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Integrated Project Management

ISBN: 0071466266
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2005
Pages: 190

Authors: Bruce T. Barkley

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• Main Page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Preface
• The Organization of this Book
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Chapter 1. The IPM Project Manager
• Introduction
• Leadership of a Project Team
• The Definition of IPM Leadership
• Motivation
• Communication Skills
• Collaborative Leadership
• Conflict Resolution and Consensus Decisions
• Shared Leadership
• Establishment of the Internal Customer Philosophy
• Project Managers as Trainers and Teachers
• Negotiation Skills
• The Ability to Maintain Order and Discipline
• The Project Diary
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Exercises
• Chapter 2. The Project, the Statement of Work, and the Specification
• Introduction
• The Definition of a Project
• Project Feasibility
• The Birth of a Project
• The Project Sponsor
• Project Hazards
• The Daily Life of a Project Manager
• Assessment of the Problem
• Emergency Project Shutdown
• Documentation of Project Decisions for Project Approval
• A Case Study
• The Specification and the Statement of Work
• Development of the Project Specification
• The Project Specification
• Examples of Project Specifications
• Customer and Sponsor Start-Up Expectations
• Project Management Alternatives
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 3. Project Work Breakdown Structure and Team Recruitment
• Introduction
• The Project Begins
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Determination of the Skills Needed for the Project
• There is no Such Thing as a Generic Project Manager
• Recruitment of the Project Team
• The Task Leader and the Task Work Group
• Considerations for Recruitment
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 4. The Kickoff Meeting
• Introduction
• The Importance of the Kickoff Meeting
• The Kickoff Meeting Agenda
• Agenda Item Explanations
• Team Member Expectations
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 5. The Project Task List
• Introduction
• Preparations for the First Project Task List Meeting
• The Affinity Diagram
• The First Project Task List Meeting: Using the Affinity Diagram to Create the Task List
• A Discussion of Work Breakdown
• Reasons for Work Breakdown
• Affinity Diagram Bonuses
• The Final Project Task List Meeting
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 6. Creating The Project Gantt Chart
• Introduction
• Gantt Chart Basics
• Preparation for Creating the Gantt Chart
• Good Project Task Estimates
• Utilization of a Computer And Project Management Software to Help Complete the Gantt Chart
• The Project Gantt Chart Tasks
• A Very Simple Gantt Chart Example
• Acquisition of the Support of the Resource Managers
• Resource Negotiations: A Communication Scenario
• Preparation for Risk Analysis
• Pre-Organization of Computer Data for the Project Gantt Chart
• The Large Basic Project Gantt Chart
• Gantt Chart Utilities
• Special Uses for Gantt Charts
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 7. Critical Path
• Introduction
• Critical Path Details
• Creation of the Critical Path Arrow Diagram
• Example
• Example
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 8. Risk Analysis Basics--Time Buffer Calculations
• Introduction
• Project Team Meetings
• Why Risk Analysis is Necessary
• The History of Risk Analysis
• Risk Analysis
• Task Duration Basics
• An Imaginary Experiment
• Data for Risk Analysis
• Case Example
• Application of the Risk Data
• The Psychological Impact of Risk Analysis
• Documentation of the Risk Data
• Application of the Risk Analysis
• The Risk Factor
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 9. Risk Analysis Details
• Introduction
• Multiple Contributions From One Task
• Computation and the Location of a Risk Factor
• Analysis of Contribution Table
• Additional Sources of Project Overrun
• Risk Tasks and Software Tools
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 10. Budget and Cost
• Introduction
• Time, Resource, and Cost Management
• Budget and Cost
• The Project Cost Calculation Procedure
• The Project Plan Review
• Financials for a Major Project
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 11. Project Plan Review
• Introduction
• The Plan Review
• Project Review Attendeees
• Presentation of the Review
• Adjustments
• Example
• Launch the Project
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 12. Project Execution
• Introduction
• Notes on the Project Launch
• The Project Launch Meeting
• Project Management
• The Operations Gantt Chart
• Walk-About Management and Communications
• Discipline and Order
• Milestones and Project Reviews
• The Reasons Behind Milestone Meetings
• Movement Toward Completion
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 13. Project Change
• Introduction
• Management of Customer Indecisions
• The Change Committee: Structure and Procedures
• Project Change Control
• Examples of Change Requests and Change Processing
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 14. Achieving Closure
• Introduction
• Project Closure
• Project Achievment Demonstrations
• The Project Report and Other Documentation
• Project Closure Celebration
• Examples of Project Closure
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 15. On Being an IPM Team Member
• Introduction
• Details of Team Member Participation
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 16. Basic Projects, Major Projects, and Macro Projects
• Introduction
• Basic Projects and Their Limitations
• The Basic Project
• The Very Small Basic Project
• The Major Project
• The Macro Project
• Summary
• Discussion Questions
• Glossary