Project management as a business function -- The core of business knowledge : finance and accounting -- Fundamentals of organizational management -- Cost management in organizations -- Project portfolio management, phase I : identifying the "right" business initiatives -- Project portfolio managment, phase II : identifying, categorizing, and prioritizing project solutions -- Project portfolio management, phase III : selecting, launching, and coordinating projects -- Project economics, part I : foundational principles -- Project economics, part II : preparing for a project financial analysis -- Project economics, part III : performing a project financial analysis -- Risk management, decision-making, and business -- Business cases and business case preparation -- Guidelines for preparing a project business case -- Interest tables.
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This book provides you with the concepts, principles, and tools you need to implement and lead projects that will consistently provide shareholders with superior returns on investment. This step-by-step guidebook, filled with examples of project management success and failure, shows you how to become an accomplished project leader who can: identify the most essential initiatives that must be addressed in your firm, helping prevent the cost and waste of pursuing low-priority projects; propose, manage, and report on projects based on concerns that matter to your senior executives, from increasing cash flows to minimizing financial risk; structure and perform a convincing, project-specific financial analysis that details the amount of wealth generated, or net present value, of the project. - Back cover.