Expert Judgment in Project Management: Narrowing the Theory-Practice Gap

  • 1h 31m
  • Paul S. Szwed
  • Project Management Institute
  • 2016

Expert judgment is a major source of information that can provide vital input to project managers, who must ensure that projects are completed successfully, on time, and on budget.

Too often, however, companies lack detailed processes for finding and consulting with experts—making it hard to match the required know-how with the project at hand. In Expert Judgment in Project Management: Narrowing the Theory-Practice Gap, Paul S. Szwed provides research that will help project managers become more adept at using expert judgment effectively.

The author explores the use of expertise in several sectors, including engineering, environmental management, medicine, political science, and space exploration. He then looks at the informal state of expert judgment and its underutilization in the management of projects.

Szwed’s critical recommendations can help project managers improve the way they select, train, and work with experts to increase the odds of any project’s success.

In this Book

  • Expert Judgment in Project Management─Narrowing the Theory-Practice Gap
  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • State of the Art/ Science
  • State of the Practice
  • Closing the Gap
  • Discussion
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • References
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