title: Delivering Exceptional Project Results: A Practical Guide to Project Selection, Scoping, Estimation and Management
author:  Jamal Moustafaev 
description: I really enjoyed reading this book. The chapters, full of valuable insights well beyond the typical project management presentations, are introduced with diverse and engaging historic case examples. Executives will find the latter part of the book particularly valuable as new solutions are offered for those seemingly intractable problems within project portfolio management. --<b>R. Max Wideman</b>, Fellow PMI, AEW Services and Management Consulting, from the prologue<br /><br /><b>Delivering Exceptional Project Results</b> is a definite must read for any executive, functional director or project manager. The author clearly demonstrates how to deliver successful products and services by employing proper project selection, scoping and management techniques. This book provides you with practical, hands-on tools and techniques that can be deployed on your own projects right away. --<b>Matt Walters</b>, Director of Technology, Tyze Personal Networks
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  Practice Standard for Project Estimating – Second Edition
  Project estimating plays a vital role in project management. Typically completed in the initial planning 
  stages, accurate project estimation can be a difﬁcult task. Organizations and project managers should 
  use these initial estimates to baseline the project schedule and cost, then reﬁne these estimates as 
  the project develops. Accurate estimation and reﬁnement of the estimates lead to better and earlier 
  decision making, thus maximizing value.
  Developed within the framework of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® 
  Guide) – Sixth Edition and other PMI standards, the Practice Standard for Project Estimating – Second 
  Edition focuses on providing models for the project management profession in both plan-driven and 
  change-driven adaptive (agile) life cycles. This practice standard describes the aspects of project 
  estimating that are acknowledged as good practice on most proje