Project management essentials for dummies
Whatever your profession, effective project management skills are crucial to developing a successful business career. This comprehensive resource will help you unlock the keys to project management success, gain the know-how to assess your strengths and weaknesses to maximise your project management...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Milton, Qld.
Wiley Publishing Australia
2015
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| Series: | For dummies
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Chapter 1: Project Management: The Key to Achieving Results; Taking on a Project; Avoiding the Pitfalls; Deciding if the Job Is a Project; Grasping the four control areas; Recognising project diversity; The Project Manager's Role; Looking at the Project Manager's tasks; Avoiding 'shortcuts'; Adopting a Project Methodology ; Understanding Project Stages; Breaking the Project into Stages; Starting the project
- Being Precise with DependenciesKnowing the dependency types; Staying in touch with reality; Working with the Network; Working to meet end dates; Backing into the schedule; Going for Gantt ; Chapter 6: Looking at Resources; Seeing the Need for Plans; Dealing with resource conflicts; Checking availability; Monitoring use of staff; Planning the Staff Resource; Working out the needs for skills and knowledge; Growing your people; Fine-tuning your estimates; Factoring in activity timing; Thinking about productivity; Determining Physical Resources; Making Sense of Budgets; Looking at different costs
- Developing a sequenceDefining the products; Using a Structured Product List; Unleashing WFD Power; Managing risk; Effecting control; Showing stages; Progress reporting; Getting a picture of the project; Chapter 5: You Want This Project Done When?; Moving to Activities; Identifying multiple tasks; Listing the activities or tasks; Drawing Up an Activity Network; Building a network; Using the Work Flow Diagram; Putting in the time durations; Calculating the project's length; Understanding Float; Identifying the Critical Path; Watching the critical path; Finding a split critical path
- Chapter 3: Knowing the StakeholdersManaging Stakeholders; Identifying stakeholders; Analysing the stakeholders; Understanding the positions; Deciding action; Working with stakeholders; Planning the work; Handling Opposition; Solving the problems; Focusing on the common areas; Realising that you're a threat; Overriding the opposition; Chapter 4: Planning with Deliverables First; Seeing the Logic; Thinking 'product' first; Understanding the problems of an activity focus; Knowing What a Product Is; Finding Good Product Names; Using a Business Project Example; Identifying the products
- Organising and preparingManaging delivery stages; Closing the project; Chapter 2: Defining the Project and Producing a Business Case; Defining the Scope ; Managing expectations; Challenging the scope; Grasping the extent of scope; Being clear; Prioritising; Producing a Business Case; Getting to grips with the basics; Updating the Business Case; Justifying the project; Understanding the justification; Understanding benefits; Writing the Business Case; Going Back to the Scope; Getting to Grips with Techniques; Calculating return on investment; Understanding cost-benefit analysis