Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- A strategy-oriented approach to managing the project result -- Strategy and projects -- Success criteria and project management competences -- A strategy-oriented project cycle -- A strategy-oriented project scope definition -- Viability of the project idea -- Strategy-oriented scope control and change management -- Project post-evaluation -- Implications for program management -- A strategy for implementing external projects : the client perspective -- Project implementation strategy -- Types of contract -- Types of payment -- Formulating appropriate project implementation strategy in the narrow -- Sense -- Tendering and prequalification -- Project implementation strategy in the broader sense : matching, tendering and prequalification with project implementation strategy -- Bid evaluation : ranking the tender bids -- Implications for clients and external contributors -- References -- Index.