Preface v1 Projects in Contemporary Organizations 1Part I: Project Initiation2 Project Strategy and Selection 373 The Project Manager 834 Managing for Stakeholders and Resolving Conflicts 1195 The Project in the Organizational Structure 148Part II: Project Planning6 Activity Planning: Traditional and Agile 1937 Budgeting and Risk Management 2398 Scheduling 2979 Resource Allocation 356Part III: Project Execution10 Monitoring and Information Systems 39911 Project Control 43312 Project Auditing 46813 Project Closure and Benefits Realization 499Author Index I-1Subject Index I-3Please visit http://www.wiley.com/college/meredith for Appendices.Appendix A Probability and Statistics (Online)Appendix B Solutions to Selected Problems (Online)Appendix C Technological Forecasting (Online)Appendix D Creativity and Idea Generation (Online)