Teach Yourself Project Management: Baguley, Philip: 9780071444293: Book: Business & Economics: eCampus.com

Designed for those who need to learn this essential business skill, Teach Yourself Project Management starts with the basics��defining and planning the objective��and moves on to the details of managing and controlling the project once implemented. Filled with specific examples, this easy-to-read book helps build skills from the bottom up by aiding you in assembling a team, managing money, solving problems, and closing the project without any loose ends��on time and on budget.

introduction

01 projects, projects and projects

(16)

projects old and new

(1)

projects now

(1)

how and why

(2)

big or small

(1)

concrete or ideas

(1)

work and play

(1)

the five fundamentals

(2)

definitions

(2)

the project boundaries

(1)

the project life cycle

(2)

project priorities

(1)

projects and people

(1)

what next?

(2)

02 which project?

(15)

choice

(1)

uncertainty and risk

(1)

identify the risk

(1)

reducing the risk

(2)

yes or no

(1)

choosing

(1)

choosing without numbers

(3)

choosing by numbers

(3)

what next?

(2)

03 your project organization

(17)

organizing

(1)

organizations

(1)

structures, leaders and people

(1)

projects and organizations - the differences

(1)

what sort of project organization?

(2)

project aspects

(1)

project organizations

(4)

the integrated project organization

(2)

the stand alone project organization

(1)

the matrix project organization

(2)

your project organization

(1)

project procedures and specifications

(4)

what next?

(2)

04 plans for your project

(20)

planning - now or never

(1)

projects and planning

(3)

interdependency

(2)

bars and charts

(3)

networks

(5)

resources

(1)

activity slack

(1)

what did we do last time?

(1)

project planning with computers

(1)

what next?

(2)

05 managing yur project

(15)

management

(1)

managing projects vs day-to-day management

(2)

projects and managers

(1)

leaders and leadership

(2)

project managers and communication

(1)

project communications

(1)

project managers and negotiation

(1)

negotiating and bargaining

(1)

ways and means

(2)

project managers and motivation

(2)

what next?

(2)

06 your project team

(15)

why teams?

(1)

what is a team?

(2)

good teams and bad teams

(1)

how many

(1)

who - and why

(2)

the team charter

(1)

team building

(1)

project teams

(4)

what next?

(2)

07 managing your project money

(14)

money, money and money

100

(1)

cost, cost and more cost

100

(1)

hunches, guesstimates and estimates

101

(2)

information, data, facts and figures

103

(2)

top-down or bottom-up

105

(1)

top-down

105

(2)

bottom-up

107

(1)

below and above the line

108

(1)

budgets

109

(2)

what next?

111

(2)

08 monitoring and controlling your project

113

(16)

full steam ahead

114

(1)

monitoring

115

(1)

project monitoring - what and when

116

(2)

the project plan and monitoring

118

(1)

milestones

118

(1)

limits

119

(1)

abc analysis

120

(1)

the project budget and monitoring

120

(2)

earned value

122

(1)

monitoring - reports and meetings

123

(2)

controlling

125

(2)

what next?

127

(2)

09 solving your project problems

129

(15)

problems, problems and problems

130

(1)

a perfect world

130

(1)

frequency and consequence

131

(1)

logic or intuition

132

(1)

a nominal group

133

(1)

force field analysis

134

(1)

the ishikawa diagram

135

(2)

pareto analysis

137

(4)

cusum technique

141

(2)

what next?

143

(1)

10 closing your project

144

(12)

endings

145

(1)

closure and the project manager

146

(1)

the closure process

147

(1)

closing the team

148

(1)

closing the project data banks

149

(1)

activity completion

150

(1)

project outcomes

151

(1)

project histories

152

(1)

project audits

153

(1)

post-project appraisals

154

(1)

what next?

155

(1)

11 key issues for project management

156

(9)

key issues

157

(4)

conclusion

161

(4)

glossary

165

(5)

taking it further

170

(5)

books

170

(2)

professional associations

172

(1)

some useful web sites

173

(2)

index

175

Phil Baguley is a business writer and lecturer. He has held senior management roles in multinational corporations and worked as a management consultant throughtout Europe.


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