / Peerasit Patanakul, Sabin Srivannaboon, and Dragan Z. Milosevic -- Bluedogs USA / Nicolas Charpenel -- Point of Contact / Peerasit Patanakul, Sabin Srivannaboon, and Dragan Z. Milosevic -- 23. Organizational Culture and Project Culture -- What Help Us Come This Far / Peerasit Patanakul, Sabin Srivannaboon, and Dragan Z. Milosevic -- 24. Organizational Project Management in Action -- Let's Go All The Way / James Staffan and Peerasit Patanakul -- Are We Ready for Project Portfolio Management / Brian McCabe and Peerasit Patanakul.

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