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Acknowledgments | |
Introduction | |
The Project Management Jungle | |
Welcome to the Project Management Jungle | |
Escape Is Possible from the Project Management Jungle | |
What Creates the Project Management Jungle? | |
TACTILE Management™ Defined | |
Succeeding in the Project Management Jungle | |
The Foundation of TACTILE Management | |
The Seven Characteristics of Successful Projects | |
Transparency | |
Accountability | |
Communication | |
Trust | |
Integrity | |
Leadership That Drives Needed Change | |
Execution Results | |
Mastering the Expectations of Key Stakeholders | |
Expectations Management | |
High-Level Stakeholder Expectations | |
Case Study: The R.101 Project | |
Traditional Project Constraints with Stakeholder Expectations | |
Triple Expectations Pyramid | |
Putting It All Together | |
The Triple Expectations Pyramid and Your Customer | |
Customer Expectations: Scope | |
Customer Expectations: Cost | |
Customer Expectations: Schedule | |
The Triple Expectations Pyramid and Your Management | |
Two Toxic Management Styles | |
Your Management's Expectations: Scope | |
Your Management's Expectations: Schedule | |
Your Management's Expectations: Cost | |
The Triple Expectations Pyramid and Your Team | |
Your Team's Expectations: Scope | |
Your Team's Expectations: Schedule | |
Your Team's Expectations: Cost | |
Using the Triple Expectations Pyramid | |
Avoiding Pitfalls in the Five KeyAreas of a Project | |
Initiating | |
PM Assignment | |
Project Charter | |
Project Scope | |
Preplanning the Plan | |
Avoiding Toxic Management in Initiation | |
Case Study: The Path Less Taken | |
Planning | |
Creating the Initial (Baseline) Plan | |
Historical Planning Approaches | |
TACTILE Planning Approach | |
Project Management Plan Basics: Scope, Time, Cost, and Risk | |
Management | |
Finishing the Plan: Quality Assurance, Human Resources | |
Communication, Procurement, and Integration Management | |
Discovering and Addressing Needed Information Until Approval | |
Flexibly Looking Ahead | |
Avoiding Toxic Management in Planning | |
Case Study: The Path Less Taken | |
Executing | |
Executing to the Plan | |
TACTILE Execution Approach | |
Meetings | |
Controlling Change Control | |
Selling New Baselines | |
Learning How to Win | |
Case Study: The Path Less Taken | |
Monitoring, Controlling, and Reporting | |
Monitoring (Don't Even Try To) Control | |
Reporting | |
Case Study: The Path Less Taken | |
Closing | |
Properly Close All Project Activities | |
Capture Data for Organizational Learning | |
Ensure Personal Growth | |
Case Study: The Path Less Taken | |
PartV: LivingWell in the Project Management Jungle | |
"From Chaos comes Creativity, from Order Comes Profit" | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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