Doing Projects A Nordic Flavour to Managing Projects

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Original had very strict DRM, high quality jpgs put together with an OCR layer on top for searching, this is why the filesize is so big despite only being 165 pages. Best viewed in a browser like chrome instead of a pdf reader like Adobe. Acknowledgements. Preface. Why should you read this book?... Overview of the book... Introduction to the three main elements ofthe book. 1.1 TheISO 21500standard 1.2. The Nordicflavourofmanaging projects. 1.3 Perspectives andconcept box... 14 Summary. Defining a project... 2.1 Project history. 2.2. The relevanceand omnipresence of projects... 2.3. Knowledge aboutprojects. 2.4 What defines a project?.. 2.5. The nominalist view: A project is what we call a project. 2.6. The realist view:Theclassic definitionofa project... 2.7. Seminaldefinitions of project andproject management from a task perspective . 2.8 Commoncharacteristics. 2.9 Project lifecycle. 2.10 Projects, programmes, andportfolios.... 2.11 Summary. Context for projects. 3.1. Importance ofcontext..... 3.2 Defining and acting on thecontext. 3.3. Temporal context 3.4 Organisationalcontext. 3.5 External context. 3.6 Relationshipto ISO 21501 3.8 The Nordicflavour ofcontext... Purpose 4.1 Illustratio 4.2 Introduction 4.3. Key challenges and commonmistakes 4.4 Howto do it?. 4.5 TheRelationship to ISO 21500... 4.6 The Nordic flavour ofpurpose... 4.7 Summary: Purpose perspective in short... People 5.1 Ilustration 5.2 Introduction 5.3. Key challenges and commonmistakes... 5.4 Howto doit?. 5.5. Relationshipto the ISO 21500 Standard. 5.6 The Nordic flavour of people... 5.7 Summary: Thepeople perspective in short... Complexity. 6.1 Ilustration.... 6.2 Introduction 6.3. Key challenges and commonmistakes... 6.4 Howto doit?. 6.5. Therelationshipto ISO 21500... 6.6 The Nordic flavour of complexity... 6.7 Summary: The complexity perspective in short. Uncertainty... 7.1 Ilustration 129 7.2. Introduction .. 130 7.3. Key challenges and commonmistakes 133 7.4 Howto doit. 136 7.5 The relationshipto ISO 21500... 141 7.6 The Nordicflavourofuncertainty 147 7.7 Summary:The Uncertainty perspective in short... 148 Conclusion: Connecting the dots References