The evolution of project management practice : from programmes and contracts to benefits and change / edited by Darren Dalcher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Programmes -- The temporal boundaries of projects and programmes / Darren Dalcher -- New developments in program management / Michel Thiry -- Planning -- Why planning is more important than plans / Darren Dalcher -- Foresight saga : pursuing insight through chaos and disaster / Mike Lauder -- People -- Rethinking the social element of projects / Darren Dalcher -- The social project manager / Peter Taylor -- Business case -- Business cases, benefits and potential value / Darren Dalcher -- The case for project net present value (NPV) and NPV risk models / Martin Hopkinson -- Contracts -- Thinking in contracts : the role of intelligent procurement / Darren Dalcher -- Planning for contract management / Louise Hart -- Teams -- Thinking teams, performing teams and sustaining teams / Darren Dalcher -- VUCA and the power of emergence teams / Tom Cockburn and Peter A. C. Smith -- Sponsorship -- The unspoken role of sponsors, champions, shapers and influencers / Darren Dalcher -- Exercising agency : making a difference in how projects are initiated / Mark Mullaly -- Collaboration -- The essence of collaboration / Darren Dalcher -- Leading extreme projects : strategy, risk and resilience in practice / Alejandro Arroyo and Thomas Grisham -- Strategy -- Thinking in patterns : problems, solutions and strategies / Darren Dalcher -- Bridging the gap : effective transition from strategy development to strategy execution / Lucy Loh and Patrick Hoverstadt -- Context -- Why situational awareness remains essential / Darren Dalcher -- An introduction to a typology of projects / Oliver F. Lehmann -- Change -- Living with the inherent paradox of change / Darren Dalcher -- Enterprise wide transformation programmes do not succeed without change management / Sankaran Ramani -- Benefits -- So where do benefits come from? / Darren Dalcher -- Managing programme benefits / Andrew Hudson.