With the rapid rise of computers and advanced technology in the classroom have come new pedagogical approaches to teaching. One of the most powerful of these approaches is the use of computer simulations to demonstrate “real world” business practices, the inter-relatedness of various business functions, and the role of competitive decision-making in business. Computer simulations encourage team development, collaboration, global thinking, and a predilection to consider the ramifications of decisions and their effect on the bottom line—in other words, many of the skills that are useful to project managers and team members in business. The purpose of this simulation is to tie together many of the salient challenges of project management in order to give students the deepest possible understanding of the complexities involved in undertaking a project. The goal of the simulation will be to have students manage a project from initiation to completion. Within this framework the student will need to employ and develop skills pertinent to personnel selection and training, motivation, conflict management, and stakeholder management. Students will be required to use planning and scheduling techniques, such as work breakdown structures, PERT/CPM, scope development, and risk analysis. The topical coverage will have approximate coincidence with the Project Management Institute’s Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), insuring that the students gain exposure to those topics recognized by the key professional organization for project manager. Although perfectly useful as a stand-alone piece of software, this simulation can be bundled with either of any project management books, discounting both bundled items. An especially attractive option is to bundle it with the Second Edition of Project Management: The Managerial Process by Gray and Larson. Great pains were taken to coordinate the revision of this book with the development of Pinto and Parente’s simulation. One of the four scenarios used in the simulation has been cast in the form of a continuing case used in the book, thus making a tie in between the book and the simulation.

Project Management: A Simulation for Classroom Instruction

Business & Money

Pinto, Jeffrey K.

Parente, Diane H.

Pinto,Jeffrey

Parente,Diane

Processes & Infrastructure

McGraw/Hill/Irwin

SimProject Player's Manual and Access Code

Computers & Technology

Software

Irwin Professional_Pub

SimProject Version 2.0 Passcode Card

Revised edition of the author's Project management, [2016]

Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage [RENTAL EDITION]

Pearson

1. Introduction: Why Project Management?&emsp; 2. The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture&emsp; 3. Project Selection and Portfolio Management&emsp; 4. Leadership and the Project Manager&emsp; 5. Scope Management&emsp; 6. Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation&emsp; 7. Risk Management&emsp; 8. Cost Estimation and Budgeting&emsp; 9. Project Scheduling: Networks, Duration Estimation, and Critical Path 10. Project Scheduling: Lagging, Crashing, and Activity Networks&emsp; 11. Advanced Topics in Planning and Scheduling: Agile and Critical Chain 12. Resource Management&emsp; 13. Project Evaluation and Control&emsp; 14. Project Closeout and Termination&emsp; APPENDICES&nbsp; A. The Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution&emsp; B. Tutorial for MS Project 2016&emsp; C. Project Plan Template&emsp;

Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage

This print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes. The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed.
 For project management courses.
Project management fundamentals with broad applications
In its 5th Edition, Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage takes a contemporary, decisive, and business-oriented approach to teaching and learning project management. To promote a comprehensive, multi-industry understanding of the text, the author addresses project management theory within the context of a variety of successful organizations, whether they be publicly held, private, or nonprofit. Comprehensive case analysis and detailed exercises, including brand-new, contemporary case studies for the 5th Edition, give students the tools to assess projects in real time, while also leveraging the latest project management technology, including MS Project 2016.

Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Global Edition

Management & Leadership

Megaproject Organization and Performance: The Myth and Political Reality delves into the complex world of organizing megaprojects and investigates the extent to which the performance of these projects could be traced back to their organizational structure. Through multiple case study research, including the London Olympic Park and Heathrow Airport Terminal 2, the authors show how megaprojects are unique in how they are organized. They explore core-periphery relationships between promotors who control strategic choices, and suppliers, the contracted experts who provide the actual resources to get the project done. The implications of these structural–performance relationships within a robust economy are then compared with railroad and highway development projects in the developing economies of Nigeria, Uganda, and India. This in-depth study brings a complementary perspective to megaproject literature and enables us to reconcile conflicting explanations for the regularity with which megaprojects miss performance targets. With pluralism at the core of the megaproject’s organizational structure, the authors argue that megaprojects work best when accountability is shared and everyone has a stake in the final outcome.

Megaproject Organization and Performance: The Myth and Political Reality

Puranam, Phanish

Gil PhD, Nuno

Ludrigan, Colm

Project Management Institute

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