TY - BOOK AU - Rajagopal, TI - Innovative business projects: breaking complexities, building performance T2 - Portfolio and project management collection, AV - HD69.P75 R2552 2017 U1 - 658.404 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) PB - Business Expert Press KW - Project management KW - business projects KW - commercialization KW - consumer behavior KW - global marketplace KW - innovation management KW - market competitiveness KW - project management KW - technology management KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Project financials and risk management -- 2. New designs of innovative business projects -- 3. Breakthroughs in innovative business projects -- 4. Complexities in managing business projects -- 5. Globalization and customer-centric business projects -- Index; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions N2 - This book builds knowledge and skills on the technical aspects of the project life cycle, the tools to plan project activities and budget, and tools to accurately determine the status of business projects. Business projects are different from the construction or engineering projects that entail a sequential process. The business projects face enormous uncertainty and demand localized treatment in carrying the project tasks. Equally important and challenging is the goal of satisfying a wide variety of stakeholder demands. Project Managers must therefore understand the detailed technical tools, as well as leadership, accountability, organizational structures, and alliances with external organizations. Hence, this book also discusses the systems thinking approach in planning and implementation of business projects UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4735363 ER -