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.

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.