Description:This book is written for project professionals who need to strengthen their financial skills quickly, without having to go back to graduate school. It addresses core financial principles and tools that today's project professionals should master. It provides practical insights that are well illustrated. Ch 1: Introduction, Ch 2: Project Prioritization (including benefit-cost, NPV, IRR, and Payback Period analyses), Ch 3: Cost Estimating (bottom-up and top-down), Ch 4: Cost Control (including earned value management), Ch 5: Real Option Approach (the latest risk technique for project investing), Ch 6: Conclusions.