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Absolute Beginner[ap]s Guide to Project Management
ISBN: 078973821X
EAN: N/A
Year: 2006
Pages: 169
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Part i. Project Management Jumpstart
Project Management Overview
Project Management Overview
What Is Project Management…Exactly?
What Is the Value of Project Management?
Why Are Projects Challenging?
Growing Demand for Effective Project Managers?
Trends in Project Management
The Project Manager
The Project Manager
One Title, Many Roles
Key Skills of Project Managers
Qualities of Successful Project Managers
15 Common Mistakes of Project Managers
Essential Elements for any Successful Project
Essential Elements for any Successful Project
What Exactly Is a "Successful" Project?
Learning from Troubled Projects
Learning from Successful Projects
Essential Project Manager Toolkit
Part ii. Project Planning
Defining a Project
Defining a Project
Setting the Stage for Success
How Does Defining a Project Relate to Project Planning?
Project Definition Document
Project Definition Checklist
Planning a Project
Planning a Project
Key Project Planning Principles
Important Questions Project Planning Should Answer
Building a Project Plan
Summary of Supplemental Project Plan Components
Project Plan Checklist
Developing the Work Breakdown Structure
Developing the Work Breakdown Structure
What Is a WBS Exactly?
Why Is the WBS Important?
The Process of Building a WBS
Estimating the Work
Estimating the Work
Next Step in the Schedule Development Process
Managing the Risk, Managing the Estimates
Reasons for Estimating Woes
Powerful Estimating Techniques and Methods
Best Practices
Developing the Project Schedule
Developing the Project Schedule
The Impact of the Project Schedule
The Goal of the Schedule Development Process
Key Inputs for Building a Schedule
Creating a Schedule
Determining the Project Budget
Determining the Project Budget
The Impact of the Project Budget
Principles of an Effective Budget
Creating a Project Budget
Common Budget Challenges
Part iii. Project Control
Controlling a Project
Controlling a Project
What Is Project Control?
Management Fundamentals for Project Control
Powerful Techniques for Project Control
Performance Reporting
Variance Responses
Leveraging Earned Value Management Concepts
Common Project Control Challenges
Lessons from Project Recoveries
Managing Project Changes
Managing Project Changes
What Exactly Is a Project Change and Whats the Big Deal Anyway?
Fundamentals for Managing Project Change
What Causes Unplanned Scope Changes?
Essential Elements of a Project Change Control System
Powerful Techniques for Minimizing Project Changes
Common Project Change Control Challenges
Managing Project Deliverables
Managing Project Deliverables
"Managing Project Deliverables" Means What Exactly?
Why Do This? Its Too Much Work
Identify, Protect, and Track: The Principles of Managing Work Products
Best Practices
Configuration Management Plan
Common Challenges and Pitfalls
Managing Project Issues
Managing Project Issues
The Goals, Objectives, and Principles of Project Issue Management
Key Features of Issue Management System
Options for Issue Log
Best Practices
Some Special Situations
Managing Project Risks
Managing Project Risks
Key Risk Management Principles
The Essential Process for Managing Project Risks
The Common Sources of Project Risk
Typical Problems
Powerful Risk Control Strategies
Are You Sure Its a Risk?
Managing Project Quality
Managing Project Quality
What Is "Project Quality"?
Unique Aspects of Managing Project Quality
Principles of Managing Project Quality
Powerful Tools and Techniques for Project Quality
Powerful Quality Strategies
Typical Quality-Related Challenges
Part iv. Project Execution
Leading a Project
Leading a Project
More Than Managing
Where Is Leadership Needed on a Project?
Twelve Keys to Better Project Leadership
Power of Servant Leadership Approach
Managing Project Communications
Managing Project Communications
What Are Project Communications?
The Importance of Project Communications
Why Communicating Can Be Tough
Seven Powerful Principles
Best Practices of Effective Project Communicators
Managing Expectations
Managing Expectations
Value of Reviewing Stakeholder Expectation Management
Critical Aspects of Expectations
Seven Master Principles of Expectation Management
Essential Elements of Managing Expectations
Keys to Better Project Team Performance
Keys to Better Project Team Performance
High-Performing Teams
Ten Key Principles
Proven Techniques
Special Situations
Managing Differences
Managing Differences
Five Key Principles
Proven Techniques for Leading Cross-Functional Projects
Proven Techniques for Leading Cross-Cultural Projects
Proven Techniques for Leading Virtual Projects
Managing Vendors
Managing Vendors
First, Lets Clarify a Few Terms
Ten Proven Principles of Vendor Management
Twelve Tips for Buyers
Seven Tips for Sellers
Twelve Key Project Management Skills for Better Vendor Management
Stuff You Need to Know About Contracts
Ending a Project
Ending a Project
Three Key Principles
Project End Checklist13 Important Steps
Common Project Closing Challenges
Methods for Ending a Contract or a Project
Absolute Beginner[ap]s Guide to Project Management
ISBN: 078973821X
EAN: N/A
Year: 2006
Pages: 169
BUY ON AMAZON
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