Project Management: The Managerial Process (Mcgraw-hill Series Operations and Decision Sciences)
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Author: Erik W. Larson, Clifford F. Gray
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.1.2C
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To determine:
Whether the top management acts correctly in developing an estimate or not.
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Project management is a practice in which projects are planned, controlled and executed in a well manner in stipulated time-period. Generally, a head coordinates the project who is called as a project manager.
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Project Management: The Managerial Process (Mcgraw-hill Series Operations and Decision Sciences)
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