TY - BOOK AU - Heerkens,Gary TI - The business-savvy project manager: indispensable knowledge and skills for success SN - 007144307X (cased) AV - HD69.P75 H438 2006 U1 - 658.404 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Project management KW - Project Manager (PM) KW - pmcsg KW - Project Management (PM) KW - Project Success KW - Bedrijfskunde KW - gtt KW - fast N1 - Includes index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0606/2006295621.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2006295621-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2006295621-d.html UR - http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=007144307X&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=a73686e70ab301461b4b89da29337d2532fb926024a53f9c683e33b66667ca18&ectype=MOREINFO UR - http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DCARead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=007144307X:srcdbname=worldcat:fromExternal=true&sessionid=0 UR - http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DECRead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=007144307X&sessionid=0&srcdbname=worldcat&key=a73686e70ab301461b4b89da29337d2532fb926024a53f9c683e33b66667ca18&ectype=TOC ER -