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Management: Achieving
Competitive Advantage, 6e
Project Management: Achieving
Competitive Advantage
Competitive Advanta Sixth Edition
Jeffrey Pinto
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, CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Why Project Management?
Chapter Outline
PROJECT PROFILE
Case—Reimagining a Decaying Airport as a Futuristic City
1.1 THE NEED FOR PROJECTS
1.2 WHAT IS A PROJECT?
General Project Characteristics
PROJECT PROFILE
Dueling Spaceships: SpaceX vs. Boeing
1.3 WHY ARE PROJECTS IMPORTANT?
PROJECT PROFILE
London’s Elizabeth Line: Concluding Europe’s Largest Construction Project
1.4 PROJECT LIFE CYCLES
PROJECT MANAGERS IN PRACTICE
Vilma Shu, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University
1.5 DETERMINANTS OF PROJECT SUCCESS
1.6 DEVELOPING PROJECT MANAGEMENT MATURITY
1.7 EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
1.8 AI CONNECTIONS
1.9 PROJECT ELEMENTS AND TEXT ORGANIZATION
News and Updates
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Case Study 1.1 MegaTech, Inc.
Case Study 1.2 The IT Department at Hamelin Hospital
Case Study 1.3 Disney’s Expedition Everest
Case Study 1.4 The Most Expensive VA Hospital in History: The $2 Billion Dollar Scandal in
Aurora, Colorado
Internet Exercises
AI Engagement Exercises
PMP Certification Sample Questions
Notes
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, DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1.1 What are some of the principal reasons why project management has become such a popular
business tool in recent years?
In today’s market, the length of product life cycles is shortening. This means businesses are
under pressure to produce new or improved products at an increasingly rapid pace. Growing
global markets, consumer tastes, and competition demand that products constantly be improved
to be better, faster, and sleeker and offer more features. Most organizations are planning their
next product or product improvement as their latest innovation is just on its way out the door.
Under conventional business practices, keeping up with this demand for innovation can be
difficult. Project management provides organizations with a toolkit with which to enhance
innovation and accelerate product development.
1.2 What do you see as the primary challenges to introducing a project management philosophy
to most organizations? That is, why is it difficult to shift to a project-based approach in many
companies?
Many companies face resistance to change, which can make implementing a new approach, such
as a project-based structure, very difficult. Employees must be trained in new processes and learn
how to integrate them into their existing roles. Often, resistance arises because employees are
hesitant to embrace major changes in established practices due to uncertainty about potential
outcome.
1.3 What are the advantages and disadvantages of using project management?
Advantages:
Innovative, produce new ideas and new products
Geared toward accomplishing a specific goal
Aimed at customer satisfaction
Disadvantages:
Inaccurate cost estimates during initial stages may cause project to fail due to lack of
resources
Low success rate in some industries
Requires heavy commitment by staff
1.4 What key characteristics do all projects possess?
Projects:
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Management: Achieving
Competitive Advantage, 6e
Project Management: Achieving
Competitive Advantage
Competitive Advanta Sixth Edition
Jeffrey Pinto
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the use of instructors in teaching their courses and assessing student learning.
Dissemination or sale of any part of this work (including on the World Wide Web)
will destroy the integrity of the work and is not permitted. The work and materials
from it should never be made available to students except by instructors using
the accompanying text in their classes. All recipients of this work are expected to
abide by these restrictions and to honor the intended pedagogical purposes and
the needs of other instructors who rely on these materials.
Product Manager: Samantha Lewis
Content Producer: Shweta Jain
Supplement Project Manager: Saravanabava Mahadevan
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Hoboken, NJ 07030. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured in the United States of
America. This publication is protected by copyright, and permission should be obtained
from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or
transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise. For information regarding permissions, request forms, and the
appropriate contacts within the Pearson Education Global Rights and Permissions
department, please visit http://www.pearsoned.com/permissions/
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Education, Inc. or its affiliates, in the United States, and/or other countries.
Unless otherwise indicated herein, any third-party trademarks, logos, or icons that may
appear in this work are the property of their respective owners, and any references to
third-party trademarks, logos, icons, or other trade dress are for demonstrative or
descriptive purposes only. Such references are not intended to imply any sponsorship,
endorsement, authorization, or promotion of Pearson’s products by the owners of such
marks, or any relationship between the owner and Pearson Education, Inc., or its
affiliates, authors, licensees, or distributors.
, CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Why Project Management?
Chapter Outline
PROJECT PROFILE
Case—Reimagining a Decaying Airport as a Futuristic City
1.1 THE NEED FOR PROJECTS
1.2 WHAT IS A PROJECT?
General Project Characteristics
PROJECT PROFILE
Dueling Spaceships: SpaceX vs. Boeing
1.3 WHY ARE PROJECTS IMPORTANT?
PROJECT PROFILE
London’s Elizabeth Line: Concluding Europe’s Largest Construction Project
1.4 PROJECT LIFE CYCLES
PROJECT MANAGERS IN PRACTICE
Vilma Shu, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University
1.5 DETERMINANTS OF PROJECT SUCCESS
1.6 DEVELOPING PROJECT MANAGEMENT MATURITY
1.7 EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
1.8 AI CONNECTIONS
1.9 PROJECT ELEMENTS AND TEXT ORGANIZATION
News and Updates
Summary
Key Terms
Discussion Questions
Case Study 1.1 MegaTech, Inc.
Case Study 1.2 The IT Department at Hamelin Hospital
Case Study 1.3 Disney’s Expedition Everest
Case Study 1.4 The Most Expensive VA Hospital in History: The $2 Billion Dollar Scandal in
Aurora, Colorado
Internet Exercises
AI Engagement Exercises
PMP Certification Sample Questions
Notes
Copyright 2027 © Pearson Education, Inc.
, DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1.1 What are some of the principal reasons why project management has become such a popular
business tool in recent years?
In today’s market, the length of product life cycles is shortening. This means businesses are
under pressure to produce new or improved products at an increasingly rapid pace. Growing
global markets, consumer tastes, and competition demand that products constantly be improved
to be better, faster, and sleeker and offer more features. Most organizations are planning their
next product or product improvement as their latest innovation is just on its way out the door.
Under conventional business practices, keeping up with this demand for innovation can be
difficult. Project management provides organizations with a toolkit with which to enhance
innovation and accelerate product development.
1.2 What do you see as the primary challenges to introducing a project management philosophy
to most organizations? That is, why is it difficult to shift to a project-based approach in many
companies?
Many companies face resistance to change, which can make implementing a new approach, such
as a project-based structure, very difficult. Employees must be trained in new processes and learn
how to integrate them into their existing roles. Often, resistance arises because employees are
hesitant to embrace major changes in established practices due to uncertainty about potential
outcome.
1.3 What are the advantages and disadvantages of using project management?
Advantages:
Innovative, produce new ideas and new products
Geared toward accomplishing a specific goal
Aimed at customer satisfaction
Disadvantages:
Inaccurate cost estimates during initial stages may cause project to fail due to lack of
resources
Low success rate in some industries
Requires heavy commitment by staff
1.4 What key characteristics do all projects possess?
Projects:
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