Includes index.

Contents: Making sense of the project context: Introduction -- Structures and frameworks -- Projects and organisations -- Managing the project process: The 4-D model -- D1: Define it: Stakeholders, strategy and success -- Initial planning -- D2: Design it: Time planning -- Rethinking time planning: The critical chain approach -- Cost and benefit planning -- Stakeholders and quality -- Risk and opportunities management -- D3: Do it: Project organisation: Structures and teams -- Management and leadership in projects -- Control -- Supply chain issues problem-solving and decision-making -- D4: Develop it: Project completion and review -- Improving project performance.