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A Manual for Project Governance and Asset Management

Students, practitioners, and businesses will all benefit from this free eBook, which focuses on project governance and asset management. We are breaking new ground by establishing the value proposition associated with the integration of both AM and Governance. Both areas, in our opinion, are inextricably connected in project management.

In this eBook, which we have written as a manual, the ideas of assets and governance are brought together, and an agile governance framework is introduced. We hope to examine how these ideas may be used in project management in order to provide you with beneficial methodologies and approaches.

Author(s)A/Prof Carmen Reaiche, Dr Samantha Papavasiliou
SubjectProject management
LicenceCC BY
Interactive activities16 H5P activities
Length37,693 words
Published23 May 2022
Last updated17 February 2026
InstitutionJames Cook University
PublisherJames Cook University
LanguageEnglish (Australia)
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Project Management: A Strategic Approach

Project management is becoming a core competence and not just about managing processes to ensure that the strategic goals of a business are delivered on time, within budget and specification. These days, project management is more about managing strategic goals while adapting to change and responding to ongoing disruptions. The pandemic, rapid urbanisation, digital transformation and environmental challenges are only some of the types of disruption faced by contemporary businesses.

It is up to the project manager to ensure that the project management processes, as well as the projects and/or services themselves, are part of the readjustment required for business to survive these new challenges. This freely available ebook introduces some of the core values, concepts and tools as recognised by the Project Management Institute (PMI). This book will be of value to both students and practitioners in Australia and overseas seeking professional development in the field of project management.

Author(s)Associate Professor Carmen Reaiche
SubjectProject management
LicenceCC BY
Interactive activities26 H5P activities
Length65,527 words
Published7 February 2022
Last updated25 April 2022
PublisherJames Cook University
LanguageEnglish
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Management Methods for Complex Projects

This freely available project management eBook is the start of your journey in the field of complex project management methodologies, introducing you to some of the core methods, processes and tools as recognised by the project management discipline.

This eBook lays out methodologies such as XP, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Six Sigma, PRINCE2, Waterfall, PRiSM, Soft Systems Methodology as well as introducing Project Design as a method so you can leverage the right project management approach. This eBook will be of value to students, practitioners, and businesses in Australia and overseas seeking professional development in the field of project management methodologies.

Author(s)Carmen Reaiche, Samantha Papavasiliou
SubjectProject management
LicenceCC BY
Interactive activities26 H5P activities
Length37,073 words
Published5 August 2022
Last updated17 February 2026
InstitutionJames Cook University
PublisherJames Cook University
LanguageEnglish (Australia)
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Risk Assessment and Quality Project Management

This freely available eBook provides a comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of project quality management and risk management. It makes breakthroughs in project quality by combining risk project management with quality management processes.

This eBook is one of four in a series of manuals in the field of project management. It provides a short summary of current best practices in project risk management while introducing the connection and relevance of quality project management, so that practitioners, students and those responsible for managing risk and quality in projects may do so successfully.

Author(s)Carmen Reaiche, Samantha Papavasiliou, Frank Anglani
SubjectProject management
LicenceCC BY
Interactive activities20 H5P activities
Length31,420 words
Published2 September 2022
Last updated17 February 2026
InstitutionJames Cook University
PublisherJames Cook University
LanguageEnglish (Australia)

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