The power of legal project management : a practical handbook / Susan Raridon Lambreth, David A. Rueff, Jr.

Current trends driving project management
A short history of hourly billing by lawyers
Introduction to legal project management
Engaging with the client
Planning the matter
Budgeting for the matter
From budgeting to pricing the matter
Executing the matter
Communication management
Evaluating and closing the matter
Satisfying ethical considerations and obligations through legal project management
Lawyer personality traits and legal project management roles
Using legal project management for competitive advantage
The relationship between process improvement and legal project management
The role of knowledge management in legal project management
Aligning compensation to support legal project management
Establishing a project management function in your legal organization
Introduction to traditional and alternative project management methods
Conclusion.