4th Edition
Project Management Theory and Practice
I. Project Environment
1. Introduction
2. Evolution of Project Management
3. Project Types
4. Organizational Environment
5. Project Life Cycle
6. Project Success Strategies
II. Project Foundation
7. Project Initiation
8. Project Scope Management
9. Developing the Project Schedule
10. Project Cost Management
11. Project Resource Management
12. Risk Management
III. Project Foundation Extended
13. Communication Management
14. Procurement Management
15. Quality Management
16. Project Integration
17. Project Team Management
IV. Project Performance Monitoring
18. Project Execution and Control
19. Change Management
20. Earned Value Management
21. Project Metrics
22. Tracking Project Status
23. Project Closing Process
V. Advanced Techniques
24. Project Model Variability and Reality
25. Adaptive Life Cycle Models
26. Critical Chain Model
27. Variable Tasks Planning and Control Model
28. Project Simulation
29. A Conceptual Hybrid Model
30. The Future of Project Management
Biography
Gary L. Richarson retired from the University of Houston, College of Technology's graduate project management program as the PMI Houston Endowed Professor. During his tenure, he taught PMP certification and project-related programs for the university, plus external organizations. He also taught various project management programs to international audiences in Finland, Russia, Iraq, China, and South America. He previously held professional certifications as a Professional Engineer (PE), Project Management Professional (PMP), and Certification in Earned Value Management (EVM). During his various academic stints, he produced thirteen professional texts and numerous articles on general topics associated with project management and Information Technology.
Brad M. Jackson is co-founder and CEO of cordin8, llc. The company’s strategy execution platform, cordin8, is based on his vision of an “organizational operating system” and “digital group memory” that he described in a 1996 paper, “The Dynamic, Re-configurable Organization of 2025: Mastering the Interplay Between Information Technology and Organizational Design” and “cordin8: The Organizational Operating System”. He has spent over thirty-five years researching, designing, and developing collaborative technology solutions and creating “digital teaming and governing” practices to improve organizational performance. Along with Gary Richardson, they published, Digital Office Complex: Reengineering Vision Delivery by Transforming Teaming (CRC Press, 2024). He has worked with global clients in oil and gas, insurance, consulting, and telecommunications industries.
